Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 77A.djvu/298

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TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES

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SCHEDULE 6. - METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS Part 2. - Metals, Their Alloys, and Their Basic Shapes and Forms Rates of Duty

Subpart H. - Zinc Subpart H headnotes: 1, This subpart covers zinc. Its alloys, and their basic shapes and forms, and also Includes zinc waste and scrap. 2, Allovs of zinc: For the purposes of the tariff schedules, alloys of zinc are metals In which zinc predominates by weight over each of the other metal components, and which contain one or more of the following elements In the quantity by weight, respectively indicated: over 1.8 percent of any one or more of the metals lead, cadmium, and iron, or over 0.5 percent of aluminum, or over 1.0 percent of copper, or over 0.08 percent of titanium, or over 0.1 percent of any other metallic eIemen t. In the absence of context which requires otherwise, the term "zinc". wherever used In the tariff schedules, includes alloys of zinc. 3, For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms have the meanings Indicated: (a) Plates, sheets, and strips: Products of solid rectangular cross section, In coils or cut to length, whether or not corrugated or crimped. Plates are 0,375 inch or more in thickness and over 12 inches in width; sheets and strips are under 0.375 inch but not under 0.006 inch in thickness. (b) Bars: Products of solid rectangular, hexagonal, or octagonal cross section, in coils or cut to length, which if rectangular are 0.375 Inch or more in thickness but not over 12 inches In width, and which if hexagonal or octagonal are 0.575 inch or more for the perpendicular distance between opposite faces. (c) Rods: Products of solid round cross section which if 0.575 inch or more in diameter are in coils or cut to length, and which If under 0.575 inch in diameter are in straight lengths. (d) Wire: A product of solid round cross section under 0.575 inch in diameter, in coils. (e) Angles, shapes, and sections: Producls which do not conform completely to the respective definitions set forth in this headnote for plates, sheets, strips, bars, rods, or wire and do not include any tubular products.