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72.09 Flat-rolled roducts of iron or non-a110 steel, of a width of 600 rnm or more, cold-rolled gold-reduced), not clad, plate or coated (+). J' - In coils, not fwther worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced) : - - Of a thickness of 3 mrn or more 7209.16 - - Of a thickness exceeding 1 rnrn but less than 3 mm 7209.17 - - Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm 7209.18 - - Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm 7209.15 - Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced) : 7209.25 7209.26 7209.27 7209.28 7209.90 - - Of a thickness of 3 mm or more - - Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm - - Of a thickness of 0.5 rnm or more but not exceeding 1 mm - - Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm - Other The provisions of the Explanatory Note to heading 72.08 apply, mutatis rnutandis, to the products of this heading. Criteria for distinguishing between the cold-rolled products of this heading and the hot-rolled roducts of heading 72.08 are set out in the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter - see (B)- (crv Because of their S ecial roperties (better surface finish, better aptitude to cold-forming, stricter tolerances, genera ly re uced thickness, hi her mechanical stren , etc.), the products of this heading are in general used for purposes gfferent from those o their hot-rolled counterparts, which they increasingly tend to replace. They are used, in particular, in the manufacture of automobile bodies, metal furniture, domestic appliances, central heating radiators and for producing an les, shapes and sections by a cold rocess (either forming or profiling). They are eas to coat y tin-plating, electroplating, varnis ng, enamelling, lacquering, painting, coating wit plastics, etc.). P B i P Ri W They are often delivered after annealin , norrnalising or other heat treatment. If they are very thin (generally less than 0.5 mm) and i their surface has been pickled to render them suitable for tin-plating, varnishing or printing, they may be described as " black plate ", even when coiled. f
1.- In this Chapter and, in the case of Notes (d), (e) and (f) throughout the Nomenclature, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Pig iron Iron-carbon alloys not usefully malleable, containing more than 2 % by weight of carbon and which may contain by weight one or more other elements within the following limits : - not more than 10 % of chromium - not more than 6 % of manganese - not more than 3 % of phosphorus - not more than 8 % of silicon - a total of not more than 10 % of other elements. (b) Spiegeleisen Iron-carbon alloys containing by weight more than 6 % but not more than 30 % of manganese and otherwise conforming to the specification at (a) above. (c) Ferro-alloys Alloys in pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms, in forms obtained by continuous casting and also in granular or powder forms, whether or not agglomerated, commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-oxidants, de-sulphurising agents or for similar uses in ferrous metallurgy and generally not usefully malleable, containing by weight 4 % or more of the element iron and one or more of the following : - more than 10 % of chromium - more than 30 % of manganese - more than 3 % of phosphorus - more than 8 % of silicon - a total of more than 10 % of other elements, excluding carbon, subject to a maximum content of 10 % in the case of copper.