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82.03 - Files, rasps, liers (including cutting pliers), incers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters,\olt croppers, perforahng pune es and similar hand tools. f - Files, rasps and similar tools 8203.20 - Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools 8203.30 - Metal cutting shears and similar tools 8203.40 - Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools 8203.10 This heading covers the following hand tools : (A) Files, rasps and similar tools (including combined file-rasps), of all shapes (flat, round, half round, square, triangular, oval, etc.) and of all sizes, for metal, wood or other materials. (B) Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools, including : (I) Pliers (e.g., seal closers and pliers, sheep-ear and other animal marking pliers, gas pipe pliers, pliers for inserting or extracting cotter-pins, eyelet and eyelet-closing phers; plier type saw sets). (2) Pincers (e.g., farriers' tongs and smiths' tongs). (3) Tweezers (e.g., watchmakers', florists', philatelists', depilating). (4) Nail pullers (jaw type, working on the pincer principle). (C) Metal cuttin shears and similar tools, including tinmen's snips, and other sheet metal or wire cutting s&,ears. (D) Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools, including : (I) Pipe cutters with cutting wheels, bolt croppers and clippers and chain cutters, of the plier type. (2) Perforating punches, for example, button hole unches; ticket unches other than those for stamping nokets with a date or other c aracters - head1n\96.lb; saddlers' punches, mattress punches, etc., for perforating leather, felt, etc., w ether of the plier type, or of the type used with a hammer (but not solid nail or similar punches). \ The heading also excludes (a) Punches and files (including rotary files) for machine-tools (heading 82.07). (b) Nail files, nail nippers and clippers (heading 82.14). (c) Sugar tongs (heading 82.15). (d) Machine type metal cuttin shears (heading 84.62) and office perforating punches having a base for fixing or standing the on a table, desk, etc. (heading 84.72). pun^! (e) Ticket punches for stamping tickets with a date or with any other characters (heading 96.11). -
1.- Apart from blow lamps, portable forges, grinding wheels with frameworks, manicure or pedicure sets, and goods of heading 82.09, this Chapter covers only articles with a blade, working edge, working surface or other working part of : (a) Base metal; (b) Metal carbides or cermets; (c) Precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) on a support of base metal, metal carbide or cermet; or (d) Abrasive materials on a support of base metal, provided that the articles have cutting teeth, flutes, grooves, or the like, of base metal, which retain their identity and function after the application of the abrasive. 2.- Parts of base metal of the articles of this Chapter are to be classified with the articles of which they are parts, except parts separately specified as such and tool-holders for hand tools (heading 84.66). However, parts of general use as defined in Note 2 to Section XV are in all cases excluded from this Chapter. Heads, blades and cutting plates for electric shavers or electric hair clippers are to be classified in heading 85.10. 3.- Sets consisting of one or more knives of heading 82.11 and at least an equal number of articles of heading 82.15 are to be classified in heading 82.15.