This heading covers unwrought aluminium in the liquid state, in blocks, ingots, billets, slabs, notched bars, wire bars, or similar forms obtained by casting electrolytic aluminium or by remelting metal waste or scrap. These goods are generally intended for rolling, forging, drawing, extruding, hammering or for remelting and for casting into shaped articles.
The heading includes aluminium pellets, mainly used in metallurgy (as de-oxidising agents, especially in the manufacture of iron or steel). The heading also covers certain cast or sintered bars, etc. (see the Explanatory Note to heading 74.03 which applies, mutatis mutandis, to this heading). The heading excludes aluminium powders and flakes (heading 76.03).
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