This heading covers all lead articles not included in the preceding headings of this Chapter, or in Chapter 82 or 83, or more specifically covered elsewhere in the Nomenclature (see Note 1 to Section XV), whether these articles are cast, pressed, stamped, etc.
It applies, in particular, to collapsible tubes for packing colours or other products; vats, reservoirs, drums and similar containers (for acids, radioactive products or other chemicals), not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; lead weights for fishing nets, lead weights for clothing, curtains, etc.; weights for clocks, and general purpose counterweights; skeins, hanks and ropes of lead fibres or strands used for packing or for caulking pipe joints; parts of building structures; yacht keels, divers' breast plates; electroplating anodes (see Part (A) of the Explanatory Note to heading 75.08); lead bars, rods, profiles and wire defined in Notes 1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) to this Chapter (other than cast rods intended, for example, for rolling or drawing or for re-casting into shaped articles (heading 78.01), and coated rods (heading 83.11)). This heading also includes tubes and pipes defined in Chapter Note 1 (e) and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of lead (other than fittings with taps, cocks, valves, etc. (heading 84.81), tubes and pipes made up into specific identifiable articles, such as machinery parts (Section XVI) and insulated electric cables with an outer sheathing of lead (heading 85.44)). These articles correspond to the iron or steel goods referred to in the Explanatory Notes to headings 73.04 to 73.07.
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