7228 30 70 00: Hot-rolled alloy steel bars and rods: Of rectangular (other than square) cross-section, hot-rolled on four faces

1. The following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

• ‘Electrical’: for the purposes of subheadings 72091610, 72091710, 72091810, 72092610, 72092710, 72092810 and 72112320, flat-rolled products which under a current at 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T have a watt-loss per kilogram, calculated by the Epstein method, of:

  • 2,1 W or less, when their thickness does not exceed 0,20 mm,

  • 3,6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,20 mm but less than 0,60 mm,

  • 6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,60 mm but not greater than 1,50 mm.

• ‘Tinplate’: for the purposes of subheadings 72101220, 72107010, 72121010 and 72124020, flat-rolled products (of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm) coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, 97 % or more of tin.

• ‘Tool steel’: for the purposes of subheadings 72241010, 72249002, 72253010, 72254012, 72269120, 72283020, 72284010, 72285020 and 72286020, alloy steels, other than stainless or high-speed steel, containing, by weight, one of the following compositions, with or without other elements:

  • less than 0,6 % of carbon

    and

    0,7 % or more of silicon and 0,05 % or more of vanadium

    or

    4 % or more of tungsten,

  • 0,8 % or more of carbon

    and

    0,05 % or more of vanadium,

  • more than 1,2 % of carbon

    and

    not less than 11 % but not more than 15 % of chromium,

  • 0,16 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of carbon

    and

    3,8 % or more but not more than 4,3 % of nickel

    and

    1,1 % or more but not more than 1,5 % of chromium

    and

    0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum,

  • 0,3 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of carbon

    and

    1,4 % or more but not more than 2,1 % of chromium

    and

    0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum

    and

    less than 1,2 % of nickel,

  • 0,3 % or more of carbon

    and

    less than 5,2 % of chromium

    and

    0,65 % or more of molybdenum or 0,4 % or more of tungsten,

  • 0,5 % or more but not more than 0,6 % of carbon

    and

    1,25 % or more but not more than 1,8 % of nickel

    and

    0,5 % or more but not more than 1,2 % of chromium

    and

    0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum.