THE PRODUCT IS A WELDING ELECTRODE MADE OF MILD STEEL, COATED WITH A FLUX MATERIAL. USED FOR STICK (ARC) WELDING. AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS DIAMETERS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8311 - WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PLATES, ELECTRODES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS, OF BASE METAL OR OF METAL CARBIDES, COATED OR CORED WITH FLUX MATERIAL, OF A KIND USED FOR SOLDERING, BRAZING, WELDING OR DEPOSITION OF METAL OR OF METAL CARBIDES; WIRE AND RODS, OF AGGLOMERATED BASE METAL POWDER, USED FOR METAL SPRAYING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL - 831110 - COATED ELECTRODES OF BASE METAL, FOR ELECTRIC ARC-WELDING. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- HSEN'S TO HEADING 7229 STATE THAT THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO 7217 APPLY MUTATIS MUTANDIS. THE HSEN'S TO HEADING 7217 (NOTE (e) EXCLUDES COATED WELDING ELECTRODES ETC (HEADING 83.11).