CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 7318 - SCREWS, BOLTS, NUTS, COACH SCREWS………. AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL - 731816 - NUTS.
SECTION AND CHAPTER NOTES
SECTION XVII NOTE 2(b) HAS BEEN USED TO EXCLUDE THE GOODS FROM CHAPTER 84. THE NOTE SAYS -
2. THE EXPRESSIONS 'PARTS' AND 'PARTS AND ACCESSORIES' DO NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS FOR THE GOODS OF THIS SECTION:
(b) PARTS OF GENERAL USE, AS DEFINED IN NOTE 2 TO SECTION XV, OF BASE METAL (SECTION XV), OR SIMILAR GOODS OF PLASTICS (CHAPTER 39);
SECTION XV NOTE 2 (a) HAS BEEN USED TO INCLUDE THE GOODS TO CHAPTER 73. THE NOTE SAYS;
(2) THROUGHOUT THE NOMENCLATURE, THE EXPRESSION 'PARTS OF GENERAL USE' MEANS:
(a) ARTICLES OF HEADING 7307, 7312, 7315, 7317 OR 7318 AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF OTHER BASE METAL;