BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL > ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL > Tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel > Other, of stainless steel > Butt welding fittings > Elbows and bends > Of austenitic stainless steel grades, corresponding to AISI types 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 316Ti, 321 and 321H and their equivalent in the other norms, with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 406.4 mm and a wall thickness of 16 mm or less, with a roughness average (Ra) of the internal surface not less than 0.8 micrometres, not flanged, whether or not finished > Other
Synonyms
butt-welding elbow, butt-welding bend, stainless-steel pipe fitting
Materials
Keywords
butt-welding elbow · butt-welding bend · stainless-steel pipe fitting · stainless steel · butt-welding fitting · elbow or bend · for use in certain types of aircraft · AISI 304 · AISI 304L · AISI 316 · AISI 316L
1. This Section does not cover: (a) prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215); (b) ferrocerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606); (c) headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507; (d) umbrella frames or other articles of Chapter 66; (e) goods of Chapter 71 (for example, precious metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal, imitation jewellery); (f) articles of Section XVI (machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment); (g) assembled railway or tramway track (heading 8608) or other articles of Section XVII (vehicles, aircraft, vessels); (h) instruments or apparatus of Section XVIII, including clock or watch springs; (ij) lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading 9306) or other articles of Section XIX (arms and ammunition); (k) articles of Chapter 94 (furniture, lamps, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings); (l) articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); (m) hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencils, pen-holders, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles or other articles of Chapter 96; (n) articles of Chapter 97 (works of art). 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; (b) springs and leaves for springs, of base metal, other than clock or watch springs (heading 9114); (c) articles of headings 8301, 8302, 8308, 8310 and frames and mirrors, of base metal, of heading 8306. In Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82, references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above. 3. Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression 'base metals' means: iron and steel, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium (celtium), indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium. 4. Throughout the Nomenclature, the term 'cermets' means products containing a microscopic heterogeneous combination of a metallic component and a ceramic component, including sintered metal carbides. 5. Classification of alloys (other than ferro-alloys and master alloys as defined in Chapters 72 and 74): alloys of base metals with each other are to be classified as alloys of the metal which predominates by weight over each of the other metals. Alloys of base metals not elsewhere specified or included are to be classified as articles of the metal predominating by weight.
Source: European Commission - CN Explanatory Notes (CNEN) and HS legal notes.
C-368/22
25 May 2023Skatteministeriet v Danish Fluid System Technologies A/S
On those grounds, the Court (Sixth Chamber) hereby rules: Subheading 73072210 of the Combined Nomenclature in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2000 of 31 January 2000, in the version resulting from Commission Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 of 5 October 2010, must be interpreted as meaning that stainless steel tube or pipe fittings, other than cast fittings, which have an external thread and do not constitute short tube sections with an interior thread, used to join two tubes by screwing them into that fitting or by simply pushing them into that fitting, cannot be regarded as being ‘sleeves’ coming under that subheading. [Signatures] ( *1 ) Language of the case: Danish.
C-362/20
15 Jul 2021Openbaar Ministerie and Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën v Profit Europe NV and Gosselin Forwarding Services NV
On those grounds, the Court (Tenth Chamber) hereby rules: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1071/2012 of 14 November 2012 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 430/2013 of 13 May 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand and terminating the proceeding with regard to Indonesia, in the version prior to the amendments made to the latter by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/262, of 14 February 2019, must be interpreted as meaning that the provisional and definitive anti-dumping duties imposed by those regulations apply to threaded tube or pipe cast fittings of spheroidal graphite cast iron, originating in China. [Signatures] ( *1 ) Language of the case: Dutch.
C-306/18
15 May 2019KORADO, a.s. v Generální ředitelství cel
On those grounds, the Court (Eighth Chamber) hereby rules: The Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1101/2014 of 16 October 2014, must be interpreted as meaning that welded steel parts such as those at issue in the main proceedings must, subject to the referring court’s assessment of all the factual information available to it, be classified under CN heading 7307, as ‘tube or pipe fittings’. [Signatures] ( *1 ) Language of the case: Czech.
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ConcentratedThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | €98.3M | 10.2Mt | €9.60/kg | 40.6% | |
| 2 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €43.1M | 5.7Mt | €7.54/kg | 17.8% | |
| 3 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €42.0M | 2.6Mt | €16.25/kg | 17.3% | |
| 4 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | €30.7M | 1.1Mt | €27.45/kg | 12.7% | |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €28.0M | 143Kt | €195.78/kg | 11.6% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇴 Norway | €56.9M | 2.7Mt | €20.86/kg | 23.4% | |
| 2 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €54.2M | 3.5Mt | €15.32/kg | 22.3% | |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €50.5M | 1.9Mt | €26.14/kg | 20.8% | |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €48.6M | 2.4Mt | €20.17/kg | 20.0% | |
| 5 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €33.0M | 2.2Mt | €15.05/kg | 13.6% |