WELDING WIRE. PRODUCT COMPRISES IF AN EXTRA LOW CARBON STAINLESS STEEL WELDING CONSUMABLE, SUITABLE FOR WELDING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS, GENERALLY USED IN FOOD PROCESSING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, AS WELL AS PIPES, TUBES AND BOILERS. THE PRODUCT IS PRODUCED IN VARIOUS GRADES OF WIRE AND CONSUMER PACKS UP TO 12.5KG. IT IS A HIGHLY SPECIALISED, ANTI SPATTER, REAGENT COATED WELDING CONSUMABLE WHICH IS PROCESSED TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR FEEDING AND ARC STABILITY. THE PRODUCT IS COATED WITH FLUX, COMPRISING OF A MIX OF DICHLOROETHYLENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE AND SILICONE, WHICH FORMS A THIN COATING OF SILICONE ON THE WIRE.

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 NOTES TO HEADING 7229 STATE THAT THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO 7217 APPLY MUTATIS MUTANDIS. HSEN NOTE (e) TO HEADING 7217 EXCLUDES COATED WELDING ELECTRODES ETC (HEADING 83.11).