OXYGEN- FREE ELECTROLYTIC COPPER CLIPPINGS (99.99%) FOR COPPER PLATING PROCESS. THE PRODUCT IS MADE BY A STANDARD COPPER SMELTING PROCESS AND THEN DRAWN INTO BARS AND CUT INTO BILLETS. THE PRODUCT IS USED FOR ELECTRO- PLATING OF ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING CYLINDERS. THE COPPER IS DISSOLVED IN A SULPHURIC ACID SOLUTION IN A BESPOKE BATH. ELECTRICITY IS PASSED THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND COPPER IS PLATED ON THE PRINTING CYLINDER WHICH IS ACTING AS A CATHODE IN THE ELECTROPLATING SYSTEM. THE PLATED CYLINDER IS THEN ENGRAVED WITH AN INTAGLIO PRINTING IMAGE.

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 7403 REFINED COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS, UNWROUGHT GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 740313- BILLETS ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: SECTION XV NOTE 3 REFERS CHAPTER 74 NOTE 1 (A) REFERS HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSENS) CHAPTER 74 GENERAL NOTES REFERS HSENS TO HEADING 7403 REFERS