THE PRODUCT CONSISTS OF A POWDER OR “GRANULES” MADE OF CERMET PARTICLES. THE CERMET IS MADE FROM TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CERAMIC WITH AN ADDITION OF 5% TO 15% METAL MATRIX. THE METAL MATRIX CAN BE COBALT, CHROMIUM, NICKEL OR A MIX OF THESE. THE CERMET PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED BY SINTERING FOLLOWED BY CRUSHING TO OBTAIN IRREGULAR AND BLOCKY PARTICLES. PARTICLES ARE SORTED TO OBTAIN DIFFERENT SIZE RANGES, TYPICALLY FROM 0.001 TO 10 MILLIMETRES. THE PRODUCT IS USED IN WELDING AND BRAZING APPLICATIONS. THE PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNWROUGHT CERMET.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL RULES 1 AND 6 FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE; THE TEXT OF CODES 8113, 8113 00, 8113 00 20; THE HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES TO HEADING 8113;