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UK Harmonised System · Section XV — Base metals and articles of base metal

Chapter 80Tin and articles thereof

4 headingssit inside this chapter. HMRC's official chapter notes below govern how goods are assigned to it under the WCO General Rules of Interpretation. To classify a specific product in this chapter, use the TariffFlow classify workspace — it walks the tree, cites binding rulings, and produces a signed audit Case Pack.

Official chapter notes

Verbatim text published by HMRC. These are the legal basis for classification decisions in this chapter; the "General Rules of Interpretation" point at them directly.

### Subheading note In this chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: a. Tin, not alloyed: Metal containing by weight at least 99% of tin, provided that the content by weight of any bismuth or copper is less than the limit specified in the following table: **Other elements** | Element | Element name | Limiting content % by weight | |---------|--------------|------------------------------| | Bi | Bismuth | 0.1 | | Cu | Copper | 0.4 | b. Tin alloys: Metallic substances in which tin predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that: (1) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1% or (2) the content by weight of either bismuth or copper is equal to or greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table.

Headings in Chapter 80

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