CHAPTER 75
NICKEL AND ARTICLES THEREOF
XV
75-1
Subheading Notes
1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Nickel, not alloyed
Metal containing by weight at least 99 percent of nickel plus cobalt, provided that:
(i) The cobalt content by weight does not exceed 1.5 percent, and
(ii) The content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table:
TABLE - Other elements
Element
Limiting content percent by weight
Fe
Iron 
0.5
O
Oxygen
0.4
Other elements, each
0.3
 
(b)  Nickel alloys
Metallic substances in which nickel predominates by weight over each of the other elements provided that:
(i) The content by weight of cobalt exceeds 1.5 percent,
(ii) The content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table, or
(iii) The total content by weight of elements other than nickel plus cobalt exceeds 1 percent.
  2.   Notwithstanding the provisions of note 9(c) to section XV, for the purposes of subheading 7508.10 the term "wire" applies only to products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm.  

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