TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES
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SCHEDULE 6. - METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS Part 1. - Metal-Bearing Ores and Other Metal-Bearing Materials Rates of IXity
3. The duties Imposed under Item 602.10, 602.20, or 602.30 of this part on the copper, lead, or zinc contained In metal-bearing ores are-cumulatlve duties which apply In addition to the duties. If any, otherwise Imposed on such ores. 4. Dutiable Metal Content of Ores and Other Materials: la) The specific rates of duty Imposed under the provisions of this part on the metal content of ores and other materials shall apply to the quantity of metal contained therein as determined by chemical analysis without deductions, whether recovered as metals, as alloys, or as chefnicat compounds or used directly In the manufacture of articles, except as hereinafter provided in this headnote. lb) Allowable Absolute Deductions for tosses on Copper. Lead, or Zinc Content: With respect to ores or other materials provided for In this part which are subject to duty at specific rates on their copper, lead, or zinc content, absolute deductions from the respective quantities of each of such metal contents as determined by chemical analysis shall be allowed, except when losses which exceed such absolute deductions are allowable as provided in 41c) of this headnote, as follows: (I) Materials Initially treated at copper plants: lA) From the copper content, 2 units (8) From the lead content, 2 units plus 50 percent by weight of any remaining lead content (C) From the zinc content, 100 percent by weight ( I D Materials Initially treated at lead Plants: (A) From the copper content, 2 units (B) From the lead content, 2 units (C) From the zinc content, 2 units or 20 percent by weight of the zinc content, whichever is greater (III) Materials initially treated at zinc Plants: (A) From the copper content, 2 units IB) From the lead content, 2 units (C) From the zinc content, 6 units (Iv) Materials initially treated at other Plants; lA) From the copper content, 2 units IB) From the lead content, 2 units (C) From the zinc content, 2 units For the purposes of these provisions, one unit Is 20 pounds of the respective metal per dry short ton of Imported material. (c) Allowable Deductions In lieu of Absolute Deductions on Copper. Lead, or Zinc Content: With respect to ores or other materials provided for in this part which are subject to duty at specific rates on their copper, lead, or zinc content. If more than 90 percent by weight of — (I) the zinc content of the Imported materials Initially treated at any lead plant, (II) the copper content of the Imported materials initially treated at any zinc plant, or (III) the copper, lead, or zinc content of the Imported materials Initially treated at any plant other than a copper, lead, or zinc plant.
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