Wire-bars and billets with their ends tapered or otherwise worked simply to facilitate their entry into machines for converting them into, for example, drawing stock (wire-rod) or tubes, are however to be taken to be unwrought copper of heading No 7403. (e)Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes.
Lankaharkkoja ja billettejä, joiden päät on suipennettu tai joita muulla tavalla on työstetty ainoastaan helpottamaan niiden syöttämistä koneisiin, kun niistä tehdään esimerkiksi raakalankaa tai putkea, pidetään kuitenkin nimikkeen 7403 muokkaamattomana kuparina;EurLex-2 EurLex-2