One is "raw material", the other is "finished goods". This kind of distinction is pretty standard across the world.
Yes, that was my point. If you only tariff raw copper (which is what the parent thought), you could avoid the tariff by importing lightly process copper (e.g. a spool of 0000 wire instead of bar of copper).
Yet another tarrif level is often set on "semi-finished goods" too.
It does seem like these tariffs haven't really been thought through though, so I wouldn't be surprised if "hacks" existed.
Differently? One has been processed, presuably for a value-add.
Raw copper isn’t tariffed, #4/0 bare copper wire would be tariffed since it’s a finished product.
Yes, I was commenting on the parent poster's suggestion that only raw copper might be tariffed. If only raw copper was tariffed, you could bypass it by importing very lightly process copper, like thick wire.