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Section XIII
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware
Chapter 70
Glass and Glassware

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

goods of heading 32.07 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes);

(b)

articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);

(c)

optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;

(d)

front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88;

(e)

front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices, for vehicles of Chapter 86 to 88

(f)

optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90;

(g)

lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05;

(h)

toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or

(ij)

buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96.

2.

For the purposes of headings 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05:

(a)

glass is not regarded as "worked" by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing;

(b)

cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets;

(c)

the expression "absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer" means a microscopically thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infra-red light or improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents light from being reflected on the surface of the glass.

3.

The products referred to in heading 70.06 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles.

4.

For the purposes of heading 70.19, the expression "glass wool" means:

(a)

mineral wools with a silica (SiO[2]) content not less than 60 per cent by mass;

(b)

mineral wools with a silica (SiO[2]) content less than 60 per cent but with an alkaline oxide (K[2]O or Na[2]O) content exceeding 5 per cent by mass or a boric oxide (B[2]O[3]) content exceeding 2 percent by mass.

Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading 68.06.

5.

Throughout this Schedule, the expression "glass" includes fused quartz and other fused silica.

Subheading Note

1.

For the purposes of subheadings 7013.22, 7013.33, 7013.41 and 7013.91, the expression "lead crystal" means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by mass of 24 per cent.

Additional Note

1.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression "optical glass" means special glasses used in the manufacture of optical instruments for photography, astronomy, observation (for example, microscopy, navigation), armaments (for example, sighting telescopes), laboratories or for the manufacture of corrective spectacle lenses. These glasses are highly transparent. They may have special light absorptive properties and therefore be coloured or black. They are clear, homogeneous, without air bubbles, and have refractive indices and dispersive powers unusual in other glasses.

2.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression "solar glass" means glass sheets with an iron content of less than 300 parts per million (ppm) and solar transmittance of more than 88% (measured according to ISO 9050:AM 1,5)

3.

Shower enclosures of tariff subheading 7020.00.10 are classified in this subheading whether or not framed, trimmed, fitted with hinges, door handles and the like.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC MERCOSUR AfCFTA
70.04 Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked:
7004.20 - Glass, coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer:
7004.20.10 9 -- Optical glass m² free free free free free free
7004.20.90 7 -- Other m² 10% free free free 10% 4%
7004.90 - Other glass:
7004.90.10 0 -- Optical glass m² free free free free free free
7004.90.90 9 -- Other m² 10% free free free 10% 4%

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