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Section XIX
Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof
Chapter 93
Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares);

(b)

part of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);

(c)

armoured fighting vehicles (heading 87.10);

(d)

telescopic sights or other optical devices suitable for use with arms, unless mounted on a firearm or presented with the firearm on which they are designed to be mounted (Chapter 90);

(e)

bows, arrows, fencing foils or toys (Chapter 95); or

(f)

collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 97.05 or 97.06).

2.

In heading 93.06, the reference to "parts thereof" does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 85.26.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC
93.01 Military weapons (excluding revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07):
9301.10 8 - Artillery weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars) u 15% free 15% free
9301.20 2 - Rocket launchers; flame-throwers; grenade launchers; torpedo tubes and similar projectors u 15% free 15% free
9301.90 - Other:
9301.90.10 1 -- Fully automatic shotguns u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.2 -- Rifles:
9301.90.21 7 --- Bolt action u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.22 5 --- Semi-automatic u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.23 3 --- Fully automatic u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.24 1 --- Other u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.30 6 -- Machine-guns u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.4 -- Sub-machine-guns:
9301.90.41 1 --- Fully automatic pistols u 15% free 15% free
9301.90.42 8 --- Other u 15% free 15% free

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