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Section XIII
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware
Chapter 68
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

goods of Chapter 25;

(b)

coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 48.10 or 48.11 (for example, paper and paperboard coated with mica powder or graphite, bitumenised or asphalted paper and paperboard);

(c)

coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated or covered with mica powder, bitumenised or asphalted fabric);

(d)

articles of Chapter 71;

(e)

tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82;

(f)

lithographic stones of heading 84.42;

(g)

electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;

(h)

dental burrs (heading 90.18);

(ij)

articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);

(k)

articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaries and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);

(l)

articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);

(m)

articles of heading 96.02, if made of materials specified in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96, or of heading 96.06 (for example, buttons), of heading 96.09 (for example, slate pencils), heading 96.10 (for example, drawing slates) or of heading 96.20 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles); or

(n)

articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

2.

In heading 68.02 the expression "worked monumental or building stone" applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in heading 25.15 or 25.16 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC
68.12 Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread, woven fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced (excluding goods of heading 68.11 or 68.13):
6812.80 - Of crocidolite:
6812.80.10 8 -- Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear; millboard, of a thickness of 1 mm or more, not reinforced and not containing added rubber; filter plates, of a thickness exceeding 2,5 mm; compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls (excluding those combined with metal sheeting) kg 15% free free free
6812.80.20 5 -- Cords and string, not braided or plaited kg 15% free free free
6812.80.30 2 -- Woven fabrics (excluding fabrics coated, covered or laminated with rubber or aluminium) kg 15% free free free
6812.80.90 6 -- Other kg free free free free
6812.9 - Other:
6812.91 1 -- Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear kg 15% free free free
6812.99 -- Other:
6812.99.10 1 --- Cords and string, not braided or plaited kg 15% free free free
6812.99.20 7 --- Woven fabrics (excluding fabrics coated, covered or laminated with rubber or aluminium kg 15% free free free
6812.99.30 4 --- Millboard, of a thickness of 1 mm or more, not reinforced and not containing added rubber kg 15% free free free
6812.99.40 1 --- Filter plates, of a thickness exceeding 2,5 mm kg 15% free free free
6812.99.50 9 --- Compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls, combined with metal sheeting kg 15% free free free
6812.99.90 8 --- Other kg free free free free

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