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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
93.05 Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04:
9305.10 - Of revolvers or pistols:
9305.10.10 1 -- Firing mechanisms kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.20 7 -- Frames and receivers kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.30 4 -- Barrels kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.40 1 -- Pistons, locking lugs and gas buffers kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.50 9 -- Magazines and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.60 6 -- Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.70 3 -- Butts, grips and plates kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.80 0 -- Slides (for pistols) and cylinders (for revolvers) kg 15% free 15% free
9305.10.90 8 -- Other kg 15% free 15% free

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