Customs Tariff
Chapter 70
Glass and Glassware
1. This Chapter does not cover:
Goods of heading 32.07 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes);
Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);
Optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;
Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90;
Lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05;
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
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:
glass is not regarded as "worked" by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing;
cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets;
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:
Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60 per cent by weight;
Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60 per cent but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content exceeding 5 per cent by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3) content exceeding 2% by weight.
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.
SUB-HEADING
NOTE
For
the
purposes
of tariff items 7013 22 00, 7013 33 00, 7013 41 00
and
7013.91,
the
expression
"lead
crystal"
means
only
glass
having
a
minimum
lead
monoxide
(PBO)
content
by
weight
of
24
per
cent.
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