Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1577 of 21 September 2020 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

1.This chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping. Headings 6904 to 6914 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in headings 6901 to 6903 .

2.This chapter does not cover:

(a) products of heading 2844 ;

(b) articles of heading 6804 ;

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

(d) cermets of heading 8113 ;

(e) articles of Chapter 82;

(f) electrical insulators (heading 8546 ) or fittings of insulating material of heading 8547 ;

(g) artificial teeth (heading 9021 );

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

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

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

(l) articles of heading 9606 (for example, buttons) or of heading 9614 (for example, smoking pipes); or

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

1.This chapter does not cover:

(a) goods of heading 3207 (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 8544 , electrical insulators (heading 8546 ) or fittings of insulating material of heading 8547 ;

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

(e) lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 9405 ;

(f) 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

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

2.For the purposes of headings 7003 , 7004 and 7005 :

(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 7006 remain classified in that heading, whether or not they have the character of articles.

4.For the purposes of heading 7019 , the expression ‘glass wool’ means:

(a) mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60 % by weight;

(b) mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content exceeding 5 % 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 6806 .

5.Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘glass’ includes fused quartz and other fused silica.

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 weight of 24 %.

| CN code | Description | Conventional rate of duty (%) | Supplementary unit |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 7001 00 | Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in the mass : | | | | 7001 00 10 | – Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass | Free | — | | | – Glass in the mass: | | | | 7001 00 91 | – – Optical glass | 3 | — | | 7001 00 99 | – – Other | Free | — | | 7002 | Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading 7018 ), rods or tubes, unworked : | | | | 7002 10 00 | – Balls | 3 | — | | 7002 20 | – Rods : | | | | 7002 20 10 | – – Of optical glass | 3 | — | | 7002 20 90 | – – Other | 3 | — | | | – Tubes : | | | | 7002 31 00 | – – Of fused quartz or other fused silica | 3 | — | | 7002 32 00 | – – Of other glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 × 10^–6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 °C to 300 °C | 3 | — | | 7002 39 00 | – – Other | 3 | — | | 7003 | Cast glass and rolled glass, in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked : | | | | | – Non-wired sheets : | | | | 7003 12 | – – Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer : | | | | 7003 12 10 | – – – Of optical glass | 3 | m² | | | – – – Other: | | | | 7003 12 91 | – – – – Having a non-reflecting layer | 3 | m² | | 7003 12 99 | – – – – Other | 3,8 MIN 0,6 €/100 kg/br | m² | | 7003 19 | – – Other : | | | | 7003 19 10 | – – – Of optical glass | 3 | m² | | 7003 19 90 | – – – Other | 3,8 MIN 0,6 €/100 kg/br | m² | | 7003 20 00 | – Wired sheets | 3,8 MIN 0,4 €/100 kg/br | m² | | 7003 30 00 | – Profiles | 3 | — | | 7004 | 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 | – – Optical glass | 3 | m² | | | – – Other: | | | | 7004 20 91 | – – – Having a non-reflecting layer | 3 | m² | | 7004 20 99 | – – – Other | 4,4 MIN 0,4 €/100 kg/br | m² | | 7004 90 | – Other glass : | | | | 7004 90 10 | – – Optical glass | 3 | m² | | 7004 90 80 | – – Other | 4,4 MIN 0,4 €/100 kg/br | m² | | 7005 | Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked : | | | | 7005 10 | – Non-wired glass, having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer : | | | | 7005 10 05 | – – Having a non-reflecting layer | 3 | m² | | | – – Other, of a thickness: | | | | 7005 10 25 | – – – Not exceeding 3,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 10 30 | – – – Exceeding 3,5 mm but not exceeding 4,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 10 80 | – – – Exceeding 4,5 mm | 2 | m² | | | – Other non-wired glass : | | | | 7005 21 | – – Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground : | | | | 7005 21 25 | – – – Of a thickness not exceeding 3,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 21 30 | – – – Of a thickness exceeding 3,5 mm but not exceeding 4,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 21 80 | – – – Of a thickness exceeding 4,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 29 | – – Other : | | | | 7005 29 25 | – – – Of a thickness not exceeding 3,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 29 35 | – – – Of a thickness exceeding 3,5 mm but not exceeding 4,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 29 80 | – – – Of a thickness exceeding 4,5 mm | 2 | m² | | 7005 30 00 | – Wired glass | 2 | m² | | 7006 00 | Glass of heading 7003 , 7004 or 7005 , bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials : | | | | 7006 00 10 | – Optical glass | 3 | — | | 7006 00 90 | – Other | 3 | — | | 7007 | Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass : | | | | | – Toughened (tempered) safety glass : | | | | 7007 11 | – – Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels : | | | | 7007 11 10 | – – – Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles | 3 | — | | 7007 11 90 | – – – Other | 3 | — | | 7007 19 | – – Other : | | | | 7007 19 10 | – – – Enamelled | 3 | m² | | 7007 19 20 | – – – Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer | 3 | m² | | 7007 19 80 | – – – Other | 3 | m² | | | – Laminated safety glass : | | | | 7007 21 | – – Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels : | | | | 7007 21 20 | – – – Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles | 3 | — | | 7007 21 80 | – – – Other | 3 | — | | 7007 29 00 | – – Other | 3 | m² | | 7008 00 | Multiple-walled insulating units of glass : | | | | 7008 00 20 | – Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer | 3 | m² | | | – Other: | | | | 7008 00 81 | – – Consisting of two panels of glass sealed around the edges by an airtight joint and separated by a layer of air, other gases or a vacuum | 3 | m² | | 7008 00 89 | – – Other | 3 | m² | | 7009 | Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors : | | | | 7009 10 00 | – Rear-view mirrors for vehicles | 4 | p/st | | | – Other : | | | | 7009 91 00 | – – Unframed | 4 | — | | 7009 92 00 | – – Framed | 4 | — | | 7010 | Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass : | | | | 7010 10 00 | – Ampoules | 3 | p/st | | 7010 20 00 | – Stoppers, lids and other closures | 5 | — | | 7010 90 | – Other : | | | | 7010 90 10 | – – Preserving jars (sterilising jars) | 5 | p/st | | | – – Other: | | | | 7010 90 21 | – – – Made from tubing of glass | 5 | p/st | | | – – – Other, of a nominal capacity of: | | | | 7010 90 31 | – – – – 2,5 l or more | 5 | p/st | | | – – – – Less than 2,5 l: | | | | | – – – – – For beverages and foodstuffs: | | | | | – – – – – – Bottles: | | | | | – – – – – – – Of colourless glass, of a nominal capacity of: | | | | 7010 90 41 | – – – – – – – – 1 l or more | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 43 | – – – – – – – – More than 0,33 l but less than 1 l | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 45 | – – – – – – – – 0,15 l or more but not more than 0,33 l | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 47 | – – – – – – – – Less than 0,15 l | 5 | p/st | | | – – – – – – – Of coloured glass, of a nominal capacity of: | | | | 7010 90 51 | – – – – – – – – 1 l or more | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 53 | – – – – – – – – More than 0,33 l but less than 1 l | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 55 | – – – – – – – – 0,15 l or more but not more than 0,33 l | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 57 | – – – – – – – – Less than 0,15 l | 5 | p/st | | | – – – – – – Other, of a nominal capacity of: | | | | 7010 90 61 | – – – – – – – 0,25 l or more | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 67 | – – – – – – – Less than 0,25 l | 5 | p/st | | | – – – – – For pharmaceutical products, of a nominal capacity: | | | | 7010 90 71 | – – – – – – Exceeding 0,055 l | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 79 | – – – – – – Not exceeding 0,055 l | 5 | p/st | | | – – – – – For other products: | | | | 7010 90 91 | – – – – – – Of colourless glass | 5 | p/st | | 7010 90 99 | – – – – – – Of coloured glass | 5 | p/st | | 7011 | Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without fittings, for electric lamps, cathode ray tubes or the like : | | | | 7011 10 00 | – For electric lighting | 4 | — | | 7011 20 00 | – For cathode ray tubes | 4 | — | | 7011 90 00 | – Other | 4 | — | | [7012 ] | | | | | 7013 | Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading 7010 or 7018 ) : | | | | 7013 10 00 | – Of glass ceramics | 11 | p/st | | | – Stemware drinking glasses, other than of glass ceramics : | | | | 7013 22 | – – Of lead crystal : | | | | 7013 22 10 | – – – Gathered by hand | 11 | p/st | | 7013 22 90 | – – – Gathered mechanically | 11 | p/st | | 7013 28 | – – Other : | | | | 7013 28 10 | – – – Gathered by hand | 11 | p/st | | 7013 28 90 | – – – Gathered mechanically | 11 | p/st | | | – Other drinking glasses, other than of glass ceramics : | | | | 7013 33 | – – Of lead crystal : | | | | | – – – Gathered by hand: | | | | 7013 33 11 | – – – – Cut or otherwise decorated | 11 | p/st | | 7013 33 19 | – – – – Other | 11 | p/st | | | – – – Gathered mechanically: | | | | 7013 33 91 | – – – – Cut or otherwise decorated | 11 | p/st | | 7013 33 99 | – – – – Other | 11 | p/st | | 7013 37 | – – Other : | | | | 7013 37 10 | – – – Of toughened glass | 11 | p/st | | | – – – Other: | | | | | – – – – Gathered by hand: | | | | 7013 37 51 | – – – – – Cut or otherwise decorated | 11 | p/st | | 7013 37 59 | – – – – – Other | 11 | p/st | | | – – – – Gathered mechanically: | | | | 7013 37 91 | – – – – – Cut or otherwise decorated | 11 | p/st | | 7013 37 99 | – – – – – Other | 11 | p/st | | | – Glassware of a kind used for table (other than drinking glasses) or kitchen purposes other than of glass ceramics : | | | | 7013 41 | – – Of lead crystal : | | | | 7013 41 10 | – – – Gathered by hand | 11 | p/st | | 7013 41 90 | – – – Gathered mechanically | 11 | p/st | | 7013 42 00 | – – Of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 × 10^–6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 °C to 300 °C | 11 | p/st | | 7013 49 | – – Other : | | | | 7013 49 10 | – – – Of toughened glass | 11 | p/st | | | – – – Other: | | | | 7013 49 91 | – – – – Gathered by hand | 11 | p/st | | 7013 49 99 | – – – – Gathered mechanically | 11 | p/st | | | – Other glassware : | | | | 7013 91 | – – Of lead crystal : | | | | 7013 91 10 | – – – Gathered by hand | 11 | p/st | | 7013 91 90 | – – – Gathered mechanically | 11 | p/st | | 7013 99 00 | – – Other | 11 | p/st | | 7014 00 00 | Signalling glassware and optical elements of glass (other than those of heading 7015 ), not optically worked | 3 | — | | 7015 | Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses : | | | | 7015 10 00 | – Glasses for corrective spectacles | 3 | — | | 7015 90 00 | – Other | 3 | — | | 7016 | Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other articles of pressed or moulded glass, whether or not wired, of a kind used for building or construction purposes; glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or similar decorative purposes; leaded lights and the like; multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar forms : | | | | 7016 10 00 | – Glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or similar decorative purposes | 8 | — | | 7016 90 | – Other : | | | | 7016 90 10 | – – Leaded lights and the like | 3 | m² | | 7016 90 40 | – – Blocks and bricks, of a kind used for building or construction purposes | 3 MIN 1,2 €/100 kg/br | — | | 7016 90 70 | – – Other | 3 MIN 1,2 €/100 kg/br | — | | 7017 | Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated : | | | | 7017 10 00 | – Of fused quartz or other fused silica | 3 | — | | 7017 20 00 | – Of other glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 × 10^–6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 °C to 300 °C | 3 | — | | 7017 90 00 | – Other | 3 | — | | 7018 | Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares, and articles thereof other than imitation jewellery; glass eyes other than prosthetic articles; statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-worked glass, other than imitation jewellery; glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter : | | | | 7018 10 | – Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares : | | | | | – – Glass beads: | | | | 7018 10 11 | – – – Cut and mechanically polished | Free | — | | 7018 10 19 | – – – Other | 7 | — | | 7018 10 30 | – – Imitation pearls | Free | — | | | – – Imitation precious or semi-precious stones: | | | | 7018 10 51 | – – – Cut and mechanically polished | Free | — | | 7018 10 59 | – – – Other | 3 | — | | 7018 10 90 | – – Other | 3 (¹) | — | | 7018 20 00 | – Glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter | 3 | — | | 7018 90 | – Other : | | | | 7018 90 10 | – – Glass eyes; articles of glass smallware | 3 | — | | 7018 90 90 | – – Other | 6 | — | | 7019 | Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, woven fabrics) : | | | | | – Slivers, rovings, yarn and chopped strands : | | | | 7019 11 00 | – – Chopped strands, of a length of not more than 50 mm | 7 | — | | 7019 12 00 | – – Rovings | 7 | — | | 7019 19 | – – Other : | | | | 7019 19 10 | – – – Of filaments | 7 | — | | 7019 19 90 | – – – Of staple fibres | 7 | — | | | – Thin sheets (voiles), webs, mats, mattresses, boards and similar non-woven products : | | | | 7019 31 00 | – – Mats | 7 | — | | 7019 32 00 | – – Thin sheets (voiles) | 5 | — | | 7019 39 00 | – – Other | 5 | — | | 7019 40 00 | – Woven fabrics of rovings | 7 | — | | | – Other woven fabrics : | | | | 7019 51 00 | – – Of a width not exceeding 30 cm | 7 | — | | 7019 52 00 | – – Of a width exceeding 30 cm, plain weave, weighing less than 250 g/m², of filaments measuring per single yarn not more than 136 tex | 7 | — | | 7019 59 00 | – – Other | 7 | — | | 7019 90 00 | – Other | 7 | — | | 7020 00 | Other articles of glass : | | | | 7020 00 05 | – Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor materials | Free | — | | | – Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels: | | | | 7020 00 07 | – – Unfinished | 3 | — | | 7020 00 08 | – – Finished | 6 | — | | | – Other: | | | | 7020 00 10 | – – Of fused quartz or other fused silica | 3 | — | | 7020 00 30 | – – Of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 × 10^–6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 °C to 300 °C | 3 | — | | 7020 00 80 | – – Other | 3 | — | | (¹) WTO tariff quota. | | | |

SECTION XIV

NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN

1.Subject to note 1(A) to Section VI and except as provided below, all articles consisting wholly or partly:

(a) of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), or

(b) of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal,

are to be classified in this chapter.

(B) Heading 7116 does not cover articles containing precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (other than as minor constituents).

3.This chapter does not cover:

(a) amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal (heading 2843 );

(b) sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or other goods of Chapter 30;

(c) goods of Chapter 32 (for example, lustres);

(d) supported catalysts (heading 3815 );

(e) articles of heading 4202 or 4203 referred to in note 3(B) to Chapter 42;

(f) articles of heading 4303 or 4304 ;

(g) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(h) footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65;

(ij) umbrellas, walking sticks or other articles of Chapter 66;

(k) abrasive goods of heading 6804 or 6805 or Chapter 82, containing dust or powder of precious or semi-precious stones (natural or synthetic); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in this chapter, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styluses (heading 8522 );

(l) articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments);

(m) arms or parts thereof (Chapter 93);

(n) articles covered by note 2 to Chapter 95;

(o) articles classified in Chapter 96 by virtue of note 4 to that chapter; or

(p) original sculptures or statuary (heading 9703 ), collectors' pieces (heading 9705 ) or antiques of an age exceeding 100 years (heading 9706 ), other than natural or cultured pearls or precious or semi-precious stones.

(B) The expression ‘platinum’ means platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium. (C) The expression ‘precious or semi-precious stones’ does not include any of the substances specified in note 2(b) to Chapter 96.

5.For the purposes of this chapter, any alloy (including a sintered mixture and an inter-metallic compound) containing precious metal is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal if any one precious metal constitutes as much as 2 %, by weight, of the alloy. Alloys of precious metal are to be classified according to the following rules:

(a) An alloy containing 2 % or more, by weight, of platinum is to be treated as an alloy of platinum.

(b) An alloy containing 2 % or more, by weight, of gold but no platinum, or less than 2 %, by weight, of platinum, is to be treated as an alloy of gold.

(c) Other alloys containing 2 % or more, by weight, of silver are to be treated as alloys of silver.

6.Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in the nomenclature to precious metal or to any particular precious metal includes a reference to alloys treated as alloys of precious metal or of the particular metal in accordance with the rules in note 5 above, but not to metal clad with precious metal or to base metal or non-metals plated with precious metal.

7.Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘metal clad with precious metal’ means material made with a base of metal upon one or more surfaces of which there is affixed by soldering, brazing, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means a covering of precious metal. Except where the context otherwise requires, the expression also covers base metal inlaid with precious metal.

8.Subject to note 1(A) to Section VI, goods answering to a description in heading 7112 are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the nomenclature.

9.For the purposes of heading 7113 , the expression ‘articles of jewellery’ means:

(a) any small objects of personal adornment (for example, rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings, watch-chains, fobs, pendants, tiepins, cuff links, dress-studs, religious or other medals and insignia); and

(b) articles of personal use of a kind normally carried in the pocket, in the handbag or on the person (for example, cigar or cigarette cases, snuff boxes, cachou or pill boxes, powder boxes, chain purses or prayer beads).

These articles may be combined or set, for example, with natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, tortoise shell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, natural or reconstituted amber, jet or coral.

10.For the purposes of heading 7114 , the expression ‘articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares’ includes such articles as ornaments, tableware, toilet-ware, smokers' requisites and other articles of household, office or religious use.

11.For the purposes of heading 7117 , the expression ‘imitation jewellery’ means articles of jewellery within the meaning of paragraph (a) of note 9 (but not including buttons or other articles of heading 9606 , or dress-combs, hairslides or the like, or hairpins, of heading 9615 ), not incorporating natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) nor (except as plating or as minor constituents) precious metal or metal clad with precious metal.

1.For the purposes of subheadings 7106 10 , 7108 11 , 7110 11 , 7110 21 , 7110 31 and 7110 41 , the expressions ‘powder’ and ‘in powder form’ mean products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0,5 mm.

2.Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter note 4(B), for the purposes of subheadings 7110 11 and 7110 19 , the expression ‘platinum’ does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or ruthenium.

3.For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading 7110 , each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals.

| CN code | Description | Conventional rate of duty (%) | Supplementary unit |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | I. NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS AND PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES | | | | | | | | | | 7101 | Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for convenience of transport : | | | | 7101 10 00 | – Natural pearls | Free | g | | | – Cultured pearls : | | | | 7101 21 00 | – – Unworked | Free | g | | 7101 22 00 | – – Worked | Free | g | | 7102 | Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set : | | | | 7102 10 00 | – Unsorted | Free | c/k | | | – Industrial : | | | | 7102 21 00 | – – Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted | Free | c/k | | 7102 29 00 | – – Other | Free | c/k | | | – Non-industrial : | | | | 7102 31 00 | – – Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted | Free | c/k | | 7102 39 00 | – – Other | Free | c/k | | 7103 | Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport : | | | | 7103 10 00 | – Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped | Free | — | | | – Otherwise worked : | | | | 7103 91 00 | – – Rubies, sapphires and emeralds | Free | g | | 7103 99 00 | – – Other | Free | g | | 7104 | Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport : | | | | 7104 10 00 | – Piezoelectric quartz | Free | g | | 7104 20 | – Other, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped : | | | | 7104 20 10 | – – Diamonds | Free | g | | 7104 20 90 | – – Other | Free | g | | 7104 90 | – Other : | | | | 7104 90 10 | – – Diamonds | Free | g | | 7104 90 90 | – – Other | Free | g | | 7105 | Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi-precious stones : | | | | 7105 10 00 | – Of diamonds | Free | g | | 7105 90 00 | – Other | Free | g | | II. PRECIOUS METALS AND METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL | | | | | | | | | | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form : | | | | 7106 10 00 | – Powder | Free | g | | | – Other : | | | | 7106 91 00 | – – Unwrought | Free | g | | 7106 92 00 | – – Semi-manufactured | Free | g | | 7107 00 00 | Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured | Free | — | | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form : | | | | | – Non-monetary : | | | | 7108 11 00 | – – Powder | Free | g | | 7108 12 00 | – – Other unwrought forms | Free | g | | 7108 13 | – – Other semi-manufactured forms : | | | | 7108 13 10 | – – – Bars, rods, wire and sections; plates; sheets and strips of a thickness, excluding any backing, exceeding 0,15 mm | Free | g | | 7108 13 80 | – – – Other | Free | g | | 7108 20 00 | – Monetary | Free | g | | 7109 00 00 | Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured | Free | — | | 7110 | Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form : | | | | | – Platinum : | | | | 7110 11 00 | – – Unwrought or in powder form | Free | g | | 7110 19 | – – Other : | | | | 7110 19 10 | – – – Bars, rods, wire and sections; plates; sheets and strips of a thickness, excluding any backing, exceeding 0,15 mm | Free | g | | 7110 19 80 | – – – Other | Free | g | | | – Palladium : | | | | 7110 21 00 | – – Unwrought or in powder form | Free | g | | 7110 29 00 | – – Other | Free | g | | | – Rhodium : | | | | 7110 31 00 | – – Unwrought or in powder form | Free | g | | 7110 39 00 | – – Other | Free | g | | | – Iridium, osmium and ruthenium : | | | | 7110 41 00 | – – Unwrought or in powder form | Free | g | | 7110 49 00 | – – Other | Free | g | | 7111 00 00 | Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured | Free | — | | 7112 | Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal or precious-metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal : | | | | 7112 30 00 | – Ash containing precious metal or precious-metal compounds | Free | — | | | – Other : | | | | 7112 91 00 | – – Of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | Free | — | | 7112 92 00 | – – Of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | Free | — | | 7112 99 00 | – – Other | Free | — | | III. JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES | | | | | | | | | | 7113 | Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal : | | | | | – Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : | | | | 7113 11 00 | – – Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal | 2,5 | g | | 7113 19 00 | – – Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal | 2,5 | g | | 7113 20 00 | – Of base metal clad with precious metal | 4 | — | | 7114 | Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal : | | | | | – Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : | | | | 7114 11 00 | – – Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal | 2 | g | | 7114 19 00 | – – Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal | 2 | g | | 7114 20 00 | – Of base metal clad with precious metal | 2 | — | | 7115 | Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal : | | | | 7115 10 00 | – Catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, of platinum | Free | — | | 7115 90 00 | – Other | 3 | — | | 7116 | Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) : | | | | 7116 10 00 | – Of natural or cultured pearls | Free | g | | 7116 20 | – Of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) : | | | | 7116 20 11 | – – Necklaces, bracelets and other articles made wholly of natural precious or semi-precious stones, simply strung without fasteners or other accessories | Free | g | | 7116 20 80 | – – Other | 2,5 | g | | 7117 | Imitation jewellery : | | | | | – Of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal : | | | | 7117 11 00 | – – Cuff links and studs | 4 | — | | 7117 19 00 | – – Other | 4 | — | | 7117 90 00 | – Other | 4 | — | | 7118 | Coin : | | | | 7118 10 00 | – Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender | Free | g | | 7118 90 00 | – Other | Free | g |

SECTION XV

BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

Notes

1.This section does not cover:

(a) prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to 3210 , 3212 , 3213 or 3215 );

(b) ferro-cerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606 );

(c) headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507 ;

(d) umbrella frames or other articles of heading 6603 ;

(e) goods of Chapter 71 (for example, precious-metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal, imitation jewellery);

(f) articles of Section XVI (machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical goods);

(g) assembled railway or tramway track (heading 8608 ) or other articles of Section XVII (vehicles, ships and boats, aircraft);

(h) instruments or apparatus of Section XVIII, including clock or watch springs;

(ij) lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading 9306 ) or other articles of Section XIX (arms and ammunition);

(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, mattress supports, lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings);

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

(m) hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencil-holders, pen nibs, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles or other articles of Chapter 96 (miscellaneous manufactured articles); or

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

2.Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘parts of general use’ means:

(a) articles of heading 7307 , 7312 , 7315 , 7317 or 7318 and similar articles of other base metal;

(b) springs and leaves for springs, of base metal, other than clock or watch springs (heading 9114 ); and

(c) articles of headings 8301 , 8302 , 8308 , 8310 and frames and mirrors, of base metal, of heading 8306 .

In Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82 (but not in heading 7315 ), references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above.

Subject to the preceding paragraph and to note 1 to Chapter 83, the articles of Chapter 82 or 83 are excluded from Chapters 72 to 76 and 78 to 81.

3.Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘base metals’ means: iron and steel, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium.

4.Throughout the nomenclature, the term ‘cermets’ means products containing a microscopic heterogeneous combination of a metallic component and a ceramic component. The term ‘cermets’ includes sintered metal carbides (metal carbides sintered with a metal).

5.Classification of alloys (other than ferro-alloys and master alloys as defined in Chapters 72 and 74):

(a) An alloy of base metals is to be classified as an alloy of the metal which predominates by weight over each of the other metals.

(b) An alloy composed of base metals of this section and of elements not falling within this section is to be treated as an alloy of base metals of this section if the total weight of such metals equals or exceeds the total weight of the other elements present.

(c) In this section, the term ‘alloys’ includes sintered mixtures of metal powders, heterogeneous intimate mixtures obtained by melting (other than cermets) and intermetallic compounds.

6.Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in the nomenclature to a base metal includes a reference to alloys which, by virtue of note 5 above, are to be classified as alloys of that metal.

7.Classification of composite articles:

Except where the headings otherwise require, articles of base metal (including articles of mixed materials treated as articles of base metal under the interpretative rules) containing two or more base metals are to be treated as articles of the base metal predominating by weight over each of the other metals.

For this purpose:

(a) Iron and steel, or different kinds of iron or steel, are regarded as one and the same metal.

(b) An alloy is regarded as being entirely composed of that metal as an alloy of which, by virtue of note 5, it is classified.

(c) A cermet of heading 8113 is regarded as a single base metal.

8.In this section, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

(a) Waste and scrap Metal waste and scrap from the manufacture or mechanical working of metals, and metal goods definitely not usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons.

(b) Powders Products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 1 mm.

1.In this chapter and, in the case of notes (d), (e) and (f) throughout the nomenclature, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

(a) Pig iron Iron-carbon alloys not usefully malleable, containing more than 2 % by weight of carbon and which may contain by weight one or more other elements within the following limits: — not more than 10 % of chromium, — not more than 6 % of manganese, — not more than 3 % of phosphorus, — not more than 8 % of silicon, — a total of not more than 10 % of other elements.

(b) Spiegeleisen Iron-carbon alloys containing by weight more than 6 % but not more than 30 % of manganese and otherwise conforming to the specification at (a) above.

(c) Ferro-alloys Alloys in pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms, in forms obtained by continuous casting and also in granular or powder forms, whether or not agglomerated, commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-oxidants, de-sulphurising agents or for similar uses in ferrous metallurgy and generally not usefully malleable, containing by weight 4 % or more of the element iron and one or more of the following: — more than 10 % of chromium, — more than 30 % of manganese, — more than 3 % of phosphorus, — more than 8 % of silicon, — a total of more than 10 % of other elements, excluding carbon, subject to a maximum content of 10 % in the case of copper.

(d) Steel Ferrous materials other than those of heading 7203 which (with the exception of certain types produced in the form of castings) are usefully malleable and which contain by weight 2 % or less of carbon. However, chromium steels may contain higher proportions of carbon.

(e) Stainless steel Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1,2 % or less of carbon and 10,5 % or more of chromium, with or without other elements.

(f) Other alloy steel Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel and containing by weight one or more of the following elements in the proportion shown: — 0,3 % or more of aluminium, — 0,0008 % or more of boron, — 0,3 % or more of chromium, — 0,3 % or more of cobalt, — 0,4 % or more of copper, — 0,4 % or more of lead, — 1,65 % or more of manganese, — 0,08 % or more of molybdenum, — 0,3 % or more of nickel, — 0,06 % or more of niobium, — 0,6 % or more of silicon, — 0,05 % or more of titanium, — 0,3 % or more of tungsten (wolfram), — 0,1 % or more of vanadium, — 0,05 % or more of zirconium, — 0,1 % or more of other elements (except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen), taken separately.

(g) Remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel Products roughly cast in the form of ingots without feeder-heads or hot tops, or of pigs, having obvious surface faults and not complying with the chemical composition of pig iron, spiegeleisen or ferro-alloys.

(h) Granules Products of which less than 90 % by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 1 mm and of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 5 mm.

(ij) Semi-finished products Continuous cast products of solid section, whether or not subjected to primary hot-rolling; and other products of solid section, which have not been further worked than subjected to primary hot-rolling or roughly shaped by forging, including blanks for angles, shapes or sections. These products are not presented in coils.

(k) Flat-rolled products Rolled products of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at (ij) above in the form of: — coils of successively superimposed layers, or — straight lengths, which if of a thickness less than 4,75 mm are of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more are of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness. Flat-rolled products include those with patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and those which have been perforated, corrugated or polished, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Flat-rolled products of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, are to be classified as products of a width of 600 mm or more, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings.

(l) Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils Hot-rolled products in irregularly wound coils, which have a solid cross-section in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons (including ‘flattened circles’ and ‘modified rectangles’, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). These products may have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars and rods).

(m) Other bars and rods Products which do not conform to any of the definitions at (ij), (k) or (l) above or to the definition of wire, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons (including ‘flattened circles’ and ‘modified rectangles’, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). These products may: — have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars and rods), — be twisted after rolling.

(n) Angles, shapes and sections Products having a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length which do not conform to any of the definitions at (ij), (k), (l) or (m) above or to the definition of wire. Chapter 72 does not include products of heading 7301 or 7302 .

(o) Wire Cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products.

(p) Hollow drill bars and rods Hollow bars and rods of any cross-section, suitable for drills, of which the greatest external dimension of the cross-section exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 52 mm, and of which the greatest internal dimension does not exceed one half of the greatest external dimension. Hollow bars and rods of iron or steel not conforming to this definition are to be classified in heading 7304 .

2.Ferrous metals clad with another ferrous metal are to be classified as products of the ferrous metal predominating by weight.

3.Iron or steel products obtained by electrolytic deposition, by pressure casting or by sintering are to be classified, according to their form, their composition and their appearance, in the headings of this chapter appropriate to similar hot-rolled products.

1.In this chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

(a) Alloy pig iron Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions: — more than 0,2 % of chromium, — more than 0,3 % of copper, — more than 0,3 % of nickel, — more than 0,1 % of any of the following elements: aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium.

(b) Non-alloy free-cutting steel Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions: — 0,08 % or more of sulphur, — 0,1 % or more of lead, — more than 0,05 % of selenium, — more than 0,01 % of tellurium, — more than 0,05 % of bismuth.

(c) Silicon-electrical steel Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0,6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0,08 % of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.

(d) High-speed steel Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0,6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium.

(e) Silico-manganese steel Alloy steels containing by weight: — not more than 0,7 % of carbon, — 0,5 % or more but not more than 1,9 % of manganese, and — 0,6 % or more but not more than 2,3 % of silicon, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.

2.For the classification of ferro-alloys in the subheadings of heading 7202 , the following rule should be observed:

A ferro-alloy is considered as binary and classified under the relevant subheading (if it exists) if only one of the alloy elements exceeds the minimum percentage laid down in note 1(c) to this chapter; by analogy, it is considered respectively as ternary or quaternary if two or three alloy elements exceed the minimum percentage.

For the application of this rule, the unspecified ‘other elements’ referred to in note 1(c) to this chapter must each exceed 10 % by weight.

1.The following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

— ‘Electrical’: for the purposes of subheadings 7209 16 10 , 7209 17 10 , 7209 18 10 , 7209 26 10 , 7209 27 10 , 7209 28 10 and 7211 23 20 , flat-rolled products which under a current at 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T have a watt-loss per kilogram, calculated by the Epstein method, of: — 2,1 W or less, when their thickness does not exceed 0,20 mm, — 3,6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,20 mm but less than 0,60 mm, — 6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,60 mm but not greater than 1,50 mm.

— ‘Tinplate’: for the purposes of subheadings 7210 12 20 , 7210 70 10 , 7212 10 10 and 7212 40 20 , flat-rolled products (of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm) coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, 97 % or more of tin.

— ‘Tool steel’: for the purposes of subheadings 7224 10 10 , 7224 90 02 , 7225 30 10 , 7225 40 12 , 7226 91 20 , 7228 30 20 , 7228 40 10 , 7228 50 20 and 7228 60 20 , alloy steels, other than stainless or high-speed steel, containing, by weight, one of the following compositions, with or without other elements: — less than 0,6 % of carbon and 0,7 % or more of silicon and 0,05 % or more of vanadium or 4 % or more of tungsten, — 0,8 % or more of carbon and 0,05 % or more of vanadium, — more than 1,2 % of carbon and not less than 11 % but not more than 15 % of chromium, — 0,16 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of carbon and 3,8 % or more but not more than 4,3 % of nickel and 1,1 % or more but not more than 1,5 % of chromium and 0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum, — 0,3 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of carbon and 1,4 % or more but not more than 2,1 % of chromium and 0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum and less than 1,2 % of nickel, — 0,3 % or more of carbon and less than 5,2 % of chromium and 0,65 % or more of molybdenum or 0,4 % or more of tungsten, — 0,5 % or more but not more than 0,6 % of carbon and 1,25 % or more but not more than 1,8 % of nickel and 0,5 % or more but not more than 1,2 % of chromium and 0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum.