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Section XIII › Chapter 70

Chapter 70
Glass and Glassware

Glass and Glassware

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

goods of heading 32.07 (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 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;

(d)

front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88;

(e)

front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices, for vehicles of Chapter 86 to 88

(f)

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

(g)

lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05;

(h)

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

(ij)

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:

(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 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:

(a)

mineral wools with a silica (SiO[2]) content not less than 60 per cent by mass;

(b)

mineral wools with a silica (SiO[2]) content less than 60 per cent but with an alkaline oxide (K[2]O or Na[2]O) content exceeding 5 per cent by mass or a boric oxide (B[2]O[3]) content exceeding 2 percent by mass.

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.

Subheading Note

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 mass of 24 per cent.

Additional Note

1.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression "optical glass" means special glasses used in the manufacture of optical instruments for photography, astronomy, observation (for example, microscopy, navigation), armaments (for example, sighting telescopes), laboratories or for the manufacture of corrective spectacle lenses. These glasses are highly transparent. They may have special light absorptive properties and therefore be coloured or black. They are clear, homogeneous, without air bubbles, and have refractive indices and dispersive powers unusual in other glasses.

2.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression "solar glass" means glass sheets with an iron content of less than 300 parts per million (ppm) and solar transmittance of more than 88% (measured according to ISO 9050:AM 1,5)

3.

Shower enclosures of tariff subheading 7020.00.10 are classified in this subheading whether or not framed, trimmed, fitted with hinges, door handles and the like.

Rates as at
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
7001.001Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass (excluding glass from cathode ray tubes or other activated glass of heading 85.49); glass in the masskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.02Glass in balls (excluding microspheres of heading 70.18), rods or tubes, unworked:
7002.106Ballskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7002.204Rodskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7002.3Tubes:
7002.315Of fused quartz or other fused silicakgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7002.321Of other glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5x10(-6) per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0°C to 300°Ckgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7002.396Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.03Cast glass and rolled glass, in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked:
7003.1Non-wired sheets:
7003.12.200Solar glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7003.12Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer:
7003.12.103Optical glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7003.12.901Otherm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7003.19Other:
7003.19.108Optical glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7003.19.205Solar glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7003.19.906Otherm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7003.208Wired sheetsm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7003.302Profilesm²10%freefreefree10%4%
70.04Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked:
7004.20.109Optical glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7004.20Glass, coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer:
7004.20.907Otherm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7004.90.100Optical glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7004.90Other glass:
7004.90.909Otherm²10%freefreefree10%4%
70.05Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked:
7005.10.108Optical glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7005.10.205Solar glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7005.10Non-wired glass, having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer:
7005.10.906Otherm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.2Other non-wired glass:
7005.21Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground:
7005.21.230Of a thickness exceeding 3 mm but not exceeding 4 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.133Of a thickness not exceeding 2 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.109Optical glassm²freefreefreefreefreefree
7005.21.176Of a thickness exceeding 2,5 mm but not exceeding 3 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.152Of a thickness exceeding 2 mm but not exceeding 2,5 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.291Of a thickness exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 5 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.354Of a thickness exceeding 5 mm but not exceeding 6 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.451Of a thickness exceeding 6 mm but not exceeding 8 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.850Of a thickness exceeding 12 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.559Of a thickness exceeding 8 mm but not exceeding 10 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.21.656Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm but not exceeding 12 mm (excluding optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.053Solar glassm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.177Of a thickness exceeding 2,5 mm but not exceeding 3 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.231Of a thickness exceeding 3 mm but not exceeding 4 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.258Of a thickness exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 5 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.355Of a thickness exceeding 5 mm but not exceeding 6 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.452Of a thickness exceeding 6 mm but not exceeding 8 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.100Optical glassm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.150Of a thickness exceeding 2 mm but not exceeding 2,5 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29Other:
7005.29.134Of a thickness not exceeding 2 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.558Of a thickness exceeding 8 mm but not exceeding 10 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.657Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm but not exceeding 12 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.29.851Of a thickness exceeding 12 mm (excluding solar glass and optical glass)m²10%freefreefree10%4%
7005.303Wired glassm²10%freefreefree10%4%
7006.00Glass of heading 70.03, 70.04 or 70.05, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials:
7006.00.301Optical glass; stained glass windowskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7006.00.905Otherkg10%freefreefree10%4%
70.07Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass:
7007.1Toughened (tempered) safety glass:
7007.114Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vesselskg15%15%15%free15%6%
7007.19Other:
7007.19.102Solar glassm²15%freefreefree15%6%
7007.2Laminated safety glass:
7007.19.900Otherm²15%freefreefree15%6%
7007.21Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels:
7007.21.203Windscreens for vehicleskg30%15%15%free30%12%
7007.21.904Otherkg15%15%15%free15%6%
7007.299Otherm²15%freefreefree15%6%
7008.007Multiple-walled insulating units of glasskg15%freefreefree15%6%
70.09Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors:
7009.105Rear-view mirrors for vehicleskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7009.9Other:
7009.918Unframedkg15%freefreefree15%6%
7009.924Framedkg15%freefreefree15%6%
70.10Carboys, 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:
7010.105Ampouleskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7010.206Stoppers, lids and other closureskg5%freefreefree5%2%
7010.90.451Of a capacity exceeding 500 ml but not exceeding 750 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90Other:
7010.90.4Other jars and pots:
7010.90.3Preserving jars:
7010.90.478Of a capacity exceeding 750 ml but not exceeding 1 100 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.435Of a capacity exceeding 300 ml but not exceeding 500 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.419Of a capacity not exceeding 300 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.338Of a capacity exceeding 250 mlkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7010.90.206Syphon vaseskg5%freefreefree5%2%
7010.90.311Of a capacity not exceeding 250 mlkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7010.90.516Of a capacity not exceeding 250 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.494Of a capacity exceeding 1 100 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.532Of a capacity exceeding 250 ml but not exceeding 330 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.583Of a capacity exceeding 750 ml but not exceeding 1 100 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.591Of a capacity exceeding 1 100 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.575Of a capacity exceeding 500 ml but not exceeding 750 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.559Of a capacity exceeding 330 ml but not exceeding 500 mlkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.907Otherkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7010.90.5Bottles:
70.11Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without fittings, for electric lamps and light sources, cathode-ray tubes or the like:
7011.109For electric lightingkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7011.203For cathode-ray tubeskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7011.905Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.13Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (excluding that of heading 70.10 or 70.18):
7013.10Of glass-ceramics:
7013.10.278Plates, cups and saucers, machine-madekg15%freefreefree15%6%
7013.10.057Ash trayskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7013.10.901Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.2Stemware drinking glasses (excluding those of glass-ceramics):
7013.223Of lead crystalkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.281Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.3Other drinking glasses (excluding those of glass ceramics):
7013.334Of lead crystalkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.371Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.4Glassware of a kind used for table (excluding drinking glasses) or kitchen purposes (excluding those of glass ceramics):
7013.41Of lead crystal:
7013.41.103Plates, cups and saucers, machine-madekg15%freefreefree15%6%
7013.42Of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 10(-6) per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0°C to 300°C:
7013.41.901Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.42.102Plates, cups and saucers, machine-madekg15%freefreefree15%6%
7013.42.908Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.49.104Plates, cups and saucers, machine madekg15%freefreefree15%6%
7013.49Other:
7013.49.902Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.9Other glassware:
7013.919Of lead crystalkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7013.997Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7014.005Signalling glassware and optical elements of glass (excluding those of heading 70.15), not optically workedkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.15Clock 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:
7015.103Glasses for corrective spectacleskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7015.909Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.16Paving 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:
7016.107Glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or similar decorative purposeskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7016.90.208Bricks (excluding those of multicellular or foam glass)kgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7016.90Other:
7016.90.100Multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar formskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7016.90.909Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
70.17Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated:
7017.10.108Blood sample collection tubeskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7017.10Of fused quartz or other fused silica:
7017.10.906Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7017.20.102Blood sample collection tubeskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7017.20Of other glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 10(-6) per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0°C to 300°C:
7017.20.900Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7017.90Other:
7017.90.104Blood sample collection tubeskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7017.90.902Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.18Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares, and articles thereof (excluding imitation jewellery); glass eyes (excluding prosthetic articles); statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-worked glass (excluding imitation jewellery); glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter:
7018.104Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwareskg20%freefreefree20%8%
7018.209Glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameterkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7018.900Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
70.19Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, rovings, woven fabrics):
7019.1Slivers, rovings, yarn and chopped strands and mats thereof:
7019.114Chopped strands, of a length not exceeding 50 mmkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7019.120Rovingskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7019.13.104Yarnkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7019.13Other yarn, slivers:
7019.143Mechanically bonded matskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.13.902Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.159Chemically bonded matskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.195Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.6Mechanically bonded fabrics:
7019.61.104Fabrics woven from multifilament rovingskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.61.201Other, coated with plasticskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.61Closed woven fabrics of rovings:
7019.623Other closed fabrics of rovingskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.61.902Otherkg5%5%freefree5%2%
7019.637Closed woven fabrics, plain weave, of yarns, not coated or laminatedkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7019.646Closed woven fabrics, plain weave, of yarns, coated or laminatedkg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.65.106Fabrics woven from multifilament rovingskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.65.207Coated with plasticskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.65Open woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm:
7019.66.203Coated with plasticskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.66Open woven fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm:
7019.66.106Fabrics woven with multifilament rovingskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.65.908Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7019.66.904Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7019.69Other:
7019.69.105Other webs, mats, mattresses, boards and similar nonwoven productskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.69.202Coated with plasticskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.7Chemically bonded fabrics:
7019.69.903Otherkg5%freefreefree5%2%
7019.711Veils (thin sheets)kg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.728Other closed fabricskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.734Other open fabricskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.80Glass wool and articles of glass wool :
7019.80.050Glass woolkg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.80.107For blades used with wind turbineskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.80.204Filter bags; prepared electrical insulating tape, coated or impregnatedkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7019.80.905Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.90.101Other, coated with plasticskg10%freefreefree10%4%
7019.90.209For blades used with wind turbineskg15%freefreefree15%6%
7019.90.306Filter bags; prepared electrical insulating tape, coated or impregnatedkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
7019.90Other:
7019.90.904Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
7020.00.100Shower enclosures, including shower doors and shower panels as provided for in Additional Note 3 to Chapter 70kg15%freefreefree15%free
7020.00Other articles of glass:
7020.00.909Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree

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