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Section XVI

MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES

Notes.

1.Ā Ā  This Section does not coverĀ :

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (a)Ā Ā  Transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of plastics of ChapterĀ 39, or of vulcanised rubber (headingĀ 40.10), or other articles of a kind used in machinery or mechanical or electrical appliances or for other technical uses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (headingĀ 40.16);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (b)Ā Ā  Articles of leather or of composition leather (headingĀ 42.05) or of furskin (headingĀ 43.03), of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses;

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (c)Ā Ā  Bobbins, spools, cops, cones, cores, reels or similar supports, of any material (for example, ChapterĀ 39, 40, 44 or 48 or SectionĀ XV);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (d)Ā Ā  Perforated cards for Jacquard or similar machines (for example, ChapterĀ 39 or 48 or SectionĀ XV);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (e)Ā Ā  Transmission or conveyor belts or belting of textile material (headingĀ 59.10) or other articles of textile material for technical uses (headingĀ 59.11);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (f)Ā Ā  Precious or semi‑precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) of headingsĀ 71.02 to 71.04, or articles wholly of such stones of headingĀ 71.16, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (headingĀ 85.22);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (g)Ā Ā  Parts of general use, as defined in NoteĀ 2 to SectionĀ XV, of base metal (SectionĀ XV), or similar goods of plastics (ChapterĀ 39);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (h)Ā Ā  Drill pipe (headingĀ 73.04);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (ij)Ā Ā  Endless belts of metal wire or strip (SectionĀ XV);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (k)Ā Ā  Articles of ChapterĀ 82 or 83;

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (l)Ā Ā Ā  Articles of SectionĀ XVII;

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (m) Articles of ChapterĀ 90;

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (n)Ā Ā  Clocks, watches or other articles of ChapterĀ 91;

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (o)Ā Ā  Interchangeable tools of headingĀ 82.07 or brushes of a kind used as parts of machines (headingĀ 96.03); similar interchangeable tools are to be classified according to the constituent material of their working part (for example, in ChapterĀ 40, 42, 43, 45 or 59 or headingĀ 68.04 or 69.09);

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (p)Ā Ā  Articles of ChapterĀ 95; or

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (q)Ā Ā  Typewriter or similar ribbons, whether or not on spools or in cartridges (classified according to their constituent material, or in headingĀ 96.12 if inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions), or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, of headingĀ 96.20.

2.‑  Subject to NoteĀ 1 to this Section, NoteĀ 1 to ChapterĀ 84 and NoteĀ 1 to ChapterĀ 85, parts of machines (not being parts of the articles of headingĀ 84.84, 85.44, 85.45, 85.46 or 85.47) are to be classified according to the following rulesĀ :

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (a) Parts which are goods included in any of the headings of ChapterĀ 84 or 85 (other than headingsĀ 84.09, 84.31, 84.48, 84.66, 84.73, 84.87, 85.03, 85.22, 85.29, 85.38 and 85.48) are in all cases to be classified in their respective headings;

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (b) Other parts, if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine, or with a number of machines of the same heading (including a machine of headingĀ 84.79 or 85.43) are to be classified with the machines of that kind or in headingĀ 84.09, 84.31, 84.48, 84.66, 84.73, 85.03, 85.22, 85.29 or 85.38 as appropriate. However, parts which are equally suitable for use principally with the goods of headingsĀ 85.17 and 85.25 to 85.28 are to be classified in headingĀ 85.17.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (c)Ā  All other parts are to be classified in headingĀ 84.09, 84.31, 84.48, 84.66, 84.73, 85.03, 85.22, 85.29 or 85.38 as appropriate or, failing that, in headingĀ 84.87 or 85.48.

3.‑  Unless the context otherwise requires, composite machines consisting of two or more machines fitted together to form a whole and other machines designed for the purpose of performing two or more complementary or alternative functions are to be classified as if consisting only of that component or as being that machine which performs the principal function.

4.‑  Where a machine (including a combination of machines) consists of individual components (whether separate or interconnected by piping, by transmission devices, by electric cables or by other devices) intended to contribute together to a clearly defined function covered by one of the headings in ChapterĀ 84 or ChapterĀ 85, then the whole falls to be classified in the heading appropriate to that function.

5.‑  For the purposes of these Notes, the expression ā€œmachineā€ means any machine, machinery, plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance cited in the headings of ChapterĀ 84 or 85.

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Chapter 84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

Notes.

1.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  This Chapter does not coverĀ :

(a)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Millstones, grindstones or other articles of ChapterĀ 68;

(b)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Machinery or appliances (for example, pumps) of ceramic material and ceramic parts of machinery or appliances of any material (ChapterĀ 69);

(c)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Laboratory glassware (headingĀ 70.17); machinery, appliances or other articles for technical uses or parts thereof, of glass (headingĀ 70.19 or 70.20);

(d)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Articles of headingĀ 73.21 or 73.22 or similar articles of other base metals (ChaptersĀ 74 to 76 orĀ 78 to 81);

(e)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Vacuum cleaners of headingĀ 85.08;

(f)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Electro-mechanical domestic appliances of headingĀ 85.09; digital cameras of headingĀ 85.25;

(g)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Radiators for the articles of SectionĀ XVII; or

(h)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised (headingĀ 96.03).

2.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  Subject to the operation of NoteĀ 3 to SectionĀ XVI and subject to NoteĀ 9 to this Chapter, a machine or appliance which answers to a description in one or more of the headingsĀ 84.01 to 84.24, or headingĀ 84.86 and at the same time to a description in one or other of the headingsĀ 84.25 to 84.80 is to be classified under the appropriate heading of the former group or under headingĀ 84.86, as the case may be, and not the latter group.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.19 does not, however, coverĀ :

(a)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Germination plant, incubators or brooders (headingĀ 84.36);

(b)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Grain dampening machines (headingĀ 84.37);

(c)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Diffusing apparatus for sugar juice extraction (headingĀ 84.38);

(d)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Machinery for the heat-treatment of textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles (headingĀ 84.51); or

(e)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, designed for a mechanical operation, in which a change of temperature, even if necessary, is subsidiary.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.22 does not coverĀ :

(a)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Sewing machines for closing bags or similar containers (headingĀ 84.52); or

(b)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Office machinery of headingĀ 84.72.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.24 does not coverĀ :

(a)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Ink-jet printing machines (headingĀ 84.43); or

(b)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Water-jet cutting machines (headingĀ 84.56).

3.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  A machine-tool for working any material which answers to a description in headingĀ 84.56 and at the same time to a description in headingĀ 84.57, 84.58, 84.59, 84.60, 84.61, 84.64 or 84.65 is to be classified in headingĀ 84.56.

4.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.57 applies only to machine-tools for working metal, other than lathes (including turning centres), which can carry out different types of machining operations eitherĀ :

(a)Ā Ā Ā Ā  by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity with a machining programme (machining centres),

(b)Ā Ā Ā Ā  by the automatic use, simultaneously or sequentially, of different unit heads working on a fixed position workpiece (unit construction machines, single station), or

(c)Ā Ā Ā Ā  by the automatic transfer of the workpiece to different unit heads (multi-station transfer machines).

5.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  (A)Ā Ā Ā  For the purposes of headingĀ 84.71, the expression ā€œautomatic data processing machinesā€ means machines capable ofĀ :

(i)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Storing the processing program or programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program;

(ii)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user;

(iii)Ā Ā Ā  Performingarithmetical computations specified by the user; and

(iv)Ā Ā  Executing, without human intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by logical decision during the processing run.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (B)Ā Ā Ā  Automatic data processing machines may be in the form of systems consisting of a variable number of separate units.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (C)Ā Ā Ā  Subject to paragraphsĀ (D) and (E) below, a unit is to be regarded as being part of an automatic data processing system if it meets all of the following conditionsĀ :

(i)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  It is of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data processing system;

(ii)Ā Ā Ā Ā  It is connectable to the central processing unit either directly or through one or more other units; and

(iii)Ā Ā Ā  It is able to accept or deliver data in a form (codes or signals) which can be used by the system.

Separately presented units of an automatic data processing machine are to be classified in headingĀ 84.71.

However, keyboards, X-Y co-ordinate input devices and disk storage units which satisfy the conditions of paragraphsĀ (C)Ā (ii) and (C)Ā (iii) above, are in all cases to be classified as units of headingĀ 84.71.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (D)Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.71 does not cover the following when presented separately, even if they meet all of the conditions set forth in NoteĀ 5Ā (C) aboveĀ :

(i)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Printers, copying machines, facsimile machines, whether or not combined;

(ii)Ā Ā Ā Ā  Apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network);

(iii)Ā Ā Ā  Loudspeakers and microphones;

(iv)Ā Ā  Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders;

(v)Ā Ā Ā  Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (E)Ā Ā Ā  Machines incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine and performing a specific function other than data processing are to be classified in the headings appropriate to their respective functions or, failing that, in residual headings.

6.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.82 applies, inter alia, to polished steel balls, the maximum and minimum diameters of which do not differ from the nominal diameter by more than 1Ā % or by more than 0.05Ā mm, whichever is less.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Other steel balls are to be classified in headingĀ 73.26.

7.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  A machine which is used for more than one purpose is, for the purposes of classification, to be treated as if its principal purpose were its sole purpose.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Subject to NoteĀ 2 to this Chapter and NoteĀ 3 to SectionĀ XVI, a machine the principal purpose of which is not described in any heading or for which no one purpose is the principal purpose is, unless the context otherwise requires, to be classified in headingĀ 84.79. HeadingĀ 84.79 also covers machines for making rope or cable (for example, stranding, twisting or cabling machines) from metal wire, textile yarn or any other material or from a combination of such materials.

8.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  For the purposes of headingĀ 84.70, the term ā€œpocket-sizeā€ applies only to machines the dimensions of which do not exceed 170Ā mmĀ xĀ 100Ā mmĀ xĀ 45Ā mm.

9.-Ā Ā Ā Ā  (A)Ā Ā Ā  NotesĀ 9Ā (a) and 9Ā (b) to ChapterĀ 85 also apply with respect to the expressions ā€œsemiconductor devicesā€ and ā€œelectronic integrated circuitsā€, respectively, as used in this Note and in headingĀ 84.86. However, for the purposes of this Note and of headingĀ 84.86, the expression ā€œsemiconductor devicesā€ also covers photosensitive semiconductor devices and light‑emitting diodes (LED).

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (B)Ā Ā Ā  For the purposes of this Note and of headingĀ 84.86, the expression ā€œmanufacture of flat panel displaysā€ covers the fabrication of substrates into a flat panel. It does not cover the manufacture of glass or the assembly of printed circuit boards or other electronic components onto the flat panel. The expression ā€œflat panel displayā€ does not cover cathode-ray tube technology.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (C)Ā Ā Ā  HeadingĀ 84.86 also includes machines and apparatus solely or principally of a kind used forĀ :

(i)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles;

(ii)Ā Ā Ā Ā  assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits;

(iii)Ā Ā Ā  lifting, handling, loading or unloading of boules, wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits and flat panel displays.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  (D)Ā Ā Ā  Subject to NoteĀ 1 to SectionĀ XVI and NoteĀ 1 to ChapterĀ 84, machines and apparatus answering to the description in headingĀ 84.86 are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature.

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Subheading Notes.

1.-Ā  For the purposes of subheadingĀ 8465.20, the term ā€œmachining centresā€ applies only to machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, which can carry out different types of machining operations by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity with a machining programme.

2.-Ā  For the purposes of subheadingĀ 8471.49, the term ā€œsystemsā€ means automatic data processing machines whose units satisfy the conditions laid down in NoteĀ 5Ā (C) to ChapterĀ 84 and which comprise at least a central processing unit, one input unit (for example, a keyboard or a scanner), and one output unit (for example, a visual display unit or a printer).

3.-Ā  For the purposes of subheadingĀ 8481.20, the expression ā€œvalves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissionsā€ means valves which are used specifically in the transmission of ā€œfluid powerā€ in a hydraulic or pneumatic system, where the energy source is supplied in the form of pressurised fluids (liquid or gas). These valves may be of any type (for example, pressure-reducing type, check type).Ā  SubheadingĀ 8481.20 takes precedence over all other subheadings of headingĀ 84.81.

4.-Ā  SubheadingĀ 8482.40 applies only to bearings with cylindrical rollers of a uniform diameter not exceeding 5Ā mm and having a length which is at least three times the diameter. The ends of the rollers may be rounded.

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Metal-rolling mills and rolls therefor.

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8455.10

- Tube mills

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8455.2

- Other rolling millsĀ  :

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-- Hot or combination hot and cold

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- Rolls for rolling mills

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- Other parts

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