Harmonized System

Notes.

1.-  This Chapter does not cover :

       (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 Chapters 86 to 88;

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

       (g)   Luminaires or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or 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 (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 68.06.

5.-  Throughout the Nomenclature, 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 weight of 24 %.