Classification of Exports
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Section XIII - Chapter 70
Glass and Glassware
Notes
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 jewelry);
(c).
Optical fiber cables of heading 8544, electrical insulators (heading 8546) or
fittings of insulating material of heading 8547;
(d).
Optical fibers, 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 name-plates or the like,
having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 9405;
(f).
Toys, games, sports equipment, 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, infrared 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 percent by weight;
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