Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331/85 of 5 December 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3331 / 85
of 5 December 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 950 / 68 on the Common Customs Tariff
Whereas it is expedient , therefore , in order to ensure
uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff, to
specify in Regulation (EEC) No 950/ 68 ( 2 ), the
conventional duties applicable from 1 January 1986 ;
Whereas certain special autonomous duties applicable to
the United States were laid down respectively in Regulation
( EEC) No 349 / 84 ( 3 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC )
No 483 / 85 ( 4) and by Regulation (EEC) No 3068 / 85 ( 5);
whereas these duties are calculated by applying an
additional duty to the conventional duties applicable ;
whereas it is therefore necessary to take into consideration
the abovementioned reductions so as to determine the
amount of special autonomous duties to be applied from 1
January 1986 ;
Whereas certain Regulations on the common organization
of agricultural markets provide that the tariff nomenclature
resulting from their application shall be included in the
Common Customs Tariff; whereas they amend , if
necessary , customs duties ; whereas it is therefore
appropriate to include in this Regulation all the
amendments resulting from Regulations adopted under the
common agricultural policy ;
Whereas by virtue of Article 32 ( 2 ) of the Act of Accession
of Greece it is necessary to make reference to Greece in
subheadings 27.02 A and 27.02 B in respect of a national
rate of 5 % ;
Whereas the continuation of the conditions of production
of films in the flat , presented in disc form , justifies the
retention for a further year of the layout introduced in
1983 for subheading 37.01 A;
Whereas , by virtue of Article 26 of the Act of Accession of
Spain and Portugal and Annex I thereto , it is necessary to
include new tariff subheadings for certain sea-fish ;
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community and in particular Articles 28 and
113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 38 of the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal lays down that the conventional duties of the EEC
Common Customs Tariff and of the ECSC unified tariff
shall be the conventional duties of the EEC and the ECSC ,
as at present constituted , with the exception of the
adjustments to be made to take into account the fact that
the duties in force in the Spanish and Portuguese tariffs are ,
on the whole , higher than the duties in force in the tariffs of
the EEC and ECSC as at present constituted ;
Whereas these adjustments to the conventional duties have
been adopted by the, Council by means of Regulation
( EEC ) No 3330 / 85 (*); whereas the said adjustments will
be subject to negotiation within the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) whereas , pending completion of
such negotiations , the conventional duties laid down in
Regulation (EEC ) no 3330 / 85 should be suspended for a
period of two years ;
Whereas , under agreements signed with third countries ,
and in particular pursuant to the 1979 Geneva Protocol
and the 1979 Additional Protocol to the Geneva Protocol
annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
and the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft signed at the
end of the 1973—1979 Conference of Multilateral Trade
Negotiations , the Community has undertaken to make
graduated reductions in customs duties ;
Whereas , the Council , on the basis of a Commission
proposal , has decided to bring forward by one year to the
beginning of 1986 the application of the tariff reductions
scheduled for 1987 in the multilateral trade negotiations . ( 2 ) OJ No L 172 , 22 . 7 . 1968 , p. 1 .
( 3 ) OJ No L 40 , 11 . 2 . 1984 , p. 1 .
(») OJ No L 330 , 9 . 12 . 1985 , p. 1 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 59 , 27 . 2 . 1985 , p. 14 .
( s ) OJ No L 292 , 2 . 11 . 1985 , p. 1 .
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information purposes , in the schedule of customs duties in
order to make it more comprehensible ,
Whereas certain textual amendments to the Common
Customs Tariff are required in order to improve the
wording ;
Whereas it is appropriate , for the sake of clarity , to update
the whole of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas , for
this purpose , it is necessary to collect in a single text not
only those parts which are amended with effect from
1 January 1986 , but also those which have already been
, amended and those which remain unchanged ;
Whereas , although temporary tariff amendments and the
preferential systems resulting from the various acts adopted
by the Community form an integral part of the Common
Customs Tariff, it seems appropriate not to include them in
this Regulation ;
Whereas this Regulation does not apply to products
covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community , although the nomenclature and the
conventional duties for these products are included , for
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1 . The conventional duties laid down in the Annex
headed 'Common Customs Tariff to Regulation ( EEC ) No
950 / 68 as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3330/ 85 shall
be suspended for a period of two years pending completion
of negotiations within the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT).
2 . During this period , the said Annex is hereby replaced
by the Annex to this Regulation . .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels , 5 December 1985 .
For the Council,
The President
J.-Cl . JUNCKER
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ANNEX
COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

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SUMMARY
Page Chapter Page
13 Lacs ; gums , resins and other vegetable saps and
extracts 68
14 Vegetable plaiting materials ; vegetable products not
elsewhere specified or included 70
PART I — PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section I — General Rules
Section III
Animal and vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products; prepared edible fats;
animal and vegetable waxes
15 Animal and vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products ; prepared edible fats ; animal and vegetable
waxes 71
A. Rules for the interpretation of the nomenclature of
the Common Customs Tariff 11
B. General rules concerning duties 11
C. General rules applicable both to nomenclature and to
duties 12
Section II — Special Provisions
A. Goods for certain categories of ships , boats and
other vessels and for drilling or production platforms 13
B. Civil aircraft and goods for use in civil aircraft ... 14
C. Standard rate of duty 14
D. Packings imported full 15
Section IV
Prepared foodstuffs ;
beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco
16 Preparations of meat, of fish , of crustaceans or
molluscs 76
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 79
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 83
19 Preparations of cereals , flour or starch ; pastry-cooks'
products 86
20 Preparations of vegetables , fruit or other parts of
plants 92
PART II — SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMS
DUTIES
Section I
Chapter Live animals; animal products
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 101
1 Live animals 19
2 Meat and edible meat offals 21
3 Fish , crustaceans and molluscs 31
4 Dairy produce ; birds' eggs ; natural honey ; edible
products of animal origin , not elsewhere specified or
included ! 37
5 Products of animal origin , not elsewhere specified or
included 41
22 Beverages , spirits and vinegar 109
23 Residues and waste from the food industries ;
prepared animal fodder 116
24 Tobacco 119
Section V
Mineral products
25 Salt ; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials ,
lime and cement 120
26 Metallic ores , slag and ash 125
27 Mineral fuels , mineral oils and products of their
distillation ; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 127
Section II
Vegetable products
6 Live trees and other plants ; bulbs , roots and the like ;
cut flowers and ornamental foliage 43
7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers .... 45
8 Edible fruit and nuts ; peel of melons or citrus fruit 49
9 Coffee , tea , mat£ and spices 54
10 Cereals 57
11 Products of the milling industry ; malt and starches ;
gluten ; inulin 60
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit ; miscellaneous grains ,
seeds and fruit ; industrial and medical plants ; straw
and fodder 65
Section VI
Products of the chemical and allied industries
28 Inorganic chemicals ; organic and inorganic
compounds of precious metals , of rare earth metals ,
of radio-active elements and of isotopes 134
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Chapter Page Chapter Page
Section X
Paper-making material ; paper and paperboard and articles
thereof
47 Paper-making material ; paper and paperboard and
articles thereof 207
48 Paper and paperboard ; articles of paper pulp , of
paper or of paperboard 208
49 Printed books , newspapers , pictures and other
products of the printing industry ; manuscripts ,
typescripts and plans 212
29 Organic chemicals 146
30 Pharmaceutical products 163
31 Fertilisers 165
32 Tanning and dyeing extracts ; tannins and their
derivatives ; dyes , colours , paints and varnishes ;
putty , fillers and stoppings ; inks 168
33 Essential oils and resinoids , perfumery , cosmetic or
toilet preparations . 171
34 Soap , organic surface-active agents , washing
preparations , lubricating preparations , artificial
waxes , prepared waxes , polishing and scouring
preparations , candles and similar articles , modelling
pastes and "dental waxes" 173
35 Albuminoidal substances ; glues ; enzymes 175
36 Explosives ; pyrotechnic products ; matches ;
pyrophoric alloys ; certain combustible preparations 177
37 Photographic and cinematographic goods 178
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 180
Section XI
Textiles and textile articles
50 Silk and waste silk 217
51 Man-made fibres ( continuous ) 219
52 Metallised textiles 221
53 Wool and other animal hair 222
54 Flax and ramie 224
55 Cotton 225
Section VII
Artificial resins and plastic materials , cellulose esters and
ethers , and articles thereof; rubber, synthetic rubber, factice,
and articles thereof
39 Artificial resins and plastic materials , cellulose esters
and ethers ; articles thereof 185
40 Rubber , synthetic rubber , factice , and articles
thereof 190
56 Man-made fibres ( discontinuous) 226
57 Other vegetable textile materials ; paper yarn and
woven fabrics of paper yarn 228
58 Carpets , mats , matting .and tapestries ; pile and
chenille fabrics ; narrow fabrics ; trimmings ; tulle and
other net fabrics ; lace ; embroidery 229
59 Wadding and felt ; twine , cordage , ropes and cables ;
special fabrics ; impregnated and coated fabrics ;
textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use . 232
60 Knitted and crocheted goods 236
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of textile
fabric , other than knitted or crocheted goods ..... 243
62 Other made up textile articles 250
63 Old clothing .and other textile articles ; rags 253
Section VIII
Raw hides and skins , leather, furskins and articles thereof;
saddlery and harness; travel goods , handbags and similar
containers; articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut)
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins ) and
leather ; . 195
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness ; travel
goods , handbags and similar containers ; articles of
animal . gut ( other than . silk-worm gut) . 197
43 Furskins and artificial fur ; manufactures thereof . . 199
Section XII
Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sunshades, whips,
riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles
made therewith ; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
64 Footwear , gaiters and the like ; parts of such articles 254
65 Headgear and parts thereof 256
66 Umbrellas , sunshades , walking-sticks , whips , riding­
crops and parts thereof 258
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of
feathers or of down ; artificial flowers ; articles of
human hair 259
Section IX
Wood and articles of wood ; wood charcoal ; cork and articles
of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto and of other
plaiting materials ; basketware and wickerwork
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 201
45 Cork and articles of cork 205
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto and of other
plaiting materials ; basketware and wickerwork . . . 206
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Chapter Page
87 Vehicles , other than railway or tramway
rolling-stock , and parts thereof 345
88 Aircraft and parts thereof; parachutes ; catapults and
similar aircraft launching gear ; ground flying
trainers 349
89 Ships , boats and floating structures 351
Section XVIII
Optical , photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking,
precision, medical and surgical instruments and apparatus;
clocks and watches; musical instruments; sound recorders or
reproducers; television image and sound recorders or
reproducers; parts thereof
90 Optical , photographic, cinematographic , measuring,
checking , precision , medical and surgical instruments
and apparatus ; parts thereof 352
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof . . . , 359
92 Musical instruments ; sound recorders or reproducers ;
television image and sound recorders or reproducers ;
parts and accessories of such articles 361
Chapter ^ Page
Section XIII
Articles of stone, of plaster, of cement, of asbestos , of mica
and of similar materials ; ceramic products; glass and
glassware
68 Articles of stone , of plaster , of cement , of asbestos , of
mica and of similar materials 261
69 Ceramic products 265
70 Glass and glassware 269
Section XIV
Pearls , precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals,
rolled precious metals , and articles thereof; imitation jewellery;
coin
71 Pearls , precious and semi-precious stones , precious
metals , rolled precious metals , and articles thereof;
imitation jewellery 273
72 Coin 278
Section XV
Base metals and articles of base metal
73 Iron and steel and articles thereof 280
74 Copper and articles thereof 294
75 Nickel and articles thereof . 297
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 299
77 Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof .... 302
78 Lead and articles thereof 303
79 Zinc and articles thereof 305
80 Tin and articles thereof 307
81 Other base metals employed in metallurgy and
articles thereof 309
82 Tools , implements , cutlery , spoons and forks , of base
metal ; parts thereof . . . . 312
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 315
Section XIX
Arms and ammunition; parts thereof
93 Arms and ammunition ; parts thereof 364
Section XX
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
94 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding , mattresses ,
mattress supports , cushions and similar stuffed
furnishings 366
95 Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding
material 368
96 Brooms , brushes , powder-puffs and sieves 370
97 Toys , games and sports requisites ; parts thereof . . . 371
98 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 373
Section XXI
Works of art, collectors' pieces, and antiques
99 Works of art , collectors' pieces , and antiques 376
ANNEX
Headings or subheadings of which only part is covered by
a GATT concession or in which different concessions
have been granted 379
Section XVI
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment;
parts thereof
84 Boilers , machinery and mechanical appliances ; parts
thereof 318
85 Electrical machinery and equipment; parts thereof 334
Section XVII
Vehicles , aircraft , vessels and associated transport equipment
86 Railway and tramway locomotives , rolling-stock and
parts thereof; railway and tramway track fixtures and
fittings ; traffic signalling equipment of all kinds ( not
electrically powered) 343

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PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

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SECTION 1
GENERAL RULES
A. Rules for the interpretation of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff
Interpretation of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff shall be governed by
the following principles :
1 . The titles of Sections , Chapters and sub-Chapters are provided for ease of reference
only ; for legal purposes , classification shall be determined according to the terms of
the headings and any relative Section or Chapter Notes and , provided such headings
or Notes do not otherwise require , according to the following provisions .
2 . ( a ) Any reference in a heading to an article shall be taken to include a reference to
that article incomplete or unfinished , provided that , as imported , the incomplete
or unfinished article has the essential character of the complete or finished article .
It shall also be taken to include a reference to that article complete or finished ( or
falling to be classified as complete or finished by virtue of this Rule), imported
unassembled or disassembled ,
( b ) Any reference in a heading to a material or substance shall be taken to include a
reference to mixtures or combinations of that material or substance with other
materials or substances . Any reference to goods of a given material or substance
shall be taken to include a reference to goods consisting wholly or partly of such
material or substance . The classification of goods consisting of more than one
material or substance shall be according to the principles of Rule 3 .
3 . When for any reason , goods are , prima facie, classifiable under two or more
headings , classification shall be effected as follows :
( a ) The heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred to
headings providing a more general description .
( b ) Mixtures , composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of
different components , and goods put up in sets , which cannot be classified by
reference to 3 ( a ), shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or
component which gives them their essential character , in so far as this criterion is
applicable .
( c ) When goods cannot be classified by reference to 3 ( a ) or 3 ( b ), they shall be
classified under the heading which occurs latest among those which equally merit
consideration .
4 . Goods not falling wi.thin any heading of the Tariff shall be classified under the
heading appropriate to the goods to which they are most akin .
5 . The above Rules shall also apply mutatis mutandis when determining the appropriate
subheading within a heading.
B. General rules concerning duties
1 . The customs duties applicable to imported goods originating in countries which are
Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or with which the
European Economic Community has concluded agreements containing the
most-favoured-nation tariff clause shall be the conventional duties shown in column 4
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of the schedule of duties . Unless the context otherwise requires , these conventional
duties are applicable to goods , other than those referred to above , imported from any
third country .
The autonomous duties shown in column 3 are applicable :
— when they are less than the conventional duties ; or
— when no conventional duty exists , in which case a dash is shown in column 4 .
2 . Paragraph 1 shall not apply where special autonomous customs duties are provided
for in respect of goods originating in certain countries or where preferential customs
duties are applicable in pursuance of agreements .
3 . Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not preclude the Member States from applying customs
duties other than those of the Common Customs Tariff where the application of such
other duties is justified by Community law .
4 . The duties expressed as percentage rates in columns 3 and 4 are ad valorem duties .
5 . The letter ( L ) appearing in column 3 opposite certain headings or subheadings
denotes that the goods concerned are subject to levies .
When the customs duty is followed by the sign ( + ) and the letter ( L ), for example
" 16 + ( L )", the goods are subject to both duty and levy .
When the customs duty is followed by the letter ( L ), for example "20 ( L )", the figure
20 refers to a rate of duty made obsolete by the introduction of the levy system .
6 . The letters "vc" in columns 3 and 4 denote that the goods concerned are chargeable
with a "variable component" determined under the regulations relating to trade in
certain goods processed from agricultural products .
7 . The symbol "ads" or "adf" in column 4 in Chapters 17 , 18 and 19 indicates that the
maximum rate of duty consists of an ad valorem duty plus an additional duty for
certain forms of sugar or for flour . This additional duty is fixed in accordance with
the rules concerning trade in certain processed agricultural products .
8 . The symbol "ads" in column 4 in Chapter 20 indicates that the Community reserves
the right to charge , over and above the bound duty , an additional duty on sugar
corresponding to the duty payable on imported sugar and applicable to the quantity
of various sugars contained in this product in excess of the percentage by weight laid
down in Additional Notes 3 and 5 to Chapter 20 , or , in respect of products falling
within headings Nos 20.03 , 20.04 and 20.05 which exceed 13 % by weight .
9 . In heading No 20.06 , column 4 , the symbol "2 ads" indicates that the applicable rate
of the additional duty on sugar is fixed at a standard rate of 2 % of the customs . value
of the goods .
C. General rules applicable both to nomenclature and to duties
1 . Unless provided otherwise , the provisions relating to value for customs purposes shall
be applied to determine , in addition to the value for the assessment of ad valorem
customs duties , the values by reference to which the scope of certain headings or
subheadings is defined .
2 . The dutiable weight , in the case of goods chargeable by weight , and the weights by
reference to which the scope of certain headings or subheadings is defined , shall be
taken to be :
( a ) in the case of a reference to "gross weight", the aggregate weight of the goods and
of all packings thereof;
'( b ) in the case of a . reference to "net weight" or simply to "weight" without
qualification , the weight of the goods themselves without packing of any kind .
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For the purposes of paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) above , "packing" means any external or
internal containers , holders , wrappings or supports other than transport devices ( e.g.
transport containers ), tarpaulins , tackle or ancillary transport equipment .
3 . Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 2 ( 2 ) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2779 / 78 i 1 ), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 289 / 84 ( 2 ), the value in
national currencies of the ECU by reference to which certain specific customs duties
are expressed , or which is used as a criterion limiting the scope of certain
subheadings , shall be the following :
44,8967 Belgian francs / Luxembourg francs ,
2,21310 German marks ,
2,49387 Dutch guilders ,
0,588624 pound sterling ,
8,05101 Danish kroner ,
6,75259 French francs ,
1 495,66 Italian lira ,
0,715722 Irish pound ,
108,744 Greek drachmas ,
135,300 Spanish peseta ,
139,766 Portuguese escudo .
1 ECU =
SECTION 11
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
A. Goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or
production platforms
1 . Customs duties are suspended in respect of goods intended for incorporation in the
ships , boats or other vessels listed in the following schedule , for the purposes of their
construction , repair , maintenance or conversion , and in respect of goods intended for
fitting to or equipping such ships , boats or other vessels .
Heading
number Description
89.01 Ships , boats and other vessels not falling within headings Nos 89.02 to
89.05 : .
A. Warships
B. Other :
I. Sea-going vessels
89.02 Vessels specially designed for towing ( tugs) or pushing other vessels :
A. Tugs
B. Pusher craft :
I. Sea-going
ex 89.03 Light-vessels , fire-floats , dredgers of all kinds , floating cranes , and other
vessels , excluding floating or submersible drilling or production platforms , the
navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function ; floating docks :
A. Sea-going
(') OJ No L 333 , 30 . 11 . 1978 , p. 5 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 33 , 4 . 2 . 1984 , p. 2 .
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2 . Customs duties are suspended in respect of:
( a ) goods intended for incorporation in drilling or production platforms :
( 1 ) fixed , subheading ex 84.23 A II a), operating in the territorial waters of
Member States ,
( 2 ) floating or submersible , subheading ex 89.03 A,
for the purposes of their construction , repair , maintenance, conversion or
equipping .
Those goods such as motor fuel , lubricants and gas , which are necessary for the
operation of machines and apparatus which do not affect permanently , and are
not integral parts of the platforms and which are used on board for their
construction , repair , maintenance , conversion or equipping are regarded also as
being used for incorporation in drilling or production platforms ;
( b ) tubes , pipes , cables and their connecting pieces linking these drilling or
production platforms to the mainland .
3 . The suspensions shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the
competent authorities with a view to customs control of the use of such goods .
B. Civil aircraft and goods for use in civil aircraft
1 . Relief from customs duty is provided for :
— civil aircraft ,
— certain goods for use in civil aircraft and for incorporation therein in the course of
their manufacture , repair , maintenance, rebuilding, modification or conversion ,
— ground flying trainers and their parts .
These goods are covered by subheadings (*) with a footnote reference in the following
terms :
"Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the
competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions ."
2 . For the purposes of paragraph 1 , "civil aircraft" means aircraft other than aircraft
used in military or similar services in the Member States which carry a military or
non-civil registration .
3 . For the application of paragraph 1 , second indent , the expression "for use in civil
aircraft" in all relevant subheadings (*) shall include goods for use in ground flying
trainers for civil use .
C. Standard rate of duty
1 . Customs duty shall be charged at the flat rate of 10 % ad valorem on goods :
— sent in small consignments to private individuals , or
— contained in travellers' personal luggage ,
provided that such importations are not of a commercial nature and that the total
value of such goods does not exceed 115 ECU per consignment or per traveller .
Such flat rate assessment shall not apply to goods falling within Chapter 24 .
(') The subheadings concerned are within the following headings :
39.07 , 40.09 , 40.11 , 40.14 , 40.16 , 62.05 , 68.13 , 68.14 , 70.08 , 73.18 , 73.25 , 73.38 , 76.06 ,
81.04 , 83.02 , 83.07 , 83.08 , 84.06 , 84.07 , 84.08 , 84.10 , 84.11 , 84.12 , 84.15 , 84.17 , 84.18 ,
84.21 , 84.22 , 84.53 , 84.59 , 84.63 , 84.64 , 85.01 , 85.04 , 85.08 , 85.12 , 85.14 , 85.15 , 85.17 ,
85.20 , 85.22 , 85.23 , 88.01 , 88.02 , 88.03 , 88.05 , 90.01 , 90.02 , 90.14 , 90.18 , 90.23 , 90.24 ,
90.27 , 90.28 , 90.29 , 91.03 , 91.08 , 94.01 and 94.03 .
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2 . An importation shall be treated as not being of a commercial nature if :
— it is occasional ,
— it consists solely of goods for personal or family use by the consignee or , in the
case of travellers , imported goods intended as gifts : such goods shall be of such
kind or quality that there is no indication that tfyey are .being imported for any
commercial purpose .
3 . The flat rate charge shall apply independently of the duty-free admission granted
in respect of goods contained in traveller's personal luggage , in accordance with
Articles 45 to 49 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 918 / 83 (*).
4 . The flat rate of customs duty shall not apply to goods imported under the conditions
set out above if the person entitled has , before the said flat rate is applied to them ,
requested that they be subject to the customs duties appropriate to them . All the
goods making up the consignment shall then be subject to the import duties which
are appropriate to them , without prejudice to the duty-free admission under
Articles 45 to 49 of Regulation (EEC) No 918 / 83 .
For the purposes of the first subparagraph , import duties shall mean both customs
duties and charges having equivalent effect and agricultural levies and other import
charges provided for under the common agricultural policy or under specific
arrangements laid down for certain goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products .
5 . Member States may round off the amount in national currency resulting from the
conversion of the sum of 115 ECU .
6 . Member States may maintain unchanged the equivalent in national currency of the
sum of 115 ECU if, at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in the first
paragraph of Article 2 ( 2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 2779 / 78 , as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 289 / 84, the conversion of this amount , before rounding off
provided for in paragraph 5 , results in a change of less than 5 % in the equivalent in
national currency .
D. Packings imported full x
1 . Packings , as defined in Section I , C. , 2 ., imported full and put into free circulation at
the same time as the goods contained therein shall be :
( a ) chargeable at the same rate of customs duty as the goods contained therein :
— where such goods are subject to an ad valorem customs duty , or
— where the packings are to be included in the dutiable weight of the goods
contained therein ;
( b ) admitted free of customs duties :
— where the goods contained therein are free of customs duty , or
— where the goods contained therein are dutiable otherwise, than by reference to
weight or value , or
— where the weight of the packings is not to be included in the dutiable weight of ,
the goods contained therein ;
(') OJ No L 105 , 23 . 4 . 1983 , p. 1 .
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( c) chargeable at the rates of customs duty appropriate to them , notwithstanding
subparagraphs ( a ) and ( b ) above :
— where they are not of a type normally used for the goods contained therein and
have an independent and durable use other than as packings , or
— where they have been used in order to evade payment of customs duties
applicable thereto in accordance with their tariff description .
2 . Where packings covered by the provisions of paragraphs 1 ( a ) and ( b ) contain goods
of several different tariff descriptions , the weight and value of the packings shall , for
the purpose of determining their dutiable weight or value , be apportioned between all
the goods contained , in proportion to the weight or value of those goods .
Note
A heading number placed between square brackets in column 1 of the Schedule of Customs
Duties indicates that the heading has been deleted (for example , headings Nos [05.06],
[29.18] and [95.01 ]).
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PART II
SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES

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SECTION I
LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 1
LIVE ANIMALS
Notes
1 . This Chapter covers all live animals except :
( a ) Fish , crustaceans and molluscs , of headings Nos 03.01 and 03.03 ;
( b ) Microbial cultures and other products of heading No 30.02 ; and
( c) Animals of heading No 97.08 .
2 . Any reference in this Chapter to a particular genus or species , except where the context otherwise requires , includes
a reference to the young of that genus or species .
ll Rate of duty
Heading
ntimber Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
01.01 Live horses , asses, mules and hinnies :
A. Horses :
|| I. Pure-bred breeding animals ( a ) Free Free
II . For slaughter ( a ) 11 4
ll III . Other 23 18
li B. Asses 12 —
C. Mules and hinnies 17 —
01.02 Live animals of the bovine species :
A. Domestic species :
I. Pure- bred breeding animals ( a )
II . Other
Free
16 + ( L )
( b ) {*)
Free
( c ) ( d )
B. Other Free
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) Subject to certain conditions prescribed in Article 13 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805 / 68 of 27 June 1968 , the levy which was to be applied to young male bovine
animals intended for fattening, of a live weight of 300 kg or less may be totally or partially suspended .
(c ) A rate of 6 % is applicable within the limits of an annual tariff quota , to be granted by the competent authorities, of 20 000 heifers and cows ( other than for slaughter) of the
following mountain breeds: grey , brown , yellow , spotted Simmental and Pinzgau . Qualification for the quota is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent
authorities of the Member State of destination . *
(d ) A rate of 4 % is applicable within the limits of an annual tariff quota , to be granted by the competent authorities , of 5 000 bulls , cows and heifers ( other than for slaughter) of
the following breeds : spotted Simmental , Schwyz and Fribourg . To qualify for the quota , animals of the breeds specified must be covered by the following documents :
— bulls : pedigree certificate;
— cows and heifers : pedigree certificate or herd book entry certificate attesting to the purity of the breed .
(*) In certain conditions a levy is applicable in addition to the customs duty .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
% .
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
01.03
Free Free
Live swine :
A. Domestic species :
I. Pure-bred breeding animals ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Sows having farrowed at least once , of a weight of not less than
1-60 kg
b ) Other
B. Other
16 ( L )
16 ( L )
Free
01.04
Free
Live sheep and goats :
A. Pure-bred breeding animals ( a ):
I. Sheep
II . Goats
B. Other :
I. Sheep
II . Goats
Free
5
15 ( L )
5 ( L )
01.05
12 ( L )
12 ( L )
12 ( L )
12 ( L )
12 ( L )
12 ( L )
12 ( L )
Live poultry , that is to say , fowls , ducks , geese , turkeys and guinea fowls :
A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g :
I. Turkeys and geese
II . Other
B. Other :
I. Fowls
II . Ducks
III . Geese
IV . Turkeys
V. Guinea fowls
Other live animals :
A. Domestic rabbits
B. Pigeons
C. Other
01.06
10
12
Free
6
10
( b )
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 2
MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFALS
Note
This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Products of the kinds described in headings Nos 02.01 , 02.02 , 02.03 , 02.04 and 02.06 , unfit or unsuitable for
human consumption ;
(b ) Guts , bladders or stomachs of animals (heading No 05.04 ) and animal blood (heading No 05.15 ); or
( c) Animal fat , other than products of heading No 02.05 ( Chapter 15 ).
Additional Notes
1 . A. For the purposes of heading No 02.01 , the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to
them:
(a) "Carcases of bovine animals ", for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A II: whole carcases of the slaughtered
animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or
without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the
heads, the latter must have been separated from - the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported
without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints;
"carcase" shall include the front part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder
having more than 10 pairs of ribs;
(b) "Half-carcases of bovine animals ", for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A II: the product resultingfrom the
symmetrical division of the whole carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral
vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis; "half-carcase" shall
include the front part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder having
more than 10 ribs;
(c) "Compensated quarters ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 All a) 1 and A II b) 1 : portions composed
of either:
— forequarters comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the 1 0th rib; and
hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the third rib; or
— forequarters comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the fifth rib, with the
whole of the flank and breast attached; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and
sirloin, and cut at the eighth cut rib.
The forequarters and the hindquarters constituting "compensated quarters" must be imported at the same
time and in equal numbers, and the total weight of the forequarters must be the same as that of the
hindquarters; however, a difference between the weights of the two parts of the consignment is allowed
provided that this does not exceed 5% of the weight of the heavier part (forequarters or hindquarters);
(d) "Unseparated forequarters ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 All a) 2 and A II b) 2 : the front part of a
carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum offour pairs of ribs and
a maximum of 10 pairs of ribs (the first four pairs of ribs must be whole, the others may be cut) with or
without the thin flank;
(e) "Separated forequarters ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A II a) 2 and A II b) 2 : the front part of a
half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum offour ribs and a
maximum of 10 ribs (the first four ribs must be whole, the others may be cut) with or without the thin
flank;
(f) "Unseparated hindquarters", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 All a) 3 and A II b) 3 : the rear part of a
carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three pairs
of whole or cut ribs, with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank;
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(g) "Separated hindquarters ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A II a) 3 and A II b) 3 : the rear part of a
half-carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three
whole or cut ribs, with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank;
(h) 11 . "Crop " and "chuck and blade" cuts, for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 22 : the dorsal
part of the forequarter, including the upper part of the shoulder, obtained from a forequarter with a
minimum offour ribs and a maximum of 10 ribs by a, cut along a straight line through the point where
the first rib joins the first sternal segment to the point of reflection of the diaphragm on the 10th rib;
22 . "Brisket" cut, for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 22 : the lower part of the forequarter
comprising the brisket navel end and the brisket point end.
B. In determining the number of whole or cut ribs referred to in paragraph A, only those attached to the backbone
shall be taken into consideration .
2 . A. The following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them :
(a) "Whole carcases or half-carcases ", for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A III a) 1 : slaughtered pigs in the
form of carcases of domestic swine which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles and
hooves have been removed. Half-carcases are derived from whole carcases by division through the centre of
each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and the ischio-pubic
symphysis . These whole carcases and half-carcases may be with or without head, feet, flare fat, kidneys, tail
or diaphragm . Half-carcases may be with or without spinal cord, brain or' tongue . Whole carcases and
half-carcases of sows may be with or without udders (mammary glands);
(b) "Legs ", for the purposes ofsubheading 02.01 A III a) 2 and "hams ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.06 B
I a) 3 and B I b) 1 : the posterior (caudal) part of the half-carcase including bones, with or without foot,
shank, rind or subcutaneous fat.
The leg (hdm) is separated from the rest of the half-carcase so that it includes, at most, the last lumbar
vertebra;
(c) "Fore-ends ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A III a) 3 and 02.06 B I a) 4 and Bib) 2 : the anterior
(cranial) part of the half-carcase without the head, including bones, with or without foot, shank, rind or
subcutaneous fat.
The fore-end is separated from the rest of the half-carcase so that it includes, at most, the fifth dorsal
vertebra .
The upper (dorsal) part of the fore-end, whether or not containing the blade-bone and attached muscles
(neck-end in fresh or collar in salted condition), is considered a cut of the loin, when it is separated from the
lower (ventral) part of the fore-end, at most by a cut just below the vertebral column;
(d) "Shoulders ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A III a) 3 and 02.06 B I a) 4 and Bib) 2 : the lower part
of the fore-end whether or not containing the blade-bone and attached muscles, including bones, with or
without foot, shank, rind or subcutaneous fat.
The blade-bone and attached muscles imported separately shall remain classified in this subheading as a part
of the shoulder;
(e) "Loins ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A III a) 4 and 02.06 B I a) 5 and Bib) 3 : the upper part of
the half-carcase, extending from the first cervical vertebra to the caudal vertebrae, including bones, with or
without the tenderloin, blade-bone, subcutaneous fat or rind.
The loin is separated from the lower part of the half-carcase by a cut just below the vertebral column;
(f) "Bellies ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A III a) 5 and 02.06 B I a) 6 and Bib) 4: the lower part of
the half-carcase situated between the leg (ham) and the shoulder, commonly known as "streaky", with or
without bones , but with the rind and the' subcutaneous fat;
(g) "Bacon sides ", for the purposes of subheading 02.06 B I a) 1 : the pig half-carcase without the head, cheek,
chap, feet, tail, flare fat, kidney, tenderloin, blade-bone, sternum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and
diaphragm;
(h) "Spencers ", for the purposes of subheading 02.06 B I a) 1 : the bacon side without the ham, whether or not
boned;
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(i) "V4 sides ", for the purposes of subheading 02.06 B I a) 2 : the bacon side without the fore-end, whether or
not boned;
(k) "Middles ", for the purposes of subheading 02.06 B I a) 2 : the bacon side without the ham and the fore-end,
whether or not boned.
The subheading also includes cuts of middles containing tissue of loin and belly in natural proportion to the
entire middles .
B. The parts of the cuts defined under paragraph 2 (A) (b), (c), (d) and (e) fall within the same subheadings only if
they contain muscle tissue and bones in natural proportion to the entire cuts .
If the cuts falling under subheadings 02.06 B I a) 3 and B I a) 4 as well as 02.06 Bib) 1 and Bib) 2 are derived
from a bacon side from which the bones inditated under paragraph 2 (A) (g) have already been removed, the
lines of cutting shall follow those defined under paragraph 2 (A) (b), (c) and (d) respectively; in any case, these
cuts or parts thereof shall contain bones .
C. For the purposes of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 and 02.06 B II a), "heads" shall have the meaning of heads or
halves of heads of domestic swine, with or without the brains, cheeks or tongues .
The head is separated from the rest ' of the half-carcase by a straight cut parallel to the cranium. *
The cheeks, snouts and ears as well as the meat attached to the head, particularly to the rear part (including the
chaps), are considered parts of heads . The boneless meat of the fore-end (including the jowl) falls within
subheadings 02.01 A III a) 6 aa) and 02.06 B I a) 7 aa) arid B I b) 5 aa), as the case may be.
D. For the purposes of subheading 02.05 A, "subcutaneous pig fat" shall have the meaning of the fatty tissue which
accumulates under the rind of the pig and adheres to it, irrespective of the part of the pig from which it comes;
in any case, the weight of the fatty tissue shall exceed the weight of the rind.
The subheading also includes subcutaneous pig fat from which the rind has been removed.
E. For the purposes of subheading 02.06 B I b), products in which the water/protein ratio in the meat (nitrogen
content x 6,25) is 2,8 or less shall be considered as "dried or smoked". The nitrogen content shall be
determined according to ISO method 937-1978 .
3 . A. For the purposes of heading No 02.01 , the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to
them:
(a) "Carcases ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 1 and b) 1 : whole carcases of the slaughtered
animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or
without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the
heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported
without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints;
(b) "Half-carcases ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 1 and b) 1 : the product resulting from the
symmetrical division of the whole carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral
vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis; ,
(c) "Short-forequarters ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 2 and b) 2 : the anterior part of the
carcase with or without the breast including all the bones and the shoulders, scrag and middle neck, cut at
right-angles to the backbone with a minimum of five and a maximum of seven pairs of whole or cut
ribs;
(d) "Short forequarter", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 2 and b) 2 : the anterior part of the
half-carcase with or without the breast including all the bones and the shoulder, scrag and middle neck, cut
at right-angles to the backbone with a minimum offive and a maximum of seven whole or cut ribs:
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(e) "Chines and/or best ends ", for the purposes of subheadings 02101 A IV a) 3 and b) 3 : the remaining part of
the carcase after the legs and short forequarters have been removed with or without the kidneys; the chines
when separated from the best ends must include a minimum offive lumbar vertebrae; the best ends when
separated from the chines must include a minimum offive pairs of whole or cut ribs;
(f) "Chine and/or best end", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 3 and b) 3 : the remaining part of
the half-carcase after the legs and short forequarters have been removed with or without the kidney, the
chine when separated from the best end must include a minimum of five lumbar vertebrae; the best end
when separated from the chine must include a minimum offive whole or cut ribs;
(g) "Legs ", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 4 and b) 4: the rear part of the carcase comprising all
the bones and the legs and cut at right-angles to the backbone at the sixth lumbar vertebra just under the
ilium or at the fourth sacral vertebra through the ilium anterior to the ischio-pubic symphysis;
(h) "Leg", for the purposes of subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 4 and b) 4: the rear part of the half-carcase
comprising all the bones and the leg and cut at right-angles to the backbone at the sixth lumbar vertebra just
under the ilium or at the fourth sacral vertebra through the ilium anterior to the ischio-pubic symphysis .
B. In determining the number of whole or cut ribs referred to in paragraph A, only those attached to the backbone
shall be taken into consideration.
4 . Fort the purposes of subheading 02.02 B II f), "goose or duck paletots" shall be taken to mean geese or ducks
plucked and completely drawn, without heads orfeet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum)
removed but with the femurs, tibias and humeri.
5 . In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3324/80, the import duty applicable to mixtures falling within this
Chapter shall be calculated as follows:
(a) in mixtures where one of the components represents at least 90 % by weight, the rate applicable to that
component applies;
(b) in other mixtures, the rate applicable shall be that of the component which results in the highest amount of
import duty.
6 . (a) "Seasoned meat" of poultry, swine or bovine animals, excluding the products described in paragraph (c), falls
within subheadings 16.02 B I, 16.02 B III a) and 16.02 B III b) 1 aa) respectively. "Seasoned meat" shall be
uncooked meat that has been seasoned either in depth or over the whole surface of the product with seasoning
either visible to the naked eye or clearly distinguishable by taste.
(b) Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of sheep or goats falling within subheading 02.01 A IV includes meat, the
seasoning of, which does neither penetrate in depth nor is applied over the whole surface of the product or is
neither visible to the naked eye nor clearly distinguishable by taste, or can be removed.
(c) However, products falling within subheadings 02.06 B I, 02.06 CI a) and 02.06 C II a) to which seasoning has
been added during the process of preparation continues to fall within the said subheadings provided that the
addition of seasoning has not changed their character of product falling within heading No 02.06.
7. (a) For the purposes ofsubheadings 02.02 B II a), b), c), d) and e), "poultry cuts, unboned (bone-in)", shall be taken
to mean the cuts specified therein, including all bones .
(b) Poultry cuts as referred to in (a) which have been partly boned shall fall within subheading 02.02 B II g).
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.01 Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02 ,
01.03 or 01.04 , fresh , chilled or frozen :
A. Meat :
I. Of horses , asses , mules and hinnies
II . Of bovine animals :
a ) Fresh or chilled :
16 8
1 . Carcases , half-carcases or "compensated" quarters
2 . Separated or unseparated forequaters
3 . Separated or unseparated hindquaters . :
4 . Other :
20
+ ( L)-C )
20
+ ( L)(*)
20
+ ( L) (*)
( a )
( a )
( a )
aa ) Unboned ( bone-in )
bb ) Boned or boneless
20
+ ( L)(*)
20
+ ( L) (* )
( a )
( a )
b ) Frozen :
1 . Carcases , half-carcases , or "compensated" quaters
2 . Separated or unseparated forequaters
3 . Separated or unseparated hindquaters
4 . Other :
20
+ ( L) (*)
20
+ ( L ) ( c )(»)
20
+ (L )(*)
( a ) ( b )
( a ) ( b )
(a) (b)
aa ) Unboned ( bone-in )
bb ) Boned or boneless :
20
+ ( L ) n
( a ) ( b )
1 1 . Forequarters , whole or cut into a maximum of five
pieces , each quarter being in a single block ; "compen­
sated" quarters in two blocks , one of which contains the
forequarter , whole or cut into a maximum of five
pieces , and the other , the hindquarter , excluding the
tenderloin , in one piece
22 . Crop , chuck and blade and brisket cuts ( d )
33 . Other
20
+ ( L ) (c)(»)
20
+ ( L ) ( c ) (•)
20
+ ( L ) (c) (*)
( a ) ( b )
( a ) ( b )
( a ) ( b ) ( e )
( a ) A rate of 20 % shall be applicable for "high quality" meat , with or without bone , falling within subheading ex 02.01 A II , within the limits of a global annual tariff quota of
29 800 tonnes , without prejudice to the tariff quota for subheading 02.01 A II b ). Qualification for the quota is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent
authorities .
( b ) A rate of 20 % shall be applicable within the limits of a global annual tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes ( without bone ), of which 16 500 tonnes may be subject to the application
of monetary compensatory amounts .
( c ) Subject to certain conditions provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 of 27 June 1968 , the levy on frozen meat intended for processing may be
totally or partially suspended .
( d ) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued in accordance with the conditions laid down by the competent authorities .
( e ) A rate of 20 % for buffalo meat shall be applicable within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 2 250 tonnes ( without bone ), without prejudice to the tariff quota for
subheading 02.01 A 11 b ). Qualification for the quota is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(*) In certain conditions a levy is applicable in addition to the customs duty .
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Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.01
(cont'd)
A. III . Of swine :
a ) Of domestic swine :
I 1 . Carcases or half-carcases 20 ( L ) —
2 . Legs and parts thereof 20 ( L ) —
|| 3 . Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof 20 ( L ) —
|| 4 . Loins and parts thereof 20 ( L ) —
II 5 . Bellies and parts thereof ' 20 ( L ) —
II 6 . Other : \
|| aa ) Boned or boneless . . 20 ( L ) — '
|| bb ) Other 20 ( L ) —
b ) Other 7 3
IV . Of sheep or goats :
a ) Fresh or chilled : ||II
ll 1 . Carcases or half-carcases '20 ( L ) 20
\ 2 . Short forequarters 20 ( L ) 20
3 . Chines and / or best ends 20 ( L ) 20
Il 4 . Legs 20 ( L ) 20
Il 5 . Other : ||
|| aa ) Unboned ( bone-in ) 20 ( L ) 20
bb ) Boned or boneless 20 ( L ) 20
b ) Frozen :
li 1 . Carcases or half-carcases 20 ( L ) 20
ll 2 . Short forequarters 20 ( L ) 20
|| 3 . Chines and / or best ends . 20 ( L ) 20
li 4 . Legs 20 ( L ) - 20
II 5 . Other :
|| aa ) Unboned ( bone-in ) 20 ( L ) 20
bb ) Boned or boneless 20 ( L ) 20
B. Offals :
I. For the manufacture of pharmaceutical products ( a ) Free Free
II . Other :
ll a ) Of horses , asses , mules and hinnies 16 10
b ) Of bovine animals :
li 1 . Livers 20 7
2 . Other 20 4
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Heading
number Description
Autonomous
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or levy
( L )
Conventional
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02.01
(cont'd)
B. II . c ) Of domestic swine :
1 . Heads and parts thereof
2 . Feet or tails
3 . Kidneys . .
4 . Livers
5 . Hearts , tongues or lungs
6 . Livers , hearts , tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet all
attached
7 . Other .
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
4
4
4
7
4
4
4
d ) Other 12 3
02.02 Dead poultry ( that is to say , fowls , ducks , geese, turkeys and guinea fowls ) and
edible offals thereof ( except liver), fresh , chilled or frozen :
A. Whole poultry :
I. Fowls :
a ) Plucked and gutted , with heads and feet , known as "83 %
chickens"
b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts , livers
and gizzards , known as "70 % chickens"
c ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts ,
livers and gizzards , known as "65 % chickens"
18 ( L ) .
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
—
II . Ducks :
a ) Plucked , bled , gutted but not drawn , with heads and feet , known as
"85 % ducks" 18 ( L ).
b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts , livers
and gizzards , known as "70 % ducks"
c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts ,
livers and gizzards , known as "63 % ducks"
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
—
III . Geese :
a ) Plucked , bled , not drawn , with heads and feet , known as "82 %
geese"
b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet , with or without hearts
and gizzards , known as "75 % geese"
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
—
IV . Turkeys :
a ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with necks , hearts ,
livers and gizzards , known as "80 % turkeys"
b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without necks ,
hearts , livers and gizzards , known as "73 % turkeys"
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
—
V. Guinea fowls 18 ( L ) —
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Heading
number Description
Autonomous
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or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.02
(cont'd)
02.03
02.04
B. Poultry cuts ( excluding offals ):
I. Boned or boneless . . .
a ) Of geese
b ) Of turkeys
c ) Of other poultry
11 . Unboned ( bone-in ):
a ) Halves or quarters :
1 . Of fowls
2 . Of ducks
3 . Of geese
4 . Of turkeys . . . .
5 . Of guinea fowls
b ) Whole wings , with or without tips
c) Backs , necks , backs with necks attached , rumps and wing tips . . .
d ) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
1 . Of geese :
2 . Of turkeys
3 . Of other poultry
e) Legs and cuts of legs :
1 . Of geese
2 . Of turkeys :
aa ) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks
bb ) Other
3 . Of other poultry
f) Goose or duck paletots
g ) Other
C. Offals .
Poultry liver , fresh , chilled , frozen , salted or in brine :
A. Fatty liver of goose or duck
B. Other
Other meat and edible meat , offals , fresh , chilled or frozen :
A. Of domestic pigeons and domestic rabbits
B. Of game
C. Other :
I. Whale and seal meat ; frogs' legs
II . Other
18 ( L )
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18 ( L )
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18 ( L )
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
18 ( L )
5 ( L )
16 ( L )
13
7
19
19
3
10
to
3
10
14
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.05 Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat ( not rendered or solvent-extracted), fresh,
chilled , frozen , salted , in brine, dried or smoked:
A. Subcutaneous pig fat :
I. Fresh , chilled , frozen , salted or in brine 22 ( L ) —
l II . Dried or smoked 22 ( L ) —
B. Pig fat , other thanth falling within subhe ding A . . . . . .. . . . . . . .22 (L ) —
C. Poultry fat 22 ( L ) —
02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried or
smoked :
A. Horsemeat , salted , in brine or dried 16 10
B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine:
I. Meat : \
a ) Salted or in brine:
1 . Bacon sides or spencers 25 (L ) —
2 . 3/4 sides or middles 25 ( L) —
3 . Hams and parts thereof 25 ( L ) —
4 . Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof 25 (L ) —
5 . Loins and parts thereof 25 ( L ) —
6 . Bellies and parts thereof 25 ( L ) —
7 . Other : \
aa) Boned or boneless 25 ( L ) —
bb) Other 25 ( L ) —
b ) Dried or smoked : \
1 . Hams and parts thereof 25 ( L ) —
2 . Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof 25 (L). —
3 . Loins and parts thereof 25 ( L ) —
4 . Bellies and parts thereof 25 (L ) —
5 . Other : \
aa ) Boned or boneless 25 ( L )
bb) Other . 25 (L ) —
II . Offals :
I a ) Heads and parts thereof 25 ( L) —
b ) Feet or tails 25 ( L ) —
c) Kidneys 25 ( L ) —
l d ) Livers 25 ( L ) —
e ) Hearts , tongues or lungs 25 (L ) —
f) Livers , hearts , tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet all
attached 25 ,( L ) ; L
g) Other 25 ( L )
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|||| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.06
(cont'd)
C. Other :
I. Of bovine animals :
a ) Meat :
1 . Unboned ( bone-in )
2 . Boned or boneless
b ) Offals
24
+ ( L) (* )
24
+ ( L) (* )
24 20
I. Of sheep and goats :
a ) Meat :
1 . Unboned ( bone-in )
2 . Boned or boneless
b ) Offals
24 ( L )
24 ( L )
24
—
III . Other . 24 —
(*) In certain conditions a levy is applicable in addition to the customs duty .
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CHAPTER 3
FISH , CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS
Note
This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Marine mammals ( heading No 01.06 ) or meat thereof ( heading No 02.04 or 02.06 );
( b ) Fish ( including livers and roes thereof), crustaceans and molluscs , dead , unfit or unsuitable for human
consumption by reason of either their species or their condition ( Chapter 5 ); or
( c ) Caviar or caviar substitutes ( heading No 16.04 ).
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or .levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
03.01 Fish , fresh ( live or dead ), chilled or frozen :
A. Freshwater fish :
I. Trout and other salmonidae : \I
a ) Trout 16 12
Il b ) Salmon 16 2
Il c) Lake white fish Free 8
Il d ) Other Free 10
II . Eels ( Anguilla spp ) 10 3
Il III . Carp 10 8
I IV . Other Free ( a )
I B. Saltwater fish :
I. Whole , headless or in pieces : I
a ) Herring : \\
I 1 . From 15 February to 15 June:
aa ) Fresh or chilled Free Free
bb ) Frozen Free Free
Il 2 . From 16 June to 14 February : I
II aa ) Fresh or chilled 20 ( b ) 15 ( b ) ( c )
Il bb ) Frozen 20 ( b ) 15 ( b ) ( c )
b ) Sprats : IlIl
II 1 . From 15 February to 15 June Free . Free
I 2 . From 16 June to 14 February 20 13
( a ) See Annex .
( b ) Subject to compliance with the reference price . A countervailing tax is provided for in the case of non-compliance with the reference price .
(c ) Duty exemption within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 34 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities and subject to compliance with the reference
price .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
. %
1 2 3 4
03.01
/
B. I. c ) Tuna ( Thunnus spp and Euthynnus spp):
(cont'd) 1 . For the industrial manufacture of products falling within heading\
II No 16.04 ( a ):
Il aa ) Whole : II
|| 11 . Yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ): II
li aaa ) Weighing not more than 10 kg each 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
Il bbb ) Other 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
li 22 . Albacore ( Thunnus alalunga ) 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
Il 33 . Other 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 (c) ( d )
bb ) Gilled and gutted : ||
11 . Yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ): III.!
II aaa ) Weighing not more than 10 kg each 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
li bbb ) Other 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22. (c ) ( d )
|| 22 . Albacore ( Thunnus alalunga ) 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
33 . Other 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c) ( d )
cc) Other ( for example , "heads off'): lli
II 11 . Yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares): IIl
aaa ) Weighing not more than 10 kg each 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
bbb ) Other . . 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) ( d )
II 22 . Albacore ( Thunnus alalunga ) 25 ( b ) ( c ) 22 ( c ) (d )
II 33 . Other 25 ( b ) ( c) 22 (c) ( d ) ,
2 . Other 25 ( c ) 22 (c) ( d )
d ) Sardines ( Sardina pilchardus):
II 1 . Fresh or chilled 25 23
2 . Frozen 25 23
e ) Sharks :
Il 1 . Dogfish ( Squalus acanthias and Scyliorhinus spp ):
aa ) Fresh or chilled 15 8 ( e)
bb) Frozen 15 8 ( e )
2 . Other 15 8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b) Total suspension for an indefinite period .
( c) Subject to compliance with the reference price . A countervailing tax is provided for in the case of non-compliance with the reference price .
( d ) Duty exemption in respect of tunny intended for the canning industry , within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 30 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities
and subject to compliance with the reference price . Qualification for this quota is governed by conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(e ) Duty rate reduced to 6 % in respect of piked dogfish ( Squalus acanthias) within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 5 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent
authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number
Autonomous
Description
/o Conventional
%or levy
( L )
1 2 3 4
03.01
(cont 'd)
15
15
B. I. f) Redfish ( Sebastes spp ):
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
g) Atlantic halibut and lesser or Greenland halibut :
1 . Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus ):
aa ) Fresh or chilled
bb ) Frozen
15
15
15
15
2 . Lesser or Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides ):
aa ) Fresh or chilled '
bb ) Frozen
h ) Cod ( Gadus morhua , Boreogadus saida , Gadus ogac):
15
15
15
15
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
ij ) Saithe ( Pollachius virens ):
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
k ) Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus):
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen .
1 ) Whiting ( Merfangus merlangus ):
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
m ) Ling ( Molva spp):
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
15
15
8
8
8
8 ;
8
8
12
12
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
Free
Free
20
20
15
15
15
15
15
15
n ) Alaska pollack ( Theragra chalcogramma ) and pollack ( Pollachius
pollachius ) :
15
15
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
o ) Mackerel ( Scomber scombrus , Scomber japonicus and Orcynopsis
unicolor):
1 . From 15 February to 15 June :
aa ) Fresh or chilled
bb ) Frozen
2 . From 16 June to 14 February :
aa ) Fresh or chilled
bb ) Frozen
p ) Anchovies ( Engraulis( spp ):
1 . Fresh or chilled
2 . Frozen
Free
Free
20
20
15
15
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
03.01 B. I. q ) Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ):
(cont'd) 1 . Fresh or chilled 15 15
2 . Frozen 15 15
r ) Flounder ( Platichthys flesus ):
1 . Fresh or chilled 15 15
2 . Frozen 15 15
s ) Sea bream of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp : \
1 . Fresh or chilled 15 15
2 . Frozen 15 15
t ) Hake (Merluccius spp ):
1 . Fresh or chilled . 15 15 ( a )
2 . Frozen 15 15 ( a )
u ) Megrim ( Lepidorhombus spp ): ll
1 . Fresh or chilled 15 15
2 . Frozen 15 15
v ) Ray's bream ( Brama spp ): lill
1 . Fresh or chilled 15 15
2 . Frozen 15 15
w ) Monkfish ( Lophius spp ): ||
1 . Fresh or chilled 15 15
2 . Frozen 7 . . 15 15
x) 1 Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou ) .... 15 15
y ) Other 15 15
11 . Fillets :
a ) Fresh or chilled 18 18
b ) Frozen :
1 . Of cod ( Gadus morhua , Boreogadus saida , Gadus ogac) . . . 18 15(b )
2 . Of saithe ( Pollachius virens ) ' 18 15
3 . Of haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus ) ...... 18 15
4 . Of redfish ( Sebastes spp ) 18 12
5 . Of whiting ( Merlangus merlangus ) 18 - 15
6 . Of ling ( Molva spp) 18 15
7 . Of tuna ( Thunnus spp and Euthynnus spp ) 18 18
8 . Of mackerel ( Scomber scombrus , Scomber japonicus and
Orcynopsis unicolor) 18 15
9 . Of hake ( Merluccius spp ) 18 15
10 . Of sharks ( Squalus spp ) 18 15
11 . Of plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ) 18 15
12 . Of flounder ( Platichthys flesus ) 18 15
13 . Of herring ! 18 15
14 . Of megrim ( Lepidorhomus spp ) 18 15
15 . Of Ray's bream ( Brama spp ) 18 15
16 . Of Monkfish ( Lophius spp) . . 18 15
17 . Other ; 18 15
C. Livers and roes 14 10
( a ) Duty rate reduced to 8 % for silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis) within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities .
( b ) Duty rate reduced to 8 % for cod of the species Gadus morhua within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities .
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|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0/
/0
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 ■ 2 3 4
03.02 Fish , dried , salted or in brine ; smoked fish , whether or not cooked before or
during the smoking process :
A. Dried , salted or in brine :
I. Whole , headless or in pieces :
a ) Herring 12 12
b ) Cod ( Gadus morhua , Boreogadus saida , Gadus ogac ) 13 13(a )
II c) Anchovies ( Engraulis spp ) : . . . 15 10
d ) Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus ) 15 —
II e ) Salmon , salted or in brine 15 11
II f) Other 15 12
II . Fillets : \I
II a ) Of cod ( Gadus morhua , Boreogadus saida , Gadus ogac ) 20 20
b ) Of salmon , salted or in brine 18 15
c) Of lesser or Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides ), salted
or in brine 18 15
l-l d ) Other 18 16
li B. Smoked , whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process : I
I. Herring 16 10
II . Salmon 16 13
li III . Lesser or Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides ) 16 . 15
\ IV . Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus ) 16 16
V. Mackerel ( Scomber scombrus , Scomber japonicus and Orcynopsis
unicolor) 16 14
VI . Trout 16 14
VII . Eels ( Anguilla spp ) 16 14
II VIII . Other 16 14
C. Livers and roes 15 11
D. Fish meal 15 13
03.03 Crustaceans and molluscs , whether in shell or not , fresh ( live or dead), chilled ,
frozen , salted , in brine or dried ; crustaceans , in shell , simply boiled in water :
A. Crustaceans :
Il I. Crawfish 25 ( b )
II II . Lobsters ( Homarus spp ): II
a ) Live 25 8
Il b ) Other : IIII
II 1 . Whole 25 8
II 2 . Other : IIII
aa ) Frozen 25 16
bb ) Other . 25 20
( a ) Duty exemption within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities .
( b ) See Annex .
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|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
03.03
(cont'd)
A. III . Crabs and freshwater crayfish :
a ) Crabs of the species Paralithodes camchaticus , Chionoecetes spp and
li Callinectes sapidus 18 8
II b ) Edible crabs ( Cancer pagurus) . ; 18 15
|| c) Other 18 15
|| IV . Shrimps and prawns : ||
II a ) Prawns and shrimps of the Pandalidae family 18 12
II b ) Shrimps of the genus Crangon : IIIl
\\ 1 . Fresh , chilled or simply boiled in water 18 18
2 . Other 18 18
c ) Other ........... .. . ......... 18 18
V. Other : I
II a ) Norway lobsters ( Nephrops norvegicus ): II\
1 . Frozen 14 12
2 . Other 14 12
li b ) Other . 14 12
|| B. Molluscs :
|| I. Oysters : Il
Il a ) European flat oysters weighing not more than 40 g each Free Free
b ) Other ' 18 18
II . Mussels 10 10
II III . Snails , other than sea snails 6 Free
li IV . Other : I •
a ) Frozen : \
|| 1 . Squid :
Il aa ) Loglio spp 8 6
bb ) Todarodes sagittatus 8 6
II cc) Illex spp 8 8
dd ) Other 8 8
Il 2 . Cuttle-fish of the species Sepia officinalis , Rossia macrosoma ,\
Sepiola rondeleti 8 8
3 . Octopus 8 8
Il 4 . Coquilles St Jacques (Pecten maximus) 8 8
Il 5 . Striped venus and other species of the family Veneridae 8 8
.6 . Other 8 8
b ) Other \
1 . Squid :
aa ) Loglio spp 8 6
bb ) Todarodes sagittatus 8 6
cc) Illex spp 8 8
*** dd ) Other 8 8
2 . Other 8 8
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CHAPTER 4
DAIRY PRODUCE ; BIRDS' EGGS ; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
Notes
1 . The expression "milk" means full cream or skimmed milk , buttermilk , whey , curdled milk , kephir, yoghourt and
other fermented or acidified milk .
2 . Milk and cream put up in hermetically sealed cans are regarded as preserved within the meaning of heading No
04.02 . However , milk and cream are not regarded as so preserved merely by reason of being pasteurised , sterilised
or peptonised , if they are not put up in hermetically sealed cans .
Additional Notes
1 . The term "cans ", as used in Note 2 to this Chapter, shall be taken to apply only to such containers of a net capacity
not exceeding 5 kg.
2 . The expression "special milk for infants ", as used in subheading 04.02 B I a), shall be taken to mean products free
from pathogenic and toxigenic germs and containing per gram less than 1 0 000 revivifiable aerobic bacteria and
less than two coliform bacteria .
3 . For the purpose of calculating the fat content of products falling within subheadings 04.02 Bib) and B II b), the
weight of any added sugar shall be disregarded.
4. , Levy applicable to certain mixtures falling within this Chapter:
The levy applicable to mixtures falling within this Chapter and composed of products classified under subheading
04.01 B, 17.02 A or 21.07 F I or heading No 04.02, 04.03 or 04.04 shall be that applicable to the ingredient which
involves the higher or highest levy and which also forms at least 10% by weight of the mixture concerned. Where
this method of assessing the levy cannot be applied, the levy to be applied to such mixtures shall be that determined
by the tariff classification of the mixtures .
\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L)
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
04.01 Milk and cream, fresh , not concentrated or sweetened :
A. Of a fat content, by weight , . not exceeding 6% :
I. Yoghourt , kephir , curdled milk , whey, buttermilk and other fermented
or acidified milk:
a ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of two litres or less ....
b ) Other
16 (L )
16 ( L ) =
- II . Other :
a ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of two litres or less and of a
fat content , by weight: \
1 . Not exceeding 4% 16 ( L ) —
ll 2 . Exceeding 4% 16 ( L) —

b ) Other , of a fat content , by weight :
1 . Not exceeding 4% 16 ( L )
2 . Exceeding 4% 16 (L )
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I • Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( I )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4 1
04.01 B. Other , of a fat content , by weight :
(cont'd) I. Exceeding 6 % but not exceeding 21 % 16 ( L ) —
II . Exceeding 21 % but not exceeding 45 % 16 (L) —
III . Exceeding 45 % i 16 ( L ) —
04.02 Milk and cream, preserved , concentrated or sweetened :
|| A. Not containing added sugar :
I. Whey 18 ( L) —
li II . Milk and cream , in powder or granules : ||||
Il a ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 2,5 kg or less and of a fat II
content , by weight :
II 1 . Not exceeding 1 ,5 % . 18 ( L ) —
2 . Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 18 ( L) —
3 . Exceeding 27 % but not exceeding 29 % 18 ( L ) —
4 . Exceeding 29 % 18 ( L) —
Il b ) Other , of a fat content , by weight : \
Il 1 . Not exceeding 1,5% 18 ( L ) —
II 2 . Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 18 ( L ) —
3 . Exceeding 27 % but not exceeding 29 % 18 ( L ) —
4 . Exceeding 29 % ! 18 ( L ) —
III . Milk and cream , other than in powder or granules :
li a ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 2,5 kg or less and of a fat
content , by weight , not exceeding 11 % :
1 . Of a fat content , by weight , not exceeding 8,9 % 18 (L ) —
\ 2 . Other ; 18 ( L ) —
b) Other , of a fat content by weight :
1 . Not exceeding 45 % . . 18 ( L) —
|| 2 . Exceeding 45 % 18 ( L ) —
B. Containing added sugar :
I. Milk and cream , in powder or granules : 1
a) Special milk for infants , in hermetically sealed containers of a net
Il capacity of 500 g or less and of a fat content , by weight , exceeding ' l
10 % but not exceeding 27 % ( a ) 23 ( L ) —
b ) Other : \
1 . In immediate packings of a net capacity of 2,5 kg or less and of aI
II fat content , by weight :
aa) Not exceeding 1,5 % 23 ( L ) —
li bb ) Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 23 ( L ) —
cc ) Exceeding 27 % 23 ( L ) —
II 2 . Other , of a fat content , by weight :
Il aa ) Not exceeding 1,5 % 23 ( L ) —
bb) Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 23 ( L ) —
cc) Exceeding 27 % 23 ( L ) —
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
(L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
04.02
(cont'd)
B. II . Milk and cream , other than in powder or granules :
a) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 2,5 kg or less and of a fat
content , by weight , not exceeding 9,5 %
b ) Other , of a fat content by weight :
23 ( L ) —
ll 1 . Not exceeding 45 % 23 ( L ) —
2 . Exceeding 45 % 23 ( L ) —
04.03 Butter :
ll A. Of a fat content , by weight , not exceeding 85 % 24 ( L) —
B. Other . . . . .24 ( L ) —
04.04 Cheese and curd :
A. Emmentaler , Gruy&re , Sbrinz , Bergkase , Appenzell , Vacherin fribourgeois
and T&te de moine , not grated or powdered 23 (L ) ( a )
B. Glarus herb cheese ( known as Schabziger), made from skimmed milk and
mixed with finely-ground herbs ( b ) 23 (L ) (c ) 12
ll C. Blue-veined cheese , not grated or powdered 23 (L ) —
D. Processed cheese , not grated or powdered , of a fat content , by weight :
I. Not exceeding 36 % and of a fat content , by weight, in the dry
matter :
|| a ) Not exceeding 48 % 23 ( L ) —
\l b ) Exceeding 48 % 23 (L ) —
II . Exceeding 36 % 23 ( L ) - —
E. Other :
I. Not grated or powdered , of a fat content , by weight , not exceeding 40 %
and a water content, calculated by weight of the non-fatty matter :
a ) Not exceeding 47 % 23 ( L ) —
b ) Exceeding 47 % but not exceeding 72 % : IIIl
\ 1 ; Cheddar 23 ( L ) ( d) ( e )
2 . Other 23 (L ) (e )
( a ) See Annex .
(b) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(c ) The levy cannot exceed 6 % of the customs value .
(d ) Within the limit of an annual tariff quota of 9 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities , a rate of IS ECU per 100 kg net weight is provided for whole Cheddar
cheeses of a minimum fat content of 50 % by weight in the dry matter, matured for at least three months . '
For these purposes "whole cheeses" means :
1 . cheeses of the conventional flat cylindrical shape of a net weight of not less than 33 kg but not more than 44 kg,
2 . cheeses of the conventional flat cylindrical shape or cheeses in parallelepiped shape , of a net weight of 10 kg or more .
(e ) Furthermore , entry under this quota shall be subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
Within the limit of an annual tariff quota of 3 500 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities , a rate of 15 ECU per 100 kg net weight is provided for Cheddar of
subheading ex 04.04 E I b) 1 and other cheeses of subheading ex 04.04 E 1 b) 2 for processing.
Furthermore, entry under this quota and verification of the end use shall be subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
04.04
(cont'd)
E. I. c ) Exceeding 72 % :
1 . In immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 500 g . .
2 . Other !
II . Other :
a ) Grated or powdered
b ) Other
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 (L )
23 (L )
—
04.05
Birds' eggs and egg yolks, fresh , dried or otherwise preserved , sweetened or
not :
A. Eggs in shell , fresh or preserved :
I. Poultry eggs :
a ) Eggs for hatching ( a ):
1 . Of turkeys or geese
2 . Other
b) Other
II . Other eggs
B. Eggs , not in shell ; egg yolks :
I. Suitable for human consumption :
a ) Eggs , not in shell :
1 . Dried
2 . Other
b) Egg yolks :
1 . Liquid -
2 . Frozen
3 . Dried
II . Other ( b )
12 ( L )
12 (L )
12 ( L )
12
22 ( L )
22 ( L )
22 ( L )
22 (L )
22 ( L )
Free Free
04.06 Natural honey 30 27
04.07 Edible products of animal origin , not elsewhere specified or included 12 —
( a ) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities are eligible for entry under this subheading.
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CHAPTER S
PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Edible products (other than guts , bladders and stomachs of animals , wfiole and pieces thereof, and animal
blood , liquid or dried );
(b ) Hides or skins ( including furskins) other than goods falling within heading No 05.05 or 05.07 and parings and
similar waste of raw hides or skins falling within heading No 05.15 ( Chapter 41 or 43 );
(c) Animal textile materials , other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI ); or
(d ) Prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading No 96.01 ).
2 . For the purposes of heading No 05.01 , the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends
respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working .
3 . Throughout the Tariff elephant , mammoth , mastodon , walrus , narwhal and wild boar tusks , rhinoceros horns and
the teeth of all animals are regarded as ivory .
4 . Throughout the Tariff the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes and tails of equine or bovine
animals .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
. ( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
05.01 Human hair, unworked , whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human
hair Free Free
05.02 Pigs', hogs' and boars' bristles or hair; badger hair and other brush-making hair;
waste of such bristles and hair Free Free
05.03 Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up on a layer or between two
layers of other material :
A. Neither curled nor put up on a layer or between two layers, of other
material
B. Other
Free
3
Free
1
05.04 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces
thereof Free Free
05.05
[05.06]
Fish waste Free Free
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
05.07 Skins and other parts of birds , with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of
feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down , not further worked than
cleaned , disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or
parts of feathers :
A. Bed feathers ; down :
I I. Raw « Free Free
II . Other 4 3,5
B. Other 3 2
05.08 Bones and horn-cores , unworked , defatted , simply prepared ( but not cut to
shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products Free Free
05.09 Ivory , tortoise-shell , horns , antlers , hooves , nails , claws and beaks, unworked or
simply prepared but not cut to shape , and waste and powder of these products ;
whalebone and the like, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, and
hair and waste of these products Free ( a )
[05.10]
'
[05.11 ] >
05.12 Coral and similar substances , unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise
worked ; shells , unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and
waste of shells Free Free
05.13 Natural sponges :
llA. Raw.......... .... ............ Free —
B. Other 8 —
05.14 Ambergris , castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides ; bile , whether or not dried ;
animal products , fresh , chilled or frozen , or otherwise provisionally preserved , of
a kind used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products Free Free
05.15 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included ; dead animals of Chapter 1
or Chapter 3 , unfit for human consumption:
ll A. Fish , crustaceans and molluscs Free • ( a )
B. Other Free Free
( a ) See Annex .
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SECTION II
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 6
LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS ; BULBS , ROOTS AND THE LIKE ; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
Notes
1 . This Chapter covers only live trees and goods ( including seedling vegetables ) of a kind commonly supplied by
nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use ; nevertheless it does not include potatoes , onions ,
shallots , garlic and other products of Chapter 7 .
2 . Any reference in heading No 06.03 or 06.04 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a reference to
bouquets , floral baskets , wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that kind , account not
being taken of accessories of other materials .
ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
°/o
1 2 3 4
06.01 Bulbs , tubers , tuberous roots, corms , crowns and rhizomes , dormant, in growth
or in flower:
A. Dormant ;
B. In growth or in flower :
10 8
|| I. Orchids , hyacinths , narcissi and tulips * 18 15
II . Other 15 10
06.02 Other live plants , including trees , shrubs , bushes , roots , cuttings and slips :
A. Unrooted cuttings and slips :
I. Of vines Free —
\1 II . Other 12 8
B. Vine slips , grafted or rooted 3 —
C. Pineapple plants Free Free
D. Other 15 13
06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental
purposes, fresh , dried , dyed, bleached , impregnated or otherwise prepared :
A. Fresh :
- I. From 1 June to 31 October 24 24
ll II . From 1 November to 31 May 20 . 17
B. Other 20 —
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|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
06.04 Foliage , branches and other parts ( other than flowers or buds ) of trees , shrubs ,
bushes and other plants , and mosses , lichens and grasses , being goods of a kind
suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes , fresh , dried , dyed , bleached ,
impregnated or otherwise prepared :
A. Reindeer moss 10 Free
t
B. Other :
|-I I. Fresh 12 10
II . Not further prepared than dried 10 4
III . Other 17 —
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CHAPTER 7
EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
Note
In headings Nos 07.01 , 07.02 and 07.03 , the word "vegetables" is to be taken to include edible mushrooms , truffles ,
olives , capers , tomatoes , potatoes , salad beetroot , cucumbers , gherkins , marrows , pumpkins , aubergines , sweet
peppers , fennel , parsley , chervil , tarragon , cress , sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana ),
horseradish and garlic .
Heading No 07.04 covers all dried , dehydrated or evaporated vegetables of the kinds falling within headings
Nos 07.01 to 07.03 , other than :
( a ) Dried leguminous vegetables , shelled ( heading No 07.05 );
(b ) Ground sweet peppers ( heading No 09.04 );
( c) Flours of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No 07.05 ( heading No 11.04 );
(d ) Flour , meal and flakes of potato ( heading No 11.05 ).
Additional Note
The expression "cultivated mushrooms ", as used in subheading 07.01 Q I, shall be taken to apply only to the following
cultivated mushrooms of the Psalliota (Agaricus) species : hortensis, alba or dispora and subedulis . Other species,
including those cultivated artificially (for example, Rhodopaxillus nudus and Polypurus tuberaster), fall within
subheading 07.01 Q IV.
| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
07.01 Vegetables , fresh or chilled :
A. Potatoes :
I. Seed potatoes ( a ) 10 7
II . New potatoes : I
a ) From 1 January to 15 May 15 —
b ) From 16 May to 30 June 21 —
III . Other : \
a ) For the manufacture of starch ( a ) 9 —
b ) Other 18 —
B. Cabbages , cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts :
Il 1 . Cauliflowers : Il
a ) From 15 April to 30 November 17
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
07.01
(cont'd)
B. I. b ) From 1 December to 14 April 12
subject
to a min.
of 1,40 ECU
per 100 kg
net
—
II . White cabbages and red cabbages 15
subject
to a min.
of 0,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net
III . Other 15 —
li C. Spinach 13 —
D. Salad vegetables , including endive and chicory :
I. Cabbage lettuce :
a ) From 1 April to 30 November 15
subject
to a min.
of 2,50 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
b ) From 1 December to 31 March 13
subject
to a min.
of 1,60 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
'
II . Other 13 —
|| E. Chard ( or white beet ) and cardoons 13 —
F. Leguminous vegetables , shelled or unshelled :
I. Peas :
a ) From 1 September to 31 May 12 10
|| b ) From 1 June to 31 August 17 —
II . Beans ( of the species Phaseolus):
a ) From 1 October to 30 June 13
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net
b ) From 1 July to 30 September 17
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net
III . Other 17 14
G. Carrots , turnips , salad beetroot , salsify , celeriac, radishes and similar edible
roots :
I. Celeriac ( rooted celery or German celery ):
a ) From 1 May to 30 September 13 —
b ) From 1 October to 30 April 17
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|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
07.01
(cont'd)
G. II . Carrots and turnips
III . Horse-radish ( Cochlearia armoracia )
17
17 15
IV . Other . 17 —
II H. Onions , shallots and garlic 12 12
IJ . Leeks and other alliaceous plants ( for example , chives , Welsh onions ) .... 13 —
I K. Asparagus 16 16
L. Artichokes 13 —
|| M. Tomatoes : \
I. From 1 November to 14 May 11
subject to
a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
II . From 15 May to 31 October 18
subject to
a min.
of 3,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
N. Olives :
I-I I. For uses other than the production of oil ( b ) 7 —
II . Other 7 ( L ) —
ll O. Capers . . 7 —
P. Cucumbers and gherkins :
I. Cucumbers :
Il a ) From 1 November to 15 May 16 ( a ) —
b ) From 16 May to 31 October • 20 ( a ) 20
II . Gherkins 16 —
Q. Mushrooms and truffles :
|| I. Cultivated mushrooms 16
II . Chantarelles 10 4
III . Flap mushrooms 10 7
IV . Other 10 8
R. Fennel \ 12 10
Il S. Sweet peppers 11 9
Il T. Other : \
Il I. Courgettes 16 ( a ) —
Il II . Aubergines 16 ( a ) —
III . Other 16 —
07.02 Vegetables ( whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing:
Il A. Olives 19 19
B. Other 19 18
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in addition to the customs duty .
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
, 1 2 3 4
07.03 Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine , in sulphur water or in other
preservative solutions , but not specially prepared for immediate consumption :
A. Olives :
I. For uses other than the production of oil ( a )
II . Other
B. Capers
C. Onions
D. Cucumbers and gherkins
E. Other vegetables
F. Mixtures of vegetables specified above
8
8(L )
8
9
15
12
15
6
9
15
07.04 Dried , dehydrated or evaporated vegetables , whole, cut , sliced , broken or in
powder, but not further prepared :
A. Onions
B. Other
20
16
16
16
07.05 Dried leguminous vegetables , shelled , whether or not skinned or split :
A. For sowing :
I. Peas ( including chick peas ) and beans ( of the species Phaseolus )
II . Lentils
III . Other
B. Other :
I. Peas ( including chick peas ) and beans ( of the species Phaseolus )
II . Lentils
III . Other
10
7
7
10
7
7
3
2
5
3
2
5
07.06 Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes , sweet potatoes and other similar
roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content , fresh or dried , whole or
sliced ; sago pith :
A. Manioc , arrowroot , salep and other similar roots and tubers with high starch
content , excluding sweet potatoes :
I. Fresh or dried , whole or sliced , but not further processed
II . Other , including pellets
B. Other
6(L)
6(L)
6 ( c )
(b)
(b)
6
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) 6 % ad valorem, subject to certain conditions .
(c ) Duty rate reduced to 3 % (suspension) for an indefinite period .
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CHAPTER 8
. EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF MELONS OR CITRUS FRUIT
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits .
2 . The word "fresh" is to be taken to extend to goods which have been chilled .
II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous '
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
08.01 Dates , bananas , coconuts , Brazil nuts , cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados,
mangoes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried , shelled or not :
A. Dates ;
B. Bananas
12
20 ( a ) 20
C. Pineapples 9 9
ll D. Avocados 12 8
Il E. Coconuts 2 2
li F. Cashew nuts 5 x Free
Il G. Brazil nuts 5 Free
08.02
H. Other
Citrus fruit , fresh or dried:
12 6
|| A. Oranges:
II I. Sweet oranges , fresh : II
ll a ) From 1 April to 30 April 15 ( b ) 13
ll b) From 1 May to 15 May 15 ( b ) 6
ll c) From 16 May to 15 October 15 ( b ) 4
II d ) From 16 October to 31 March 20 ( b ) —
ll II . Other :
li a ) From 1 April to 15 October 15 15
|| b ) From 16 October to 31 March 20 —
B. Mandarins ( including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines , wilkings and
other similar citrus hybrids :
ll I. Clementines 20 ( b ) —
Il II . Other 20 ( b ) —
ll C. Lemons 8 ( b ) (c ) —
D. Grapefruit 12 3
08.03
E. Other
Figs, fresh or dried :
16
A. Fresh
B. Dried ;
7
10 —
( a ) Duty exemption granted in the Federal Republic of Germany within the limits of a tariff quota .
( b) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in addition to the customs duty .
( c ) The autonomous duty applicable to products originating in the United States of America is fixed at 20 % .
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
08.04 Grapes , fresh or dried :
A. Fresh :
I. Table grapes :
a ) From 1 November to 14 July :
1 . Of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera c.v .) from 1 December to
31 January ( a )
2 . Other
b ) From 15 July to 31 October
II . Other :
a ) From 1 November to 14 July
b ) From 15 July to 31 October
B. Dried :
I. In immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or less :
a ) Currants
b ) Other
II . Other :
a ) Currants
b ) Other
18(b )
18 ( b )
22 ( b )
18 ( b )
22 ( b )
9(b)
9(b)
9(b )
9(b )
10
3
3
3
3
08.05
08.06
Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 , fresh or dried , shelled or
not :
A. Almonds :
I. Bitter . . .
II . Other
B. Walnuts
C. Chestnuts
D. Pistachios
E. Pecans
F. Areca ( or betel ) and cola
G. Other
Apples , pears and quinces, fresh :
A. Apples :
I. Cider apples , in bulk , from 16 September to 15 December
II . Other :
a ) From 1 August to 31 December
b) From 1 January to 31 March
Free
7
8(c )
7
2
4
3
4
10
subject
to a min.
of 0,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net
14
subject
to a min.
of 2,40 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( b )
10
subject
to a min.
of 2,30 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( b )
Free
7
8(d)
3
1,5
9
' subject
to a min.
of 0,45 ECU
per 100 kg
net
14
subject
to a min.
of 2,40 ECU
per 100 kg
net
8
subject
to a min.
of 2,30 ECU
per 100 kg
net
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in addition to the customs duty . '
( c ) The autonomous duty applicable to walnuts , not shelled , originating in the United States of America is fixed at 30 % .
( d ) Walnuts , not shelled , originating in the United States of America , are not eligible for this conventional duty .
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
08.06
(cont'd)
A. II . c ) From 1 April to 31 July
B. Pears :
8
subject
to a min.
of 1,40 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
6
subject
to a min.
of 1,40 ECU
per 100 kg
net
I. Perry pears , in bulk , from 1 August to 31 December 13
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net
9
subject
to a min.
of 0,45 ECU
per 100 kg
net
Il II . Other :
a ) From 1 January to 31 March 10
subject
to a min.
of 1,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
10
subject
to a min.
of 1,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net
b ) From 1 April to 15 July 10
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
5
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net
c) From 16 July to 31 July 10
subject
to a min.
of 1,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
10
subject
to a min.
of 1,50 ECU
per 100 kg
net
d ) From 1 August to 31 December 13
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU -
per 100 kg
net ( a )
13
subject
to a min.
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
net
C. Quinces 9
08.07 Stone fruit , fresh :
A. Apricots 25 —
|| B. Peaches , including nectarines 22(a ) —
C. Cherries : Il||
I. From 1 May to 15 July 15
subject
to a min.
of 3 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
II . From 16 July to 30 April ' 15 ( a ) 15
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in addition to the customs duty .
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Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
08.07
(cont'd)
08.08
08.09
08.10
08.11
D. Plums :
I. From 1 July to 30 September •
II . From 1 October to 30 June
E. Other
Berries , fresh :
A. Strawberries :
I. From 1 May to 31 July *
II . From 1 August to 30 April
B. Cowberries , foxberries or mountain cranberries ( fruit of the species
Vaccinium vitis idaea )
C. Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus
D. Raspberries , black currants and red currants
E. Papaws
F. Other :
I. Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpum and Vaccinium
corymbosum
II . Other '
Other fruit , fresh
Fruit ( whether or not cooked ), preserved by freezing , not containing added
sugar :
A. Strawberries , raspberries and black currants
B. Red currants , fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus , blackberries
( brambleberries ), mulberries and cloudberries
C. Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtilloides and Vaccinium angustifolium . .
D. Other
Fruit provisionally preserved ( for example , by sulphur dioxide gas , in brine , in
sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption :
A. Apricots
B. Oranges ;
C. Papaws .
D. Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus
E. Other
15
subject
to a min.
of 3 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
10(a )
15
16
subject
to a min.
of 3 ECU
per 100 kg
net ( a )
16
9
9
12
12(b )
12
12
11
20
20
20
20
16
16
11
11
11
8
14
Free
4
11
6
4
18
15
4
18
5,5
8
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in addition to the customs duty .
( b) Duty rate reduced to 3 % (suspension) for an indefinite period .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
(L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
08.12 Fruit, dried , other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08,02, 08.03 ,
08.04 or 08.05 :
|| A. Apricots 9 7
II B. Peaches , including nectarines 9 7
\\ C. Prunes 18 12
D. Apples and pears : 10 8
\\ E. Papaws 3 4
F. Fruit salads : I
I. Not containing prunes 9 8
Il II . Containing prunes 12 12
G. Other 8 6
08.13 Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh , frozen , dried, or provisionally preserved in
brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions 2 —
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CHAPTER 9
COFFEE , TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
Notes
1 . Mixtures of the products of headings Nos 09.04 to 09.10 are to be classified as follows :
( a ) Mixtures of two or more of the products falling within the same heading are to be classified in that heading and,
if that heading contains subheadings, under the subheading applicable to the constituent bearing the highest rate
of duty 0 ), this rate being chargeable on the whole mixture;
( b ) Mixtures of two or more of the products falling within different headings are to be classified under heading
No 09.10 .
The addition of other substances to the products of headings Nos 09.04 to 09.10 (or to be mixtures referred to in
paragraph ( a ) or ( b ) above) shall not affect their classification provided that the resulting mixtures retain the essential
character of the goods falling in those headings . Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this Chapter ; those
constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in heading No 21.04 .
2 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a) Sweet peppers , unground ( Chapter 7 ); or
( b ) Cubed pepper (Piper cubeba ) and other products of heading No 12.07 .
(') Determination of the "highest rate of duty" is to be made solely in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of General Rule
B of Section I of the Preliminary Provisions .
li Rate of duty
Heading
number
t
Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
09.01 Coffee, whether or not roasted or freed of caffeine; coffee husks and skins; coffee
substitutes containing coffee in any proportion :
|| A. Coffee :
|| I. Unroasted : Il
a ) Not freed of caffeine 12 5
b ) Freed of caffeine 21 13
Il II . Roasted :
I-I a ) Not freed of caffeine 25 15
b ) Freed of caffeine ; 30 18
B. Husks and skins 21 13
C. Coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion 30 18
09.02 Tea :
A. In immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding 3 kg 23 5
B. Other 10,8 Free
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li • Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o/
/O
or levy
( L )
Conventional
. %
1 2 3 4
09.03 Maté . . . . 25 Free
09.04 Pepper of the genus "Piper"; pimento of the genus "Capsicum" or the genus
"Pimenta":
A. Neither crushed nor ground :
I. Pepper :
a ) For the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids ( a ) . . . .
b ) Other
II . Pimento :
a ) Of the genus "Capsicum", for the manufacture of capsicin or
Capsicum oleoresin dyes ( a )
b ) For the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids ( a ) . . . .
c ) Other
B. Crushed or ground :
I. Pimento of the genus "Capsicum"
II . Other
Free
10
Free
Free
20
25
25
Free
10
Free
Free
10
12
12,5
09.05 Vanilla . . . . . 11,5 11,5
09.06 Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers :
A. Ground
B. Other
25
20
10
8
09.07 Cloves ( whole fruit , cloves and stems) 15 15
09.08 Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms :
A. Neither crushed nor ground :
I. For the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Nutmeg
b ) Other
B. Crushed or ground :
I. Nutmeg
II . Mace
III . Cardamoms •
Free
15
20
25
25
25
Free
10
Free
12
8
Free
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
09.09 Seeds of anise, badian , fennel , coriander, cumin , caraway and juniper :
A. Neither crushed nor ground : ||||
I. Aniseed 5 —
II . Badian seed 23 —
|| III . Seeds of fennel , coriander , cumin , caraway and juniper : IIII
II a ) For the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids ( a ) . . . . Free —
|| b ) Other : ||ll
1 . Coriander seed 5 Free
2 . Other 5 —
B. Crushed or ground :
II I. Badian seed 26 —
II II . Coriander seed 10 Free
III . Other • 10 10
09.10 Thyme, saffron and bay leaves; other spices :
A. Thyme :
I. Neither- crushed nor ground :
Il a ) Wild thyme ( Thymus serpyllum ) . Free —
Il b ) Other 14 —
II . Crushed or ground 17 —
|| B. Bay leaves 14 —
Il C. Saffron :
II I. Neither crushed nor ground 16 —
II . Crushed or ground 19 —
D. Ginger Free ( b )
E. Turmeric ( curcuma); fenugreek seed Free ( b )
F. Other spices , including the mixtures referred to in Note 1 ( b) to this
Chapter :
■
II I. Neither crushed nor ground 20 20
ll II . Crushed or ground :
Il a ) Curry powder and paste 25 Free
b) Other 25 25
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 10
CEREALS
Note
This Chapter only covers those grains which have been neither hulled nor otherwise worked . However , rice , husked ,
milled , polished , glazed , parboiled , converted or broken remains classified in heading No 10.06 .
Additional Notes
1 . The term "durum wheat", as used in subheading 10.01 B II, shall be taken to mean wheat of the "triticum durum"
species and the hybrids derived from the interspecific crossing of "triticum durum " with the same number of
chromosomes as that species . Durum wheat thus defined must be of a colour ranging from amber-yellow to brown
and show a translucent horn-like vitreous fracture.
2 . The following terms shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:
(a) "Round grain rice" (10.06 B I a) 1 , B I b) 1 , B II a) 1 and B II b) 1 ): rice, the grains of which are of a length not
exceeding 5,2 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 2;
(b) "Long grain rice" (10.06 B I a) 2, B I b) 2, B II a) 2 and B II b) 2): rice, the grains of which are of a length
exceeding 5,2 mm;
(c) "Paddy rice" (10.06 B I a)): rice which has retained its husk after threshing;
(d) "Husked rice" (10., 06 B I b)): paddy rice from which only the husk has been removed . Examples of rice falling ,
within this definition are those with the commercial descriptions "brown rice ", "cargo rice ", "loonzain " and
"riso sbramato ";
(e) "Semi-milled rice"(10.06 B 11 a)): paddy rice from which the husk, part of the germ, and the whole or part of the
outer layers of the pericarp, but not the inner layers, have been removed;
(f) "Wholly milled rice" (10.06 B II b)): rice from which the husk, the whole of the outer and inner layers of the
pericarp, the whole of the germ in the case of long or semi-long grain rice, and at least part thereof in the case of
round grain rice, have been removed, but in which longitudinal white striations may remain on not more than
10 % of the grains;
(g) "Broken rice" (10.06 B III): grain fragments the length of which does not exceed three-quarters of the average
length of the whole grain.
3 . Levies applicable to mixtures of cereals:
A. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of two of the cereals falling within headings Nos 10.01 to 10.05 and
10.07 shall be that applicable:
(a) to the component cereal predominating by weight, when that cereal represents at least 90 % of the weight of
the mixture;
(b) to the component cereal liable to the higher levy, when neither of the two component cereals represents at
least 90 % of the weight of the mixture.
B. Where a mixture is composed of more than two of the cereals falling within headings Nos 10.01 to 10.05 and
10.07, and where several cereals each represent more than 10 % of the weight of the mixture, the levy
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applicable to the mixture shall be the highest of the levies applicable to such cereals, even when the amount of the
levy is the same for two or more of the cereals . Where a single cereal represents more than 10 % of the weight of
the mixture, the levy to be applied shall be that applicable to such cereal.
C. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of the cereals falling within headings Nos 10.01 to 10. OS and 10.07 and
not governed by the above rules shall be the higher or highest of the levies applicable to the cereals composing the
mixture concerned, even when the amount of the levy is the same for two or more of the cereals .
D. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of one or more of the cereals falling within headings Nos 10.01 to 10.05
and 10.07 and of one or more of the products falling within subheading 10.06 B shall be that applicable to the
component cereal or product liable to the higher or highest levy.
E. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of rice of subheading 10.06 B classifiable under several different
processing groups or stages, or of rice classifiable under one or more different processing groups or stages and of
broken rice, shall be that applicable:
(a) to the component predominating by weight, when that component represents at least 90 % of the weight of the
mixture;
(b) to the component liable to the higher or highest levy, when no component represents at least 90 % of the weight
of the mixture.
F. Where this method of assessing the levy cannot be applied, the levy to be applied to such mixtures shall be that
determined by the tariff classification of the mixtures .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
10.01
20
10.02
20 ( L )
20 "(L)
16 ( L )
13 ( L )
13 ( L )
10.03
Wheat and meshn ( mixed wheat and rye):
A. Spelt for sowing ( a )
B. Other :
I. Common wheat , and meslin
II . Durum wheat
Rye
Barley
Oats
Maize :
A. Hybrids for sowing ( a ):
I. Double hybrids and top cross hybrids
II . Three-cross hybrids
III . Simple hybrids
IV . Other
B. Other
10.04
10.05
4
4
4
4
Free ( b )
Free ( b )
Free ( b )
Free ( b )
9 ( L )
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) In addition to the customs duty , the application of a countervailing tax is provided for under certain conditions .
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lll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o/
/0
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
10.06 Rice: I
|| A. For sowing ( a ) 12 —
Il B. Other : I
\\ I. Paddy rice; husked rice :
li a ) Paddy rice : I
ll 1 . Round grain 12 ( L ) —
II 2 .
II b ) Husked rice : II
ll 1 . Round grain 12 ( L ) —
2 . Long grain 12 ( L ) —
Il II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : II
|| a) Semi-milled rice :
1 . Round grain 16 ( L ) —
2 . Long grain 16 ( L ) —
I b ) Wholly milled rice : II
Il 1 . Round grain 16 (L ) —
ll 2 . Long grain 16 ( L) —
III . Broken rice 16 ( L ) —
10.07 Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and grain sorghum; other cereals : \
A. Buckwheat 10 ( L ) —
B. Millet
C. Grain sorghum
8 ( L )
8 ( L )
—
I D. Other : \I
I. Triticale 8 ( L ) —
II . Other 8 ( L ) —
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CHAPTER 11
PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY ; MALT AND STARCHES; GLUTEN ; INULIN
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading No 09.01 or 21.02);
( b ) Flours and meal prepared for use as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes of heading No 19.02 ;
( c) Corn flakes and other products falling within heading No 19.05 ;
(d ) Pharmaceutical products ( Chapter 30 ); or
( e ) Starches having the character of perfumery or cosmetic or toilet preparations falling within heading
No 33.06 .
2 . A. Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall within this Chapter if they have , by weight
on the dry product :
( a ) a starch content ( determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated in column
2 ; and
(b ) an ash content ( after deduction of any added minerals ) not exceeding that indicated in column 3 .
Otherwise , they fall to be classified in heading No 23.02 .
However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 11.02 .
B. Products falling within this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading No 11.01 ( cereal
flours ) if the percentage passing through a silk gauze or man-made textile sieve with the aperture indicated in
column 4 or 5 is not less , by weight , than that shown against the cereal concerned .
Otherwise , they fall to be classified in heading No 11.02 .
1
Cereal Starch content Ash content
Rate of passage through a
sieve with an aperture of
| l 315 micrometres 500 micrometres
( 1 )' ( 2 ) ( 3 ) (4 ) ( 5 )
Wheat and rye 45 % 2,5 % 80 % —
Barley 45 % 3 % 80% \ —
Oats 45 % 5 % 80 % —
Maize and sorghum 45 % 2 % - 90 %
Rice 45 % 1,6% 80% —
Buckwheat 45 % 4 % 80 % —
Other cereals 45 % 2 % 50 %
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheading 11.02 A, the expression "cereal groats and cereal meal" means products obtained
by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which:
(a) in the case of maize products, at least 95 % by weight passes through a silk gauze or man-made textile sieve
with an aperture of 2 mm;
(b) in the case of other cereal products, at least 95 % by weight passes through a silk gauze or man-made textile
sieve with an aperture of 1 ,25 mm .
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2 . Products from the milling of the cereals of this Chapter which have been pelletised either directly by compression or
by the addition of a binder in a proportion of up to 3 % by weight are to be classified in subheading 11.02 F.
3 . In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3324/80, the import duty applicable to mixtures falling within this
Chapter shall be calculated as follows:
(a) in mixtures where one of the components represents at least 90 % by weight, the rate applicable to that
component applies;
(b) in other mixtures, the rate applicable shall be that of the component which results in the highest amount of
import duty.
IIl Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
11.01 Cereal flours:
ll A. Wheat or meslin flour 30 ( L ) ( a ) —
|| B. Rye flour 8(L) —
ll C. Barley flour 8 ( L ) —
ll D. Oat flour 8 ( L )
II E. Maize flour :
II I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1,5 % by weight 8(L) —
Il II . Other 8(L) —
F. Rice flour 14 ( L ) —
G. Other : 8 ( L )
11.02 Cereal groats and cereal meal; other worked cereal grains (for example , rolled ,
flaked , polished, pearled or kibbled but not further prepared), except rice falling
within heading No 10.06; germ of cereals , whole, rolled, flaked or ground :
A. Cereal groats and cereal meal :
I. Wheat :
li a ) Durum wheat . 30 ( L ) ' —
b ) Common wheat 30 (L ) —
ll II . Rye 25 ( L ) —
ll III . Barley 23 ( L ) —
ll IV . Oats 23 ( L ) —
\\ V. Maize : IIl
II a ) Of a fat content not exceeding 1 ,5 % by weight : Il
ll 1 . For the brewing industry ( b ) 23 ( L) —
II 2 . Other 23 ( L ) —
|| b ) Other ' 23 (L ) ' —
il VI . Rice 23 ( L ) —
VII . Other 23 ( L ) —
( a ) The autonomous duty for flour of meslin ( mixed wheat and rye) is 13 % .
( b) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description %
Autonomous
Conventional
0/
/0or levy
( L )
1 2 3 4
11.02
(cont 'd)
B. Hulled grains ( shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled :
1 . Barley and oats :
a ) Hulled ( shelled or husked):
1 . Barley
2 . Oats :
aa ) Clipped oats
bb ) Other
b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ("Grutze" or "grutten"):
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
30 ( L ).
25 (L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
1 . Barley
2 . Oats
II . Other cereals :
a ) Wheat
b ) Rye
c) Maize '
d ) Other
C. Pearled grains :
I. Wheat
II . Rye
III . Barley
IV . Oats
V. Maize
VI . Other
D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled :
I. Wheat
II . Rye
III . Barley ;
IV . Oats
V. Maize
VI . Other
30 ( L )
25 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
30 ( L )
25 (L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 (L )
E. Rolled grains ; flaked grains :
I. Barley and oats :
a ) Rolled :
1 . Barley
2 . Oats
b ) Flaked :
1 . Barley
2 . Oats
II . Other cereals :
a ) Wheat
b ) Rye
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
28 ( L )
28 ( L )
30 ( L )
25 ( L )
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||Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
(L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
11.02
(cont'd)
E. II . c ) Maize
d ) Other :
1 . Flaked rice
2 . Other ;
F. Pellets :
I. Wheat
II . Rye *
III . Barley
IV . Oats . . .
V. Maize
VI . Rice
VII . Other
G. Germ of cereals , whole , rolled , flaked or ground :
I. Wheat ,. .
II . Other
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
30 ( L )
25 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
23 ( L )
30 ( L )
30 ( L )
—
[11.03]
11.04 Flour of the dried leguminous vegetables falling within heading No 07.05 or of
the fruits falling within any heading in Chapter 8 ; flour and meal of sago and of
roots and tubers falling within heading No 07.06 :
A. Flour of the dried leguminous vegetables falling within heading No 07.05 .
B. Flour of the fruits falling within any heading in Chapter 8 :
I. Of bananas
II . Other
C. Flour and meal of sago and of roots and tubers falling within heading
No 07.06 :
I. Denatured ( b )
II . Other :
a ) For the manufacture of starches ( b)
b ) Other
12
17
13
28 ( L )
28 ( L )
28 ( L )
( a )
17
11.05 Flour, meal and flakes of potato , 19 —
[ 11.06]
11.07 Malt, roasted or not :
A. Unroasted : ,
I. Obtained from wheat :
a ) In the form of flour
b) Other
20 ( L )
20 (L )
—
( a ) See Annex .
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
11.07
(cont'd)
A. II . Other :
a ) In the form of flour 20 ( L )
b) Other 20 ( L ) —
B. Roasted 20 ( L ) —
11.08 Starches; inulin :
|| A. Starches : \I
II I. Maize starch . 27 ( L ) —
Il II . Rice starch 25 (L ) —
li III . Wheat starch 28 (L ) —
IV . Potato starch 25 ( L ) —
V. Other 28 ( L ) —
B. Inulin 30 —
11.09 Wheat gluten, whether or not dried 27 ( L ) —
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CHAPTER 12
OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS , SEEDS AND FRUIT;
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL PLANTS ; STRAW AND FODDER
Notes
1 . Heading No 12.01 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to ground-nuts , soya beans , mustard seeds , oil poppy seeds ,
poppy seeds and copra . It is to be taken not to apply to coconuts or other products of heading No 08.01 or to
olives ( Chapter 7 or Chapter 20 ).
2 . For the purposes of heading No 12.03 , beet seeds , grass and other herbage seeds , seeds of ornamental flowers ,
vegetable seeds , seeds of forest trees , seeds of fruit trees , seeds of vetches ( other than those of the species Vicia
faba) and of lupines are to be regarded as seeds of a kind used for sowing .
Heading No 12.03 is , however , to be taken not to apply to the following even if for sowing :
( a ) Leguminous vegetables ( Chapter 7 );
(b ) Spices and other products of Chapter 9 ;
( c) Cereals ( Chapter 10 ); or
( d ) Products falling within heading No 12.01 or 12.07 .
3 . Heading No 12.07 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof: basil , borage , hyssop ,
all species of mint , rosemary , rue , sage and wormwood .
Heading No 12.07 is , however , to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit ( heading No 12.01 );
( b ) Medicaments falling within Chapter 30 ;
(c ) Perfumery or toilet preparations falling within Chapter 33 ; or
( d ) Desinfectants , insecticides , fungicides , herbicides or similar products falling within heading No 38.11 .
ll Rate of duty
Heading
• number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
12.01 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken :
ll A. For sowing ( a ) Free ( b )
ll B. Other Free ( c ) ( b )
12.02 Flours or meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruit , non-defatted ( excluding mustard
flour):
\\ A. Of soya beans 10(c) 7
B. Other Free ( c ) —
12.03 Seeds , fruit and spores , of a kind used for sowing:
\\ A. Beet seeds 15 13
B. Forest-tree seeds 10 Free
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b) See Annex .
(c ) In certain conditions , the collection of a compensatory amount is provided for in addition to customs duty .
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
12.03
(cont'd)
C. Seeds of fodder plants :
I. Meadow fescue ( Festuca pratensis ) seed ; vetch seed ; seeds of the genus
Poa ( Poa palustris , Poa trivialis , Poa pratensis ); rye grass ( Lolium
perenne , Lolium multiflorum ); timothy grass ( Phleum pratense ); red
fescue ( Festuca rubra ); cocksfoot grass ( Dactylis glomerata ); bent grass
( Agrostis ) 10 4
II . Clover ( Trifolium spp ) 10 4
III . Other • . 10 5
D. Flower seeds ; kohlrabi seeds ( Brassica oleracea , caulorapa and gongylodes
varieties ) 10 6
E. Other 10 7
12.04 Sugar beet , whole or sliced , fresh , dried or powdered ; sugar cane :
A. Sugar beet :
I. Fresh
II . Dried or powdered
12 ( L )
. 12 ( L )
—
\
B. Sugar cane Free ( L -)
[ 12.05 ]
12.06 Hop cones and lupulin 12 9
12.07 Plants and parts ( including seeds and fruit ) of trees , bushes , shrubs or other
plants , being goods of a kind used primarily in perfumery , in pharmacy , or for
insecticidal , fungicidal or similar purposes , fresh or dried , whole, cut, crushed ,
ground or powdered :
■-
ll A. Pyrethrum ( flowers , leaves , stems , peel and roots ) 3 3
li B. Liquorice roots 2 —
Il ' C. Tonquin beans 3 8
D. Other Free Free
12.08 Chicory roots , fresh or dried , whole or cut , unroasted ; locust beans , fresh or
dried , whether or not kibbled or ground , but not further prepared,; fruit kernels
and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food , not falling
within any other heading:
l.I A. Chicory roots 2 2
|| B. Locust beans 8 —
ll C. Locust bean seeds : ll
li I. Not decorticated , crushed or ground 2 ' —
ll II . Other ' 9 —
D. Apricot , peach and plum stones , and kernels thereof 5 4
E. Other Free Free
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4 ;
12.09 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, or chopped but not otherwise prepared . . Free Free
12.10 Mangolds, swedes, fodder roots; hay, lucerne, clover, sainfoin, forage kale,
lupines, vetches and similar forage products:
ll A. Mangolds , swedes and other fodder roots 9 —
B. Other Free Free
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CHAPTER 13
LACS ; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS
Note
- Heading No 13.03 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum , extract of hops ,
extract of aloes and opium . The heading is to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose or when put up as confectionery ( heading
No 17.04);
( b ) Malt extract ( heading No 19.02 );
(c) Extracts of coffee , tea or maté ( heading No 21.02 );
( d ) Alcoholic saps and extracts constituting beverages , and compound alcoholic preparations ( known as "concentrated
extracts") for the manufacture of beverages ( Chapter 22);
( e ) Camphor , glycyrrhizin and other products of headings Nos 29.13 and 29.41 ;
( f) Medicaments falling within heading No 30.03 or blood:grouping reagents ( heading No 30.05 );
( g) Tanning or dyeing extracts (heading No 32.01 or 32.04);
( h ) Essential oils , concretes , absolutes and resinoids ( heading No 33.01 ) or aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions
of essential oils ( heading No 33.06 ); or
( ij ) Natural rubber , balata , gutta-percha or similar natural gums ( heading No 40.01 ).
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[ 13.01 ]
13.02 Shellac , seed lac, stick lac and other lacs ; natural gums, resins , gum-resins and
balsams :
A. Conifer resins 2 0,5
B. Other Free Free
13.03 Vegetable saps and extracts ; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar
and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products :
A. Vegetable saps and extracts :
I. Opium Free Free
II . Aloes and manna Free Free
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
13.03
(cont'd)
A. III . Of quassia amara
IV . Of liquorice
. 3
10
1,5
5
II V. Of pyrethrum and of the roots of plants containing rotenone 5 5
II VI . Of hops 6 5
VII . Intermixtures of vegetable extracts , for the manufacture of beverages or
of food preparations . 10 5
II VIII . Other
a ) Medicinal 6 2,5
b ) Other Free Free
B. Pectic substances , pectinates and pectates :
Il I. Dry 24 ( a )
II . Other : 14 —
C. Agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners , derived from vegetable
products :
II I. Agar-agar 4 2,5
II . Mucilages and thickeners extracted from locust beans or locust bean
seeds 6 3
III . Other Free Free
• ( a ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 14
VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS ;
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI : vegetable materials or
fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles , however prepared , or other
vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile
materials .
2 . Heading No 14.01 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to split osier, reeds , bamboos and the like , to rattan cores and
to drawn or split rattans . The heading is to be taken not to apply to chipwood (heading No 44.09 ).
3 . Heading No 14.02 is to be taken not to apply to wood wool ( heading No 44.12 ).
4 . Heading No 14.03 is to be taken not to apply to prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading
No 96.01 ).
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L)
Conventional
0/
/0
1 2 3 4 ■
14.01 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, cereal
straw, cleaned , bleached or dyed , osier, reeds , rushes, rattans , bamboos , raffia
and lime bark):
A. Osier :
I. Not peeled , split or otherwise prepared
II . Other
B. Cereal straw, cleaned , bleached or dyed
C. Other
Free
3
2
Free
Free
2
1
( a )
14.02 Vegetable materials , whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of
other material , of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding ( for example ,
kapok, vegetable hair and eel-grass ) Free ( a )
14.03 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brushes or in brooms ( for
example, sorgho , piassava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not in bundles or
hanks Free Free
[ 14.04]
14.05 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included Free ( a )
( a ) See Annex .
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SECTION III
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS
AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS;
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE WAXES
CHAPTER 15
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS ;
PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE WAXES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Pig fat or poultry fat of heading No 02.05 ;
( b ) Cocoa butter ( fat or oil ) (heading No 18.04 );
( c) Greaves ( heading No 23.01 ) and residues of heading No 23.04 ;
( d ) Fatty acids in an isolated state , prepared waxes , medicaments , paints , varnishes , soap , perfumery , cosmetic or
toilet preparations , sulphonated oils or other goods falling within any heading in Section VI ; or
( e) Factice derived from oils (heading No 40.02 ).
2 . Soapstocks , oil foots and dregs , stearin , wool grease and glycerol residues are to be taken to fall in heading
No 15.17 .
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheading 15.07 D:
A. Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, obtained by pressure, shall be considered as "crude" if they have undergone
no other processing than:
— decantation within the normal time limits;
— centrifugation or filtration, provided that, in order to separate the oils from their solid constituents, only
mechanical force, such as gravity, pressure or centrifugal force, has been employed (excluding any
adsorption filtering process or any other physical or chemical process);
B. Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, obtained by extraction shall continue to be considered as "crude" when they
cannot be distinguished, by their colour, odour or taste, nor by recognised special analytical properties, from
vegetable oils and fats obtained by pressure;
C. The expression "crude oils " shall be taken to extend to de-gummed soya bean oil and to cotton seed oil. from
which the gossypol has been removed.
2 . A. For the purposes of subheading 15.07 A, "olive oil" means oil derived solely from the treatment of olives,
excluding re-esterified olive oil and mixtures of olive oil with other oils .
B. "Untreated olive oil" means oil with characteristics as defined in Sections I, II and III below.
I. For the purposes of subheading 15.07 A I a), "virgin olive oil" means natural olive oil obtained exclusively
by mechanical processes, including pressure (but does not include mixtures with olive oil obtained
otherwise), having the following characteristics :
(a) a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, not greater than 3,3 %;
(b) a K270 extinction coefficient (absorption under a thickness of 1 cm of solution of 1 g of oil per 100 ml in
iso-octane (2,2,4-trimethylpentane) at a wavelength of 270 nm) not higher than 0,25 and, after
treatment of the sample of oil with activated alumina, not higher than 0,11 ;
(c) an extinction coefficient variation, in the 270 nm region, not higher than 0,01 .
This variation is defined by:
A K = Km-0,5 (Km_4 + Km+4)
where Km is the extinction coefficient at the wavelength of the maximum of the absorption curve
in the 270 nm region and
Km_4 and + 4 are the extinction coefficients at wavelengths 4 nm lower and higher, respectively,
than that of K - N
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(d) negative Bellier and modified. Vizern reactions;
(e) a negative soap test;
(f) such a taste that it is suitable in that state for immediate consumption .
II. For the purposes of subheading 15.07 A I b), "virgin lampante oil", whatever its acidity, means olive oil:
— either having the following characteristics :
(a) a K2 7o extinction coefficient higher than 0,25 and, after treatment of the sample with activated
alumina, not higher than 0,11 . Some oils having a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of
more than 3,3 % may have, after passage through activated alumina, a K2 70 extinction coefficient
higher than 0,11 . If so, after neutralisation and decolourisation in the laboratory, they must have the
following characteristics:
— a K2 70 extinction coefficient not higher than 1,10;
— an 'extinction coefficient variation, in the 270 nm region, higher than 0,01 but not higher than
0,16;
(b) negative Bellier and modified Vizern reactions;
(c) negative soap test;
— or having the characteristics under I (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), but a taste which renders it unsuitable in
that state for immediate consumption .
III. Subheading 15.07 A I c) covers oils, especially, oils from "olive residues ", having the following
characteristics :
(a) a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, higher than 3 %;
(b) positive Bellier and/or modified Vizern reactions;
(c) a negative soap test.
C. Subheading 15.07 A II a) covers olive oil obtained by the treatment of olive oils falling within subheading 15.07
A I a) or 15.07 A I b), whether or not blended with virgin olive oil, having the following characteristics :
(a) a free fatty acid content expressed as oleic acid, not exceeding 3 %;
(b) — a positive soap test, or a Kz 70 extinction coefficient higher than 0,25 but not higher than 1,10 and, after
treatment of the sample of oil with activated alumina, higher than 0,11 , and
— an extinction coefficient variation, in the 270 nm region, higher than 0,01 but not higher than 0,16 .
This variation is defined by:
A K = Km-0,5 (Km_4 + Km + 4)
where Km is the extinction coefficient at the wavelength of maximum absorption curve in the' 270 nm
region and
Km 1 and Km+4 are the extinction coefficients at wavelengths 4 nm lower and higher, respectively, than
that of Km;
(c) negative Bellier and modified Vizern reactions .
3 . Subheading 15.17 B I does not cover:
(a) residues resulting from the treatment offatty substances containing oil having an iodine index, determined by
the Wijs method, without catalyst, lower than 70 or higher than 1 00;
(b) residues resultingfrom the treatment offatty substances containing oil having an iodine index not lower than 70
or higher than 100, of which the peak area representing the retention volume of ^-sitosterol, determined in
accordance with the provisions in Annex VIII to the Regulation mentioned in Additional Note 4 below, is less
than 93 % of the total sterol peak areas.
4. The analytical methods for the determination of the characteristics of the products referred to above are those laid
down in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1058/77.
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
' %
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
15.01 Lard , other pig fat and poultry fat , rendered or solvent-extracted : v
A. Lard and other pig fat :
1 . For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human
consumption ( a ) 4 ( L ) 3
llII.Other......... ... ............ 20 ( L )
li B. Poultry fat 18 ( L ) 18
15.02 Fats of bovine cattle , sheep or goats , unrendered ; rendered or solvent-extracted
fats ( including "premier jus") obtained from those unrendered fats :
A. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human
consumption ( a ) 2 Free
II B. Other : \I
I. Unrendered fats of bovine cattle ; rendered or solvent-extracted fats
( including "premier jus") obtained from those fats 10 5
II . Unrendered fats of, sheep or goats ; rendered or solvent-extracted fats
( including "premier jus") obtained from those fats 10 5
15.03 Lard stearin , oleostearin and tallow stearin ; lard oil , oleo-oil and tallow oil , not
emulsified or mixed or prepared in any way :
A. Lard stearin and oleostearin :
Il I. For industrial uses ( a ) Free Free
II 11 . Other 8 8
B. Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for
human consumption ( a ) 12 4
ll C. Other 12 10
15.04 Fats and oils , of fish and marine mammals , whether or not refined :
A. Fish-liver oil :
I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 international units per
gram 6(b)' 6
ll II . Other . Free ( b ) ( c )
\\ B. Whale oil and oils of other cetaceans 2(b ) Free
C. Other Free ( b ) Free
15.05 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom ( including lanolin ):
\\ A. Wool grease , crude 6 5
l.I B. Other 10 4
15.06 Other animal oils and fats ( including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones
or waste ) 4 2
15.07 Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude , refined or purified :
A. Olive oil :
I. Untreated :
a ) Virgin olive oil
b ) Virgin lampante olive oil
c ) Other
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
—
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) In certain conditions , the collection of a compensatory amount is provided for in addition to the customs duty .
( c ) See Annex .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L ).
Conventional
%
I 2 3 4
15.07
(cont'd)
A. II . Other :
a ) Obtained by processing oils falling within subheading 15.07 A I a ) or
15.07 A 1 b ), whether or not blended with virgin olive oil .
b ) Other
20 ( L )
20 ( L )
—
I B. China-wood and oiticica oils ; myrtle wax and Japan wax 3 ( a ) " "( b )
C. Castor oil : ||
I. For the production of aminoundecanoic acid for use in the manufacture of
synthetic textile fibres or of artificial plastic materials ( c ) Free ( a ) Free
Il II . Other 8 ( a ) 8
D. Other oils : |
I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
for human consumption ( c ):
II a ) Crude : ||||
1 . Palm oil ■ 5(a ) 4
2 . Tobacco-seed oil 5(a ) Free
ll 3 . Other 5 ( a ) ( b )
|| b ) Other :
\ 1 . Tobacco-seed oil 8 ( a ) Free
II 2 . Other 8 ( a ) ( b )
II . Other :
a ) Palm oil :
ll 1 . Crude : . 9 ( a ) .6
|| 2 . Other 14 ( a ) 14 ■
li b ) Other :
ll 1 . Solid , in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less . . 20 ( a ) — ■
2 . Solid , other ; fluid :
|| aa ) Crude 10 ( a ) ( b ) .
bb ) Other 15 ( a ) ( b )'
15.08 Animal and vegetable oils , boiled , oxidised , dehydrated , sulphurised , blown or
polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas , or otherwise modified 15 12
[ 15.09 ]
15.10 Fatty acids ; acid oils from refining; fatty alcohols :
A. Stearic acid • 12 ' 8
|| B. Oleic acid 10 7
C. Other fatty acids ; acid oils from refining 8 4,5
D. Fatty alcohols ' " 13 6
( a ) In certain conditions , the collection of a compensatory amount is provided for in addition to the customs duty .
( b ) See Annex .
(c ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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||I Rate of duty
Heading
"number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
15.11 Glycerol and glycerol lyes : \
|| A. Crude glycerol and glycerol lyes 3 1,5
B. Other , including synthetic glycerol 10 6
15.12 Animal or vegetable oils and fats , wholly or partly hydrogenated , or solidified or
hardened by any other process, whether or not refined, but not further
prepared : \
\\ A. In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less 20 ( a ) —
B. Other 17 ( a ) ( b )
15.13 Margarine, imitation lard and other prepared edible fats 25 ( a ) 25
[ 15.14] ' I
15.15 Spermaceti , crude, pressed or refined , whether or not coloured; beeswax and
other insect waxes, whether or not coloured :
ll A. Spermaceti , crude , pressed or refined , whether or not coloured 7 ' 3,5
B. Beeswax and other insect waxes , whether or not coloured : ||ll
ll I. Raw Free Free
/
II . Other 10 5
15.16 Vegetable waxes, whether or not coloured : \
A. Raw Free Free
B. Other ! 8 4
15.17 Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or
vegetable waxes :
t
ll A. Degras 9 6
B. Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or
vegetable waxes : \
ll I. Containing oil having the characteristics of olive oil :
Il a ) Soapstocks 7 (L ) —
Il b) Other . 2 ( L ) —
Il II . Other : llII
a ) Oil foots and dregs ; soapstocks 7(a ) 5
b ) Other 2(a) 2
( a ) In certain conditions , the collection of a compensatory amount is provided (or in addition to the customs duty .
( b ) See Annex.
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SECTION IV
PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES , SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO
CHAPTER 16
PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH , OF CRUSTACEANS OR MOLLUSCS
Note
This Chapter does not cover meat , meat offal , fish , crustaceans or molluscs , prepared or preserved by the processes
specified in Chapters 2 and 3 .
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheadings 16.02 B I a) 1 , 16.02 B III a) 1 , B III b) 1 aa) and B III b) 2 aa) 11 , the term
"uncooked" shall apply to products which have not been subjected to any heat-treatment or which have been
subjected to a heat-treatment insufficient to ensure the coagulation ofmeat proteins in the whole of the product and
which therefore, in the case of subheadings 16.02 B III a) 1 and B III b) 1 aa), show traces of a pinkish liquid on the
cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.
2 . For the purposes of subheadings 16.02 B III a) 2 aa) 11 and B III a) 2 aa) 22 , the term "parts- thereof" shall apply
only to prepared or preserved meat which, due to the size and the characteristics of the coherent muscle tissue, is
identifiable as having been obtained from hams, loins, collars or shoulders of domestic swine, as the case may
be.
I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
% •
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
16.01 Sausages and the like, of meat , meat offal or animal blood :
|| A. Liver sausages 24 ( L ) 24
I B. Other ( a ): ||
ll I. Sausages , dry or for spreading , uncooked 21 (L ) —
II . Other 21 ( L ) —
16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
ll A. Liver :
II I. Goose or duck liver 20 16
II II . Other 25 ( L ) 25
B. Other :
ll I. Poultry meat or offal :
\ a ) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat ( b ): \
ll 1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or
li offal and uncooked meat or offal :
ll aa ) Containing only turkey meat 21 ( L ) 17
li bb ) Other ' 21 ( L ) —
li 2 . Other 21 ( L ) 17
b ) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry
meat ( b ) : 21 ( L ) 17
|| c ) Other 21 ( L ) 17
II . Game or rabbit meat or offal 21 - 17
( a ) The levy applicable to sausages imported in containers which also contain preservative liquid is collected on the net weight , i.e. after deduction of the weight of the
liquid .
( b ) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultry meat , the weight of any bones is to be disregarded .
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l'l , Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
16.02
(cont'd)
B. III . Other :
a ) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
1 . Containing bovine meat , uncooked
2 . Other , containing by weight :
aa ) 80 % or more of meat or offal , of any kind , including fats of
any kind or origin :
11 . Hams or loins (excluding collars ); parts thereof
22 . Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof
33 . Other
bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal , of any
kind , including fats of any kind or origin
cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal , of any kind , including fats
of any kind or origin
26 (L ) .
26 ( L )
26
26 ( L )
26 ( L )
26 ( L )
—
b ) Other :
1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
aa ) Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked
meat or offal
bb ) Other
2 . Other :
aa ) Of sheep or goats :
11 . Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and
uncooked meat or offal
22 . Other . . .
bb) Other
20
+ (L)C )
26
20
20
26
26
( a )
( a )
26
16.03 Meat extracts, meat juices and fish extracts, in immediate packings of a net
capacity of:
A. 20 kg or more
B. More than 1 kg but less than 20 kg
C. 1 kg or less
Free
9
24
Free
4
20
16.04 Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes :
A. Caviar and caviar substitutes :
I. Caviar ( sturgeon roe)
II . Other
B. Salmonidae :
I. Salmon
II . Other
30
30
20
20
30
30
5,5
7
( a ) See Annex.
(*) In certain conditions a levy is applicable in addition to the customs duty .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
% Conventional
%or levy
( L )
1 2 3 4
16.04
(cont 'd) 18
23
25
25
25
18
25
C. Herring:
I. Fillets , raw, coated with batter or breadcrumbs , deep frozen . . . .
II . Other. . . .
D. Sardines. . . .
E. Tunny. . . .
F. Bonito ( Sarda spp ), mackerel and anchovies....
G. Other :
I. Fillets , raw, coated with batter or breadcrumbs , deep frozen . . . .
II . Other ....
Crustaceans and molluscs , prepared or preserved :
A. Crabs. . . .
B. Other .................
15
20
25
24
( a )
15
20
16
20
16.05
20
20
( a ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 17
SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Sugar confectionery containing cocoa ( heading No 18.06 );
( b ) Chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose , glucose and lactose ) and other products of heading No 29.43 ;
or
(c) Medicaments and other products of Chapter 30 .
2 . Chemically pure sucrose , whatever its origin , is to be classified in heading No 17.01 .
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of heading No 17.01 :
— "White sugar" means sugar, not flavoured or coloured, containing, in the dry state, 99,5 % or more by weight
of sucrose, determined by the polarimetric method;
— "Raw sugar" means sugar, not flavoured or coloured, containing, in the dry state, less than 99,5 % by weight of
sucrose, determined by the polarimetric method.
2 . For the purposes of subheading 17.02 D I, "isoglucose" means the product obtained from glucose ot its polymers
with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose .
3 . When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheading 17.04 D are to be classified
according to the average content in milkfats, sucrose and starch of the assortment as a whole.
Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, in solid form:
ll A. White sugar; flavoured or coloured sugar 80 ( L ) —
ll B. Raw sugar :
I I. For refining ( a )II . Other 80 (L )80 ( L ) —
17.02 Other sugars in solid form; sugar syrups, not containing added flavouring or
colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey;
caramel:
A. Lactose and lactose syrup :
I I. Containing , in the dry state , 99 % or more by weight of the pureproduct ( b ) 24 ( L ) —
I II . Other 24 ( L ) —
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . (
( b ) The customs treatment in respect of lactose and lactose syrup of subheading 17.02 A II shall also apply to the lactose and lactose syrup of the present subheading
( 17.02 A I ).
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
17.02
(cont'd)
17.03
17.04
B. Glucose and glucose syrup ; maltodextrine and maltodextrine syrup :
I. Glucose and glucose syrup containing , in the dry state , 99 % or more by
weight of the pure product ( a ):
a ) In the form of white crystalline powder , whether or not
agglomerated
b ) Other
11 . Other
a ) In the form of white crystalline powder , whether or not
agglomerated .... :
b ) Other
C. Maple sugar and syrup :
I. Maple sugar in solid form , flavoured or coloured
II . Other
D. Other sugars and syrups :
I. Isoglucose
II . Other
E. Artificial honey , whether or not mixed with natural honey
F. Caramel :'
I. Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose in the dry matter ....
II . Other :
( a ) In the form of powder , whether or not agglomerated !
( b ) Other
Molasses
Sugar confectionery , not containing cocoa :
A. Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not
containing other added substances
B. Chewing gum containing by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ):
I Less than 60 % ;
II . 60 % or more
C. White chocolate
25 ( L )
25 ( L )
50 ( L )
50 ( L )
67 ( L.)
42 ( L )
80 ( L )
80 ( L )
50 ( L )
47 ( L )
47 ( L )
47 ( L )
65 ( L ) ( b )
21
16,5
+ vc
16,5
+■ vc
20,7
+ vc
10
8
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 23
8
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 23
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
( a ) The customs treatment in respect of glucose and glucose syrup of subheading 17.02 B II shall also apply to the glucose and glucose syrup of the present subheading
( 17.02 B I ).
( b ) The autonomous duty is :
— free for non-decolourised molasses for the manufacture of forage containing molasses ;
— 9 % for non-decolourised sugar cane molasses containing less than 63 % by weight of sucrose in the dry matter , for the manufacture of coffee substitutes ;
— 19 % for non-decolourised molasses for the manufacture of citric acid ;
— 67 % for flavoured or coloured molasses .
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
17.04
(cont'd)
D. Other :
I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of such
fats :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose )
b ) Containing by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose ):
1 . 5 % or more but less than 30 %
2 . 30 % or more but less than 40 %
3 . 40 % or more but less than 50 % :
aa ) Containing no starch
bb ) Other
4 . 50 % or more but less than 60 %
5 . 60 % or more but less than 70 %
6 . 70 % or more but less than 80 %
7 . 80 % or more but less than 90 %
8 . 90 % or more
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
20,7
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
17.04
(cont 'd
D. II . Other :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)
b ) Containing by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose):
20,7
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject to
, a max.
of 27 + ads
1 . 5 % or more but less than 30 % 20,7
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
2 . 30 % or more but less than 50 % 20,7
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
3 . 50 % or more but less than 70 % 20,7
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
4 . 70 % or more 20,7
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject to
a max.
of 27 + ads
[ 17.05 ]
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CHAPTER 18
COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover the preparations described in heading No 19.02 , 19.08 , 22.02 , 22.09 or 30.03
containing cocoa or chocolate .
2 . Heading No 18.06 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and subject to Note 1 of this Chapter , other food
preparations containing cocoa .
Additional Note
When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheading 18.06 C are to be classified according to
the average content in sucrose and milkfats of the assortment as a whole.
- Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
18.01 Cocoa beans, whole or broken , raw or roasted 6,7 3
18.02 Cocoa shells , husks, skins and waste 9 3
18.03 Cocoa paste ( in bulk or in block), whether or not defatted 25 15
18.04 ' Cocoa butter (fat or oil) 22 12
18.05 Cocoa powder, unsweetened 27 16
18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
A. Cocoa powder , not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of sucrose ,
containing by weight of sucrose :
I I. Less than 65 % 29,6+ vc 10+ vc
I II . 65 % or more but less than 80 % 29,6+ vc 10+ vc
I III . 80 % or more 29,6+ vc . 10+ vc
B. Ice-cream ( not including ice-cream powder) and other ices : \
I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 3 % by weight of such
fats • 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 .2 3 4
18.06
(cont'd)
B. II . Containing by weight of milkfats :
a ) 3 % or more but less than 7 % 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
b ) 7 % or more 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
C. Chocolate and chocolate goods , whether or not filled ; sugar confectionery
and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution products , containing
cocoa :
I. Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose )
II . Other :
. 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
a ) Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of
such fats and containing by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose):
1 . Less than 50 % 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
2 . 50 % or more ' 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
b ) Containing by weight of milkfats :
1 . 1 ,5 % or more but less than 3 % 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
2 . 3 % or more but less than 4,5 % 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
3 . 4,5 % or more but less than 6 % 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
4. 6 % or more 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L)
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
18.06
(cont'd)
D. Other :
I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of such
fats :
a ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 500 g or less 22,3
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
I b ) Other 22,3 ( a )+ vc —
l II . Containing by weight of milkfats : I
a ) 1,5 % or more but not more than 6,5 % :
1 . In immediate packings of a net capacity of 500 g or less .... 22,3 ( a )
+ vc
12
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 27 + ads
I 2 . Other 22,3 ( a )+ vc —
b ) More than 6,5 % but less than 26 % :
I 1 . In immediate packings of a net capacity of 500 g or less .... 22,3+ vc 12+ vc
I 2 . Other 22,3 ( a )•+ vc —
c) 26 % or more:
I 1 . In immediate packings of a net capacity of 500 g or less .... 22,3+ vc 12+ vc
I 2 . Other 22,3 ( a )+ vc —
( a ) Duty suspended to 19 % for an indefinite period .
No L 331 / 86 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 85
CHAPTER 19
PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR OR STARCH; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Preparations of flour , starch or malt extract , of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes ,
containing 50 % or more by weight of cocoa ( heading No 18.06 );
( b ) Biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch , specially prepared for use as animal feeding stuffs
( heading No 23.07); or
( c ) Medicaments and other products of Chapter 30 .
2 . In this Chapter the expression "flour" includes the flour of fruits or of vegetables , and products of such flour are to
be classified with similar products of cereal flour .
Additional Note
When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheading 19.08 B are to be classified according to
the average content in starch, sucrose and milkfats of the assortment as a whole.
|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
o//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[ 19.01 ]
19.02 Malt extract; preparations of flour, meal , starch or malt extract, of a kind used as
infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes , containing less than 50 % by
weight of cocoa :
A. Malt extract :
I. With a dry extract content of 90 % or more by weight
II . Other
B. Other :
I. Containing malt extract and not less than 30 % by weight of reducing
sugars ( expressed as maltose )
II . Other :
a ) Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of
such fats :
1 . Containing less than 14 % by weight of starch :
aa ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by
weight ' of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose
bb) Containing by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ):
11 . 5 % or more but less than 60 %
22 . 60 % or more
16,3
+ vc
16,3
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
8
+ vc
8
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4 •
19.02
(cont'd)
19.03
B. II . a ) 2 . Containing 14 % or more but less than 32 % by weight of
starch :
aa ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by
weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose)
bb ) Other
3 . Containing 32 % or more but less than 45 % by weight of
starch :
aa ) Containing no sucrose or containing less . than 5% by
weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose)
bb) Other
4 . Containing 45 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of
starch :
aa ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by
weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose
bb ) Other
5 . Containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of
starch :
aa ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by
weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose)
bb ) Other
6 . Containing 80 % or more but less than 85 % by weight of
starch :
aa ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by
weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose )
bb ) Other
7 . Containing 85 % or more by weight of starch
b) Containing by weight of milkfats :
1 . 1,5 % or more but less than 5 %
2 . 5 % or more
Macaroni , spaghetti and similar products :
A. Containing eggs
B. Other :
I. Containing no common wheat flour or meal
II . Other
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
19,6
+ vc
17,3
+ vc
17,3
+ vc
17,3
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
11
+ vc
12
+ vc
12
+ vc
12
+ vc
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
°/
/O
' 1 2 3 4
19.04 Tapioca and sago; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other
starches 15,4
+ vc
10
+ vc
19.05 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products
( puffed rice , corn flakes and similar products):
A. Obtained from maize
B. Obtained from rice
C. Other
14,3
+ vc
14,3
+ vc
14,3
+ vc .
6
+ vc
8
+ vc
8
+ vc
[19.06]
19.07 Bread , ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added
sugar, honey, eggs, fats , cheese or fruit; communion wafers, cachets of a kind
suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products :
A. Crispbread
B. Matzos
C. Communion wafers , cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use ,
sealing wafers , rice paper and similar products
D. Other , containing by weight of starch :
I. Less than 50 %
II . 50 % or more . . . .,
24
+ vc
20
+ vc
19,5
+ vc
26,5
+ vc
26,5
+ vc
9
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 24 + adf
6
+ vc
subject
to a max .
of 20 + adf
7
+ vc
14
+ vc
14
+ vc
19.08 Pastry, biscuits , cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not containing
cocoa in any proportion :
A. Gingerbread and the like , containing by weight of sucrose ( including invert
sugar expressed as sucrose):
I. Less than 30 %
II . 30 % or more but less than 50 %
III . 50 % or more
29,2
+ vc
29,2
+ vc
29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
13
+ vc
13
+ vc
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I-I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
19.08
(cont'd)
B. Other :
I I. Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of starch , andcontaining by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed assucrose ):
a ) Less than 70 % 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
b ) 70% or more 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
II . Containing 5% or more but less than 32% by weight of starch :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ) 28
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 30 + adf
b ) Containing 5% . or more but less than 30 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
2 . Other 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
c) Containing 30 % or more but less than 40 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
/
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
2 . Other 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
d ) Containing 40 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ): s
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
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li Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
19.08
(cont'd)
B. II . d ) 2 . Other
III . Containing 32% or more but less than 50% by weight of starch :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats ; 28
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 30 + adf
2 . Other 28
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 30 + adf
I b ) Containing 5% or more but less than 20% by weight of sucrose( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ): \
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats . 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
2 . Other 29,2
+ vc
13
.+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
I c) Containing 20 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugarexpressed as sucrose):
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc ■
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
2 . Other 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
1 IV . Containing 50 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of starch :
I a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight ofsucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats 28
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 30 + adf
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||I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
19.08
(cont'd)
B. IV . a ) 2 . Other ■ !
b ) Containing 5% or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ):
28
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 30 + adf
1 . Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of
such fats 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
2 . Other ; 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject '
to a max.
of 35 + ads
|| V. Containing 65 % or more by weight of starch :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ) . - 28
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 30 + adf
b ) Other 29,2
+ vc
13
+ vc
subject
to a max.
of 35 + ads
No L 331 / 92 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 85
CHAPTER 20
PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES , FRUIT OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Vegetables or fruit , prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapters 7 and 8 ; or
( b ) Fruit jellies , fruit pastes or the like in the form of sugar confectionery ( heading No 17.04 ) or chocolate
confectionery ( heading No 18.06 ).
2 . The vegetables of headings Nos 20.01 and 20.02 are those which fall in headings Nos 07.01 to 07.05 when
imported in the states provided for in those headings .
3 . Edible plants , parts of plants and roots of plants conserved in syrup ( for example , ginger and angelica ) are to be
classified with the preserved fruit falling under heading No 20.06 ; roasted ground-nuts are also to be classified in
heading No 20.06 .
4 . Tomato juice the dry weight content of which is 7% or more is to be classified under heading No 20.02 .
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheading 20.02 A I, the following species of mushrooms are regarded as "cultivated
mushrooms ": Agaricus spp, Volvaria esculenta, Lentinus edodes, Flammulina velutipes, Pholiota aegerita, Pholiota
nameko, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus florida, Pleurotus pulmonarius, Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus abalonae,
Pleurotus colombinus, Pleurotus eringii, Stropharia rugoso-annulata, Tremalla fuciformis, Auricularia
auricula-judae, Auricularia polytricha, Auricularia porphyria, Coprinus comatus, Rodopaxilus nudus, Lepiota
pudica , Lepiota personata, Agrocyte aegerita, Agrocyte cylindracea .
2 . The content of various sugars expressed as sucrose ("sugar content") of the products classified within this Chapter
corresponds to the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in accordance with the method prescribed in Annex III
to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977) at a temperature of 20 °C and multiplied by the
factor:
— 0,93 in respect of products of heading No 20.06, or
— 0,95 in respect of products of the other headings .
3 . The products classified under heading No 20.06 shall be considered as "containing added sugar" when the "sugar
content" thereof exceeds by weight the percentages given hereunder, according to the kind offruit concerned:
— pineapples and grapes : 13%,
— other fruits, including mixtures offruit: 9% .
4 . For the purposes of subheading 20.06 B I, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to
them :
— "actual alcoholic strength by mass ": the number of kilograms of pure alcohol contained in 100 kg of the
product,
— "% mas ": the symbol for alcoholic strength by mass .
5 . The added sugar content of products classified under heading No 20.07 corresponds to the "sugar content" less the
figures given hereunder, according to the kind ofjuice concerned:
— lemon or tomato juice: 3 ,
— apple juice: 11 , .
— grape juice : 15,
— other fruit or vegetable juices, including mixtures ofjuices : 13 .
6 . For the purposes of subheadings 20.07 A I, 20.07 B I a) 1 and b) 1 :
— "unfermented and not containing spirit" means grape juice (including grape must) with an actual alcoholic
strength by volume of not more than 1 % vol;
— "actual alcoholic strength by volume" means the number of volumes of pure alcohol at a temperature of 20 °C
contained in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature.
7. For the purposes of subheadings 20.07 B I a) 1 aa) and 20.07 B I b) 1 aa), "concentrated grape juice (including
grape must)" means grape juice (including grape must) for which the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in
accordance with the method prescribed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 516/77) at a temperature of 20 °C is
not less than 50,9 % .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
20.01 Vegetables and fruit , prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid , with or
without sugar , whether or not containing salt , spices or mustard :
II A. Mango chutney 22 Free
B. Cucumbers and gherkins 22 22
l.\ C. Other 22 20
20.02 Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
A. Mushrooms
II I. Cultivated 23 ( a ) —
II . Other 23 —
B. Truffles 20 18
Il C. Tomatoes 18 18
D. Asparagus 22 22
E. Sauerkraut 20 —
F. Capers and olives 20
II G. Peas ; beans in pod 24 24
I-I H. Other , including mixtures 24 22
20.03 Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar : \
A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight 26
+ ( L )
26
+ ads
B. Other 26 26
20.04 Fruit , fruit-peel and parts of plants , preserved by sugar (drained , glace or
crystallised):
li A. Ginger 25 Free
B. Other : \\
I. With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight 25
+ ( L )
25
+ ads
II . Other 25 25
20.05 Jams , fruit jellies , marmalades , fruit puree and fruit pastes , being cooked
preparations , whether or not containing added sugar :
A. Chestnut puree and paste :
I. With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight 30
+ ( L )
30
+ ads
Il II . Other 30 .30
Il B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit : I
I. With a sugar content exceeding 30% by weight ' 30
+ ( L )
25
+ ads
II . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by
weight . 30
+ ( L )
25
+ ads
II III . Other 30 27
C. Other : \
'I. With a sugar content exceeding 30% by weight :
a ) Plum purée and plum paste , in immediate packings of a net capacity
exceeding 100 kg , for industrial processing ( b ) 30 28
+ ads
(a ) In certain conditions an additional amount is provided for in addition to the customs duty.
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
No L 331 / 94 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 85
IlI Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy •
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 ' 3 4
20.05
(cont'd)
20.06
V
C. I. b ) Other
II . With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 30% by weight
III . Other ;
Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved , whether or not containing added sugar or
spirit :
A. Nuts ( including ground-nuts ), roasted , in immediate packings of a net
capacity :
I. Of more than 1 kg .
II . Of 1 kg or less
B. Other :
I. Containing added spirit :
a ) Ginger :
1 . Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 11,85%
mas
2 . Other
b ) Pineapples , in immediate packings of a net capacity :
1 . Of more than 1 kg :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 17% by weight
bb ) Other
2 . Of 1 kg or less :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 19% by weight
bb ) Other
c ) Grapes :
1 . With .a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight
2 . Other
d ) Peaches , pears and apricots , in immediate packings of a net
capacity :
1 . Of more than 1 kg :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight :
11 . Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding
11,85% mas
22 . Other
bb ) Other :
11 . Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding
11,85% mas
22 . Other
2 . Of 1 kg or less :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 15% by weight
bb ) Other
30
+ ( L )
30
+ ( L )
30
17
22
32
32
32
+ ( L )
32
32
+ ( L )
32
32
+ ( L )
32
32
+ ( L )
32
+ ( L).
32
32
32
.+ ( L )
32
30
+ ads
30
+ ads
30
14
16
20
30
+ 2 ads
30
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
20.06
(cont'd)
B. I. e ) Other fruits :
1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight :
aa ) Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding
11,85% mas
bb ) Other
2 . Other :
aa ) Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding
11,85 % mas
bb ) Other
f) Mixtures of fruit :
1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight :
aa ) Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding
11,85% mas
bb ) Other
2 . Other :
aa ) Of an actual alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding
11,85% mas
bb ) Other
II . Not containing added spirit :
a ) Containing added sugar , in immediate packings of a net capacity of
more than 1 kg :
1 . Ginger
2 . Grapefruit segments
3 . Mandarins ( including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines ,
wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
4 . Grapes
5 . Pineapples :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 17% by weight
bb ) Other
6 . Pears :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight
bb ) Other
7 . Peaches and apricots :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight
( bb ) Other
8 . Other fruits
9 . Mixtures of fruit :
aa ) Mixtures in which no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total
weight of the fruits
bb ) Other
32
+ ( L )
32
+ ( L )
32
32
32
+ ( L )
32
+ ( L )
32
32
23
23
+ ( L )
23
+ ( L )
23
+ ( L )
23
+ ( L )
23
23
+ ( L )
23
23
+ ( L )
23
23
+ ( L )
23
+ ( L )
23
+ ( L )
30
+ 2 ads
30
30
+ 2 ads
- 30
Free
17
+ 2 ads
21
+ 2 ads
22
+ 2 ads
22
+ 2 ads
22
20 .
+ 2 ads
20
22
+ 2 ads
22
20 v
+ 2 ads
20
+ 2 ads
20
+ 2 ads
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
20.06
(cont'd)
B. II . b ) Containing added sugar , in immediate packings of a net capacity of
1 kg or less :
1 . Ginger
2 . Grapefruit segments
3 . Mandarins ( including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines ,
wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
4 . Grapes
5 . Pineapples :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 19% by weight
bb ) Other
6 . Pears :
27
27
+ ( L )
27
' + ( L )
27
+ ( L )
27
+ ( L )
27
Free
17
+ 2 ads
20
+ 2 ads
24
+ 2 ads
24
+ 2 ads
24
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 15% by weight
bb ) Other
7 . Peaches and apricots :
aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 15% by weight :
1 1 . Peaches
22 . Apricots
bb ) Other :
1 1 . Peaches
22 . Apricots
8 . Other fruits
9 . Mixtures of fruit :
aa ) Mixtures in which no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total
weight of the fruits
bb ) Other
27
+ ( L )
■ 27
27
+ ( L )
27
+ ( L )
27
27
27
+ ( L )
27
+ ( L )
27
+ ( L )
22
+ 2 ads
22
22
+ 2 ads
24
+ 2 ads
22
24
24
+ 2 ads
15
+ 2 ads
22 .
+ 2 ads
c ) Not containing added sugar , in immediate packings of a net
capacity :
1 . Of 4,5 kg or more : •
aa ) Apricots
bb ) Peaches ( including nectarines ) and plums
cc ) Pears
dd ) Other fruits
ee ) Mixtures of fruit
2 . Of less than 4,5 kg
aa ) Pears
bb ) Other fruits and mixtures of fruit
17
19
23
23
23
. 25
25
( a )
( a )
21
( a )
( a )
21
23
[ a ) See Annex .
Official Journal of the European Communities No L 331 / 979 . 12 . 85
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4 .
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not containing
added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit :
A. Of a density exceeding 1,33 g/ cm3 at 20 °C :
I. Grape juice ( including grape must):
a ) Of a value exceeding 22 ECU per 100 kg net weight
b) Of a value not exceeding 22 ECU per 100 kg net weight :
50 ( a )
1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight
2 . Other
50
+ ( L ) ( a )
. 50 ( a ) —
II . Apple and pear juice; mixtures of apple and pear juice :
a ) Of a value exceeding 22 ECU per 100 kg net weight 42 —
b) Other
III . Other :
42
+ ( L )
"
II a ) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight 42 . —
b) Other 42
+ ( L )
B. Of a density of 1,33 g/ cm3 or less at 20 °C :
I. Grape , apple and pear juice ( including grape must); mixtures of apple and
pear juice :
a ) Of a value exceeding 18 ECU per 100 kg net weight :
li 1 . Grape juice ( including grape must): I
aa ) Concentrated:
11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
weight • 28 ( a) 28
+ ads
22 . Other 28 ( a ) 28
+ ads
|| bb) Other : \
11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight 28 ( a ) 28
+ ads
22 . Other . . 28 ( a ) 28
+ ads
2 . Apple and pear juice :
aa ) Containing added sugar 25 24
+ ads
bb ) Other .- 25 25
3 . Mixtures of apple and pear juice 25 —
b ) Of a value of 18 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight :
l.\ 1 . Grape juice ( including grape must):
\\ aa) Concentrated :
11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight 28
+ ( L ) ( a )
28
+ ads
22 . Other . 28 ( a ) 28
+ ads
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty .
No L 331 / 98 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 85
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional '
%
1 2 3 4
20.07
(cont'd)
B. I. b ) 1 . bb ) Other :
11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight
22 . Other
28
+ ( L ) ( a )
28 ( a )
28
+ ads
28
+ ads
2 . Apple juice :
aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight . .
bb ) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight . .
cc ) Not containing added sugar
3 . Pear juice :
aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight . .
bb ) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight . .
cc ) Not containing added sugar
4 . Mixtures of apple and pear juice :
aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight . .
bb) Other
25
+ ( L )
25'
25
25
+ ( L )
25
25
25
+ ( L )
25
24
+ ads
24
+ ads
25
24
+ ads
24
+ ads
25
II . Other :
a ) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight :
1 . Orange juice
2 . Grapefruit juice
3 . Lemon juice and other citrus fruit juices :
aa ) Containing added sugar
bb ) Other
4 . Pineapple juice :
aa ) Containing added sugar
21
21
21
21
22 ,
19
+ ads
15 I+ ads !
18
+ ads
19
19
+ ads
bb ) Other 22 20
5 . Tomato juice :
aa ) Containing added sugar
bb ) Other
6 . Other fruit and vegetable juices :
aa ) Containing added sugar
bb ) Other
7 . Mixtures :
aa ) Of citrus fruit juices and pineapple juice :
11 . Containing added sugar
22 . Other '
21
21
24
24
22
22
20
+ ads
21
21
+ ads
22
19
+ ads
20
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty .
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
20.07
(cont'd)
B. II . a ) 7 . bb ) Other :
II 11 . Containing added sugar 24 21+ ads
I 22 . Other 24 22
I b ) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight:
ll 1 . Orange juice : ll
I aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight . . . 21+ (L ) ' 19+ ads
bb) Other 21 19
+ ads
I 2 . Grapefruit juice :
I aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight . . . 21+ ( L ) 15+ ads
bb ) Other 21 15
+ ads
I 3 . Lemon juice :
I aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight . . . 21+ ( L ) 18+ ads
II bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight . . . 21 18+ ads
-
cc) Not containing added sugar .* 21 19
I 4 . Other citrus fruit juices :
ll aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight . . . ' 21+ (L ) 18+ ads
I bb ) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight . . . 21 18+ ads
I cc) Not containing added sugar 21 19
I 5 . Pineapple juice :
\ aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight . . . 22+ ( L ) 19+ ads
|-I bb ) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight . . . 22 19+ ads
cc) Not containing added sugar 22 20
\ 6 . Tomato juice :
-
aa) Containing added sugar 21 20
+ ads
\ bb ) Other 21 21
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
20.07
(cont'd)
B. II . b ) 7 . Other fruit and vegetable juices :
aa ) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight . .
bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by weight . .
cc ) Not containing added sugar
24
+ ( L )
24
24
21
+ ads
21
+ ads
22
8 . Mixtures : l
aa ) Of citrus fruit juices and pineapple juice :
11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight
22 . With ah added sugar content of 30% or less by
weight
33 . Not containing added sugar
22
+ ( L ) '
22
22
19
+ ads
19
+ ads
20
bb ) Other :
11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by
weight :
22 . With an added sugar content of 30% or less by
weight
' 33 . Not containing added sugar
24
+ ( L )
24
24
21
+ ads
21
+ ads
22
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CHAPTER 21
MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Mixed vegetables of heading No 07.04 ;
( b ) Roasted coffee substitutes containing coffee in any .proportion ( heading No 09.01 );
( c ) Spices and other products of headings Nos 09.04 to 09.10 ;
( d ) Yeast put up as a medicament and other products of heading No 30.03 ; or
( e ) Prepared enzyijies of heading No 35.07 .
2 . Extracts of the substitutes referred to in Note 1 ( b ) above are to be classified in heading No 21.02 .
3 . For the purposes of heading No 21.05 , the expression "homogenised composite food preparations" means
preparations of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic purposes , consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of
two or more basic ingredients such as meat ( including meat offal ), fish , vegetables and fruit . For the application of
this definition , no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may be added to the mixture
for seasoning , preservation or other purposes . Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of
ingredients other than meat , meat offal or fish .
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheading 21.07 D, the expression "prepared milk, in powderform ", means products having a
powdered milk content (calculated as the total milk protein, lactose and milkfat content) of more than 40 % by
weight.
2 . For the purposes of subheading 21.07 E, the term "cheese fondues " shall be taken to mean preparations containing
12 % or more but less than 18 % of milkfats and made from melted cheese (Emmentaler and Gruyere exclusively)
with the addition of white wine, kirsch, starch and spices and put up in immediate packings of a net capacity of
1 kg or less .
Entry under the aforementioned subheading is furthermore subject to the production of a certificate issued in
accordance with the ' conditions laid down by the competent authorities of the European Communities .
3 . For the purposes of subheading 21.07 F III, "isoglucose" means the product obtained from glucose or its polymers
with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose.
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 ' 3 4
[ 21.01 ]
21.02 Extracts, essences or concentrates , of coffee , tea or mate and preparations with a
basis of those extracts , essences or concentrates ; roasted chicory and other
roasted coffee substitutes and extracts , essences and concentrates thereof:
A. Extracts , essences or concentrates of coffee and preparations with a basis of
those extracts , essences or concentrates 30 18
B. Extracts , essences or concentrates of tea or mate and preparations with a
basis of those extracts , essences or concentrates 30 12
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
°//o
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.02 C. Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes :
(cont'd) I. Roasted chicory 18 —
li II . Other 16,9 8
IIII + v + v
D. Extracts , essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted IIIl
li coffee substitutes : IIII
Il I. Of roasted chicory 22 —
l II . Other 16,9 ( a ) —
+ v
21.03 Mustard flour and prepared mustard : 1
li A. Mustard flour , in immediate packings of a net capacity : \
I. Of 1 kg or less 10 8
II . Of more than 1 kg 5 4
B. Prepared mustard 1 17 14
21.04 Sauces : mixed condiments and mixed seasonings :
A. Mango chutney , liquid 20 Free
/ B. Sauces with a basis of tomato puree 20 16
C. Other 20 12
21.05 Soups and broths , in liquid , solid or powder form ; homogenised composite food
preparations :
A. Soups and broths , in liquid , solid or powder form
B. Homogenised composite food preparations
22
24
18
22
21.06 Natural yeasts ( active or inactive); prepared baking powders :
A. Active natural yeasts :
I. Culture yeast
II . Bakers' yeast :
a ) Dried
23
22,1
17
15
b ) Other » 22,1 15
III . Other 31 23
B. Inactive natural yeasts :
I. In tablet , cube or similar form , or in immediate packings of a net capacity
of 1 kg or less
II . Other : . . .
17
10
13
8
C. Prepared baking powders 19 9,5
( a ) Duty suspended to 14% for an indefinite period .
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\I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
A. Cereals in grain or ear form , pre-cooked or otherwise prepared :
I. Maize •
II . Rice
III . Other
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
B. Ravioli , macaroni , spaghetti and similar products , not stuffed , cooked ; the
foregoing preparations , stuffed , whether or not cooked :
I. Not stuffed , cooked:
a ) Dried
b ) Other
II . Stuffed :
a ) Cooked
b ) Other
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
.+ v
20,8
+ v
10
+ v
10
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
C. Ice-cream ( not including ice-cream powder) and other ices :
I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 3% by weight of such
fats
II . Containing by weight of milkfats :
a ) 3 % or more but less than 7%
b ) 7 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
!3
+ v
13
+ v
D. Prepared yoghourt ; prepared milk , in powder form , for use as infants' food or
for dietetic or culinary purposes:
I. Prepared yoghourt :
a ) In powder form , containing by weight of milkfats :
1 . Less than 1 ,5 %
2 . 1 ,5 % or more
b ) Other , containing by weight of milkfats :
1 . Less than 1,5%
2 . 1,5% or more but less than 4%
3 . 4% or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
II . Other , containing by weight of milkfats :
a ) Less than 1,5 % and containing by weight of milk proteins ( nitrogen
content x 6,38 ):
1 . Less than 40 %
2 . 40% or more but less than 55%
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
, + v
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.07 D. II . a ) 3 . 55% or more but less than 70% 20,8 13
(cont'd)l + v + v
4 . 70% or more 20,8 13
I + v + v
\ b ) 1 ,5 % or more 20,8 13
\ + v + v
\ E. Cheese fondues 20,8 *3
lII + v + v
I subject to Il
a max. l
li of 35 ECU II
III per 100 kg l
net
F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : l
I. Lactose syrup 67 ( L ) —
II . Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup . 67 ( L ) —
|| III . Isoglucose syrups 67 ( L ) —
li IV . Other 67 ( L ) —
G. Other :
I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1 ,5 % by weight of such \\
Il fats : lll
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of Il
l.\ sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ): \Il
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5% by weight of
Il starch 25 20
2 . Containing by weight of starch : I
\ aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 % ■ 20,8 13
\\ + v + v
li bb) 32 % or more but less than 45 % 20,8 13
\ + v + v
\\ cc) 45 % or more 20,8 13
+ v + v
b ) Containing 5% or more but less than 15% by weight of sucrose l
l ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
II 1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5% by weight ofll
starch 20,8 13
l + v + v
Il 2 . Containing by weight of starch :
li aa ) 5% or more but less than 32% 20,8 13
Il + v + v
bb) 32% or more but less than 45% 20,8 13
IlI + v + v
II cc) 45 % or more 20,8 13
+ v + v
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\\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L)
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.07
(cont'd)
G. I. c ) Containing 15 % or more but less than 30 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Containing by weight of starch :
aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 %
bb ) 32 % or more but less than 45 %
cc) 45 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
d ) Containing 30 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Containing by weight of starch :
aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 %
bb ) 32 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
e ) Containing 50 % or more but less than 85 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Other
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
f) Containing 85 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose) 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
■
II . Containing 1,5 % or more but less than 6 % by weight of milkfats :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Containing by weight of starch :
aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 %
bb ) 32 % or more but less than 45 %
cc) 45 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.07
(cont'd)
G. II . b ) Containing 5 % or more but less than 15 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Containing by weight of starch :
aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 %
bb ) 32 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
c ) Containing 15 % or more but less than 30 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Containing by weight of starch :
aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 %
bb ) 32 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
d ) Containing 30 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Other
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
e ) Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose) 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
III . Containing 6 % or more but less than 12 % by weight of milkfats :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Containing by weight of starch :
aa ) 5 % or more but less than 32 %
bb ) 32 % or more
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
b ) Containing 5 % or more but less than 15 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch
2 . Other
20,8
+ v
20,8
+ v
13
+ v
13
+ v
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.07
(cont'd)
G. III . c ) Containing 15 % or more but less than 30 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
2 . Other 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
d ) Containing 30 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
2 . Other 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
e) Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ) 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
IV . (Containing 12 % or more but less than 18 % by weight of milkfats :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch 20,8
+ v
13 .
+ v
2 . Other 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
b ) Containing 5 % or more but less than 15 % by weight of sucrose
( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
2 . Other 20,8
+ v
1.3
+ v
c) Containing 15 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ) 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
V. Containing 18 % or more but less than 26 % by weight of milkfats :
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ):
1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
2 . Other 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
b ) Containing 5 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose ) 20,8
+ v
13
+ v
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
21.07 G. VI . Containing 26% or more but less than '45% by weight cf milkfats :
(cont'd) a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight ofIIIl
|| sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ): ||l
|| 1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight ofIII
II starch 20,8 13
I + v + v
II 2 . Other 20,8 13
|| + v + v
I b ) Containing 5 % or more but less than 25 % by weight of sucrose I
|| ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): Il
|| 1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of IIIl
II starch 20,8 13
+ v + v
li 2 . Other 20,8 13
+ v + v
c) Containing 25% or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert
II sugar expressed as sucrose ) . . 20,8 13
|| + v + v
VII . Containing 45 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of milkfats : |
a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of
II sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ): II
Il >.'• 1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of
starch 20,8 13
I,l + v + v
2 . Other 20,8 13
\ + v + v
|| b ) Containing 5 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar
li expressed as sucrose ): II
II 1 . Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of \
starch 20,8 13
II + v + v
I.! 2 . Other 20,8 , 13
Il + v + v
|| VIII . Containing 65% or more but less than 85% by weight of milkfats :
li a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight ofl
II sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose ) 20,8 13
+ v + v
II b ) Other 20,8 13
II + v + v
|| IX . Containing 85 % or more by weight of milkfats 20,8 13
+ v + v
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CHAPTER 22
BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Sea water (heading No 25.01 );
( b ) Distilled and conductivity water and water of similar purity ( heading No 28.58 );
( c ) Acetic acid of a concentration exceeding 10 % by weight of acetic acid ( heading No 29.14),
( d ) Medicaments of heading No 30.03 ; or
( e ) Perfumery or toilet preparations ( Chapter 33 ).
2 . For the purposes of headings Nos 22.08 and 22.09 , the alcoholic strength is to be taken to be the alcoholic strength
by volume at a temperature of 20 °C.
"% vol" is the symbol for alcoholic strength by volume.
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of headings Nos 22.04, 22.05 and 22.06 and subheading 22.07 A :
(a) "actual alcoholic strength by volume" means the number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature
of 20 °C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature;
(b) "potential alcoholic strength by volume" means the number of volumes of pure alcohol at a temperature of
20 °C capable of being produced by totalfermentation of the sugars contained in 100 volumes of the product at
that temperature;
(c) "total alcoholic strength by volume" means the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strengths;
(d) "natural alcoholic strength by volume" means the total alcoholic strength by volume of a product before any
enrichment;
(e) "% vol" is the symbol for alcoholic strength by volume .
2 . For the purposes of heading No 22.04 "grape must in fermentation" means the product derived from the
fermentation of grape must, having an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 1 % vol and less than
three-fifths of its total alcoholic strength by volume.
3 . For the purposes of heading No 22.05:
A. "Sparkling wine" (subheading 22.05 A) means a product having an actual alcoholic strength of not less than
8,5 % vol, obtained:
— either by first or second alcoholic fermentation offresh grapes, grape must or wine, and releasing, when the
container is opened, carbon dioxide derived exclusively from the fermentation,
— orfrom wine, and releasing, when the container is opened, carbon dioxide derived wholly or partly from the
addition of this gas,
and having, when kept at a temperature of 20 °C in closed containers, an excess pressure due to carbon dioxide
in solution of not less than 3 bar.
B. "Total dry extract" means the content in grams per litre of all the substances in a product which, under given
physical conditions, do not volatilise.
The total dry extract must be determined with the densimeter at 20 °C.
C. (a) The presence in the products falling within subheading 22.05 C of the quantities of total dry extract per litre
indicated in I, II III and IV below does not affect their classification:
I. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not more than 13 % vol: 90 g or less of total
extract per litre;
II. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 13 % vol but not more than 15 % vol:
130 g or less of total dry extract per litre;
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III. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 15% vol but not more than 18% vol:
130 g or less of total dry extract per litre;
IV. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 18% vol but not more than 22 % vol:
330 g or less of total dry extract per litre .
Products with a total dry extract exceeding the maximum quantity shown above in each category are to be
classified in the next following category, except that if the total dry extract exceeds 330 g per litre the
products are to be classified in subheading 22.05 C V.
(b) The above rules do not apply to products falling within subheadings 22.05 C III a) 1 , b) 1 and b) 2 and
22.05 C IV a) 1 , b) 1 and b) 2 .
4 . Subheading 22.05 C shall be taken to include:
(a) Grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, that is to say a product:
— having an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 12% vol but less than 15% vol, and
— obtained by the addition to unfermented grape must having a natural alcoholic strength by volume of not
less than 8,5% vol of a product derived from the distillation of wine;
(b) Wine fortified for distillation, that is to say a product:
— having an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 18 % vol but not more than 24% vol,
— obtained exclusively by the addition to wine containing no residual sugar of an unrectified product derived
from the distillation of wine and having a maximum actual alcoholic strength by volume of 86 % vol,
and
— having a maximum volatile acidity of 2,40 g/litre, expressed as acetic acid;
(c) Liqueur wine, that is to say a product:
— having a total alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 1 7,5 % vol and an actual alcoholic strength by
volume of not less than 15% vol but not more than 22 % vol, and
— obtained from grape must or wine, which must come from vine varieties approved in the third country of
origin for the production of liqueur wine and have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 12%
vol,
— by freezing, or
— by the addition during of after fermentation
— of a product derived from the distillation of wine, or
— of concentrated grape must or, in the case of certain quality liqueur wiries appearing on a list to be
adopted of wines for which such practice is traditional, of grape must concentrated by direct heat,
which, apart from this operation, corresponds to the definition of concentrated grape must, or
— of a mixture of these products .
However, certain quality liqueur wines appearing on a list to be adopted may be obtained from unfermented
fresh grape must which does not need to have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 12% vol.
5 . For the .purposes of subheading 22.07 A, the expression "piquette" means the product obtained by the fermentation
of untreated grape marc macerated in water or by the extraction offermented grape marc with water.
6 . For the purposes of subheading 22.07 B I, the following are regarded as "sparkling":
— fermented beverages in bottles with "mushroom " stoppers held in place by ties or fastenings;
— fermented beverages otherwise put up, with an excess pressure of not less than 1 ,5 bar, measured at a
temperature of 20 °C.
7. For the purposes of subheading 22.10 A, the expression "wine vinegar" means vinegar obtained exclusively by
acetous fermentation of wine and having a total acidity of not less than 60 g/litre, expressed as acetic acid.
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
22.01 Waters, including spa waters and aerated waters; ice and snow :
A. Spa waters , natural or artificial ; aerated waters 8 • 4
B. Other Free Free
22.02 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters , and other
non-alcoholic beverages , not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within
heading No 20.07:
A. Not containing milk or milkfats .
B. Other , containing by weight of milkfats :
I. Less than 0,2 %
II . 0,2 % or more but less than 2 %
III . 2 % or more
20
12,7
+ v
12,7
+ v
12,7
+ v
15
8
+ v
8
+ v
8
+ v
22.03 Beer made from malt 30 24
22.04 Grape must , in fermentation or with fermentation arrested otherwise than by the
addition of alcohol 40 ( a ) —
22.05 Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of
alcohol:
A. Sparkling wine
B. Wine other than that referred to in A in bottles with "mushroom" stoppers
held in place by ties or fastenings ; wine otherwise put up with an excess
pressure due to carbon dioxide in solution of not less than 1 bar but less than
3 bar , measured at a temperature of 20 °C
C. Other :
I. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 13 % vol , in
containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less
b ) More than two litres
II . Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 13 % vol but not
exceeding 15 % vol , in containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less
b ) More than two litres
III . Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol but not
exceeding 18 % vol , in containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less :
1 . Port , Madeira , sherry , Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni ) and
Setubal muscatel (c)
2 . Other
40 ECU
per hi ( a )
40 ECU
per hi ( a )
14.5 ECU
per hi ( a ) ( b )
10,9 ECU
per hi ( a ) ( b )
16,9 ECU
per hi ( a ) ( b )
13,3 ECU
per hi ( a ) ( b )
18,1 ECU
per hi ( b )
20.6 ECU
per hi ( a ) ( b )
10,9 ECU
per hi ( b )
13,3 ECU
per hi ( b )
16,3 ECU
per hi ( b )
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty.
( b ) The exchange rate to be applied in converting into national currencies the unit of account in which the customs duty is expressed shall , notwithstanding General Rule C 3
contained in Part 1 , ' Section I , be the representative rate, if such rate is fixed for the purposes of the common agricultural policy .
(c ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0/
/0
or levy
. ( L )
Conventional
%
1 . 2 3 4
22.05
(cont'd)
C. III . b ) More than two litres :
1 . Port , Madeira , sherry and Setubal muscatel ( a )
2 . Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni ) ( a )
14,5 ECU
per hi ( b )
14,5 ECU
per hi ( b )
13,3 ECU
per hi ( b )
3 . Other 16,9 ECU
per hi ( b ) ( c )
—
IV . Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18% vol but not
exceeding 22% vol , in containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less :
1 . Port , Madeira , sherry , Tokay (Aszu and Suzamorodni ) and
Setubal muscatel ( a )
2 . Other
b ) More than two litres :
19,3 ECU
per hi ( b )
23 ECU
per hi ( b ) ( c )
17,5 ECU
per hi ( b )
23 ECU
per hi ( b )
1 . Port , Madeira , sherry and Setubal muscatel ( a )
2 . Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni ) ( a )
3 . Other
15,7 ECU
. per hi ( b )
15,7 ECU
per hi ( b )
23 ECU
per hi ( b ) (c )
14,5 ECU
per hi ( b )
23 ECU
per hi ( b )
V. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 22% vol , in
containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less
b ) More than two litres
1,93 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 12,1 ECU
per hi ( b ) ( c )
1,93 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
( b ) (c)
—
22.06 Vermouths, and other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aromatic extracts:
A. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18% vol or less , in containers
holding :
I. Two litres or less
II . More than two litres
17 ECU
per hi
14 ECU
per hi
B. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18% vol but not
exceeding 22% vol , in containers holding:
I. Two litres or less
II . More than two litres
19 ECU
per hi
16 ECU
per hi
—
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) The exchange rate to be applied in converting into national currencies the unit of account in which the customs duty is expressed shall , notwithstanding General Rule C 3
contained in Part 1 , Section I , be the representative rate if such rate is fixed for the purposes of the common agricultural policy .
(c) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty .
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L)
Conventional
1 %
1 2 3 4
22.06
(cont'd)
C. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 22 % vol , in containers
holding :
I. Two litres or less 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
—
II . More than two litres 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
—
22.07 Other fermented beverages ( for example, cider, perry and mead):
A. Piquette
B. Other :
I. Sparkling
II . Still , in containers holding :
1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
subject
to a min.
of 9 ECU
per hi ( a )
30 ECU
per hi
a ) Two litres or less 12 ECU
per hi
—
22.08
b) More than two litres
Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits , undenatured , of an alcoholic strength of 80 %
vol or higher; denatured spirits ( including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits ) of any
strength:
9 ECU
per hi
A. Denatured spirits ( including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits ) of any
strength 16 ECU
per hi
—
22.09
B. Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits , undenatured , of an alcoholic strength of
80 % vol or higher
Spirits ( other than those of heading No 22.08 ); liqueurs and other spirituous
beverages; compound alcoholic preparations ( known as "concentrated extracts")
for the manufacture of beverages:
A. Spirits ( other than those of heading No 22.08 ), in containers holding :
30 ECU
per hi
—
I. Two litres or less ;
II . More than two litres
1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
1,60 ECU
- per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
( b)
( b )
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty.
( b ) See Annex .
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,
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
22.09
(cont'd)
B. Compound alcoholic preparations ( known as "concentrated extracts") for the
manufacture of beverages :
I. Aromatic bitters of an alcoholic strength of 44,2 to 49,2 % vol
containing from 1,5 to 6 % by weight of gentian , spices and various
ingredients and from 4 to 10 % of sugar , in containers of a capacity of
0,5 litre or less '
II . Other
C. Spirituous beverages:
I. Rum , arrack and tafia , in containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less
b ) More than two litres
II . Gin , in containers holding :
a ) Two litres or less
b ) More than two litres
III . Whisky :
a ) Bourbon whiskey , in containers holding ( a ):
1 . Two litres or leps
2 . More than two litres
30
subject
to a min.
of 1,60 ECU
pep hi
per % vol
of alcohol
30
subject
to a min.
of 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
a , 10 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
1,10 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
1,20 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
1,20 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
1,20 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
1,20 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
Free
27
subject
to a min.
of 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
1 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 5 ECU
per hi
1 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
1 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 5 ECU
per hi
1 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
0,40 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 3 ECU
per hi
0,40 ECU
per hi .
per % vol
of alcohol
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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||| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
22.09
(cont'd)
C. III . b ) Other , in containers holding:
1 . Two litres or less 1,20 ECU -
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
0,40 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 3 ECU
per hi
2 . More than two litres 1,20 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
0,40 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
IV . Vodka with an alcoholic strength of 45,4 % vol or less and plum , pear
or cherry spirit ( excluding liqueurs ), in containers holding :
a ) Two litres or less 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
1,30 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 5 ECU
per hi
b ) More than two litres 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
1,30 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
V. Other , in containers holding:
a ) Two litres or less 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
( a )
( b ) More than two litres 1,60 ECU
per hi
per % vol
of alcohol
( a )
22.10 Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar :
A. Wine vinegar , in containers holding:
I. Two litres or less
II . More than two litres
8 ECU
per hi ( b )
6 ECU
per hi ( b )
—
|| B. Other , in containers holding:
I. Two litres or less
II . More than two litres
8 ECU
per hi
6 ECU
per hi
—
( a ) See Annex .
( b) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty .
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CHAPTER 23
RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheadings 23 . OS A and 23.06 A I, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby
assigned to them :
— "actual alcoholic strength by mass ": the number of kilograms of pure alcohol contained in 100 kg of the
product;
— "potential alcoholic strength by mass ": the number of kilograms of pure alcohol capable of being produced by
total fermentation of the sugars contained in 100 kg of the product;
— "total alcoholic strength by mass ": the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strengths by mass;
— "% mas ": the symbol for alcoholic strength by mass .
2 . For the purposes of subheading 23.07 B, the expression "milk products" means the products falling within headings
Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04 and within subheadings 17.02 A and 21.07 F I.
| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
0/
/0
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
23.01 Flours and meals , of meat, offals , fish , crustaceans or molluscs , unfit for human
consumption ; greaves :
l A. Flours and meals of meat and offals ; greaves 4 Free
B. Flours and meals of fish , crustaceans or molluscs 5 2
23.02 Bran , sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of
cereals or of leguminous vegetables :
A. Of cereals :
I. Of maize or rice :
a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight
b ) Other
21 ( L )
21 ( L )
—
11 . Of other cereals :
a ) Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 % by weight , and
of which the proportion that passes through a sieve with an aperture
of 0,2 mm does not exceed 10 % by weight or alternatively the
proportion that passes through the sieve has an ash content ,
calculated on the . dry product , equal to or more than 1,5 % by
weight • 1 21 ( L )
b ) Other 21 (L ) —
B. Of leguminous vegetables 8
&
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li Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
2 3 4
23.03 Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; brewing and distilling
dregs and waste; residues of starch manufacture and similar residues :
A. Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize ( excluding concentrated
steeping liquors ), of a protein content , calculated on the dry product :
|| I. Exceeding 40 % by weight 27 ( L ) —
Il II . Not exceeding 40 % by weight Free Free
ll B. Other : ,
ll I. Beet-pulp , bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture Free Free
II . Other Free Free
23.04 Oil-cake and other residues ( except dregs) resulting from the extraction of
vegetable oils :
A. Oil-cake and other residues resulting from the extraction of olive oil :
-
l.I I. Containing 3 % or less by weight of olive oil Free —
li II . Containing more than 3 % by weight of olive oil Free .( L ) —
B. Other Free Free
23.05 Wine lees; argol :
A. Wine lees :
I. Having a total alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 7,9 % mas and a
dry matter content not less than 25 % weight Free ( a ) —
II . Other 2,03 ECU
per kg
of total .
alcohol ( a )
B. Argol Free
23.06 Products of vegetable origin of a kind used for animal food , not elsewhere
specified or included :
A. Acorns , horse chestnuts and pomace or marc of fruit :
I. Grape marc :
a ) Having a total alcoholic strength by mass not exceeding 4,3 % mas
and a dry matter content not less , than 40 % by weight . Free ( a ) Free
b ) Other 2,03 ECU
per kg
of total
alcohol ( a )
II II . Other Free Free
B. Other 4 2
( a ) In certain conditions a countervailing tax is provided for in respect of certain products in addition to the customs duty .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
Autonomous
%
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
23.07 Sweetened forage; other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: II
A. Fish or marine mammal solubles 9 6
B. Other , containing starch , glucose , glucose syrup , maltodextrine or
maltodextrine syrup , falling within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II , or
milk products : \
■ I. Containing starch , glucose , glucose syrup , maltodextrine or
maltodextrine syrup : 1
a ) Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of
starch :
1 . Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
weight of such products
2 . Containing not less than 10 % but less than 50 % by weight of
milk products
3 . Containing not less than 50 % but less than 75 % by weight of
milk products
4 . Containing not less than 75 % by weight of milk products . .
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
—
b ) Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of
starch : \I
1 . Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
weight of such products
2 . Containing not less than 10 % but less than 50 % by weight of
milk products
3 . Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products . .
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
—
c) Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch :
1 . Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by
weight of such products
2 . Containing not less than 10 % but less than 50 % by weight of
milk products
3 . Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products . .
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
15 ( L )
—
II . Containing no starch , glucose , glucose syrup , maltodextrine or
maltodextrine syrup , but contairiing milk products 15 ( L ) —
C. Other . 15 —
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CHAPTER 24
TOBACCO
|||| Rate of duty
Heading
number / Description
Autonomous
o/
/0
or levy
( L )
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
24.01 Unmanufactured tobacco ; tobacco refuse :
A. Flue-cured Virginia type and light air-cured Burley type tobacco ( including
Burley hybrids ); light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco ( a ) 30
subject
to a min.
of 29 ECU
and a max.
of 70 ECU
per 100 kg
net
23
subject
to a min.
of 28 ECU
and a max.
of 30 ECU
per 100 kg
net
B. Other 30
subject
to a min.
of 29 ECU
and a max.
of 70 ECU
per 100 kg
net
14
subject
to a min.
of 28 ECU
and a max.
of 70 ECU
per 100 kg
net
24.02 Manufactured tobacco ; tobacco extracts and essences :
A. Cigarettes 180 90
B. Cigars 80 52
C. Smoking tobacco 180 117
D. Chewing tobacco and snuff 100 65
E. Other , including agglomerated tobacco in the form of sheets or strip 40 26
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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SECTION V
MINERAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 25
SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE ; PLASTERING MATERIALS , LIME AND CEMENT
Notes
1 . Except where their context or Note 3 to this Chapter otherwise require , the headings of this Chapter are to be taken
to apply only to goods which are in the crude state , or which have been washed ( even with chemical substances
eliminating the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed , ground , powdered , levigated ,
sifted , screened , concentrated by flotation , magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical processes ( not
including crystallisation ) but not calcined or subjected to any further process other than a process spiecially
mentioned in any heading in respect of the goods described therein .
2 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Sublimed sulphur , precipitated sulphur or colloidal sulphur (heading No 28.02);
( b ) Ferrous earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe203 ( heading
No 28.23 );
( c) Medicaments and other products of Chapter 30 ;
( d ) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of heading No 33.06 ;
( e ) Road and paving setts , curbs and flagstones (heading No 68.01 ), mosaic cubes (heading No 68.02 ) and roofing
facing and damp course slates ( heading No 68.03 );
( f) Precious or semi-precious stones ( heading No 71.02);
( g ) Cultured crystals ( other than optical elements ) weighing not less than 2,5 g each , of sodium chloride or of
magnesium oxide , of heading No 38.19 ; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide (heading
No 90.01 ); or ■ > '
( h ) Writing or drawing chalks , tailors' or billiards chalks ( heading No 98.05 ).
3 . Heading No 25.32 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to : earth colours , whether or not calcined or mixed together ;
natural micaceous iron oxides ; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces ) and amber ; agglomerated
meerschaum and agglomerated amber , in plates , rods , sticks or similar forms , not worked after moulding; jet ;
strontianite ( whether or not calcined ), other than strontium oxide ; broken pottery .
Heading
number Description ,
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
25.01 Common salt ( including rock salt, sea salt and table salt); pure sodium chloride;
salt liquors; sea water :
A. Common salt ( including rock salt , sea salt and table salt ) and pure sodium
chloride , whether or not in aqueous solution :
I. For chemical transformation ( separation of Na from CI ) for the
manufacture of other products ( a ) ' 1 ECU
per
1 000 kg
net
—
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
25.01
(cont'd.)
A. II . Other :
a ) Denatured or for industrial uses ( including refining) other than
the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal
consumption ( a ) 5 ECU
per
1 000 kg
net
2,5 ECU
per
1 000 kg
net
b ) Other 16 ECU
per
1 000 kg
net
5,20 ECU
per
1 000 kg
net
B. Salt liquors ; sea water Free Free
25.02 Unroasted iron pyrites Free Free
25.03 Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and
colloidal sulphur : \
A. Crude Free Free
B. Other 10 3,2
25.04 Natural graphite Free Free
25.05 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured , other than metal-bearing
sands falling within heading No 26.01 Free Free •
25.06 Quartz ( other than natural sands); quartzite, including quartzite not further
worked than roughly split, roughly squared or squared by sawing 1 Free
25.07 Clay ( for example, kaolin and bentonite), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite,
whether or not calcined, but not including expanded clays falling within heading
No 68.07; mullite ; chamotte and dinas earths Free Free
25.08 Chalk Free Free
[ 25.09] l
25.10 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates, apatite and
phosphatic chalk Free Free
25.11 Natural barium sulphate ( barytes ); natural barium carbonate ( witherite), whether
or not calcined, other than barium oxide :
A. Barium sulphate Free Free
B. Barium carbonate , whether or not calcined 3 1
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
i
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
25.12 Siliceous fossil meals and similar siliceous earths ( for example , kieselguhr,
tripoilte or diatomite ) whether or not calcined , of an apparent density of 1 000
kg /m3 or less ; Free 0,5
25.13 Pumice stone ; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural
abrasives , whether or not heat-treated :
A. Crude or in irregularly-shaped pieces
B. Other
Free
3
Free
0,9
25.14 ^ Slate , including slate not further worked than roughly split, roughly squared or
squared by sawing Free Free
25.15 Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental and building
stone of an apparent density of 2 500 kg/m 3 or more and alabaster, including
such stone not further worked than roughly split , roughly squared or squared by
sawing:
A. Crude ; roughly split or roughly squared ; not further worked than squared by
sawing or splitting , of a thickness exceeding 25 cm
B. Not further worked than squared by sawing or splitting, of a thickness not
exceeding 25 cm :
I. Alabaster ;
II . Other
Free
Free
10
Free
Free
4,4
25.16 Granite porphyry, basalt , sandstone and other monumental and building stone,
including such stone not further worked than roughly split , roughly squared or
squared by sawing:
A. Crude , roughly split or roughly squared ; not further worked than squared by
sawing or splitting , of a thickness exceeding 25 cm
B. Not further worked than squared by sawing or splitting , of a thickness not
exceeding 25 cm :
I. Granite , porphyry , syenite , lava , basalt , gneiss , trachyte and other
similar hard rocks ; sandstone .
II . Other monumental and building stone:
a ) Calcareous stone of an apparent density of less than 2 500 kg / m 3
b ) Other
Free
. 7
6
Free
Free
3,5
2,5
Free
25.17 Pebbles and crushed or broken stone (whether or not heat-treated), gravel
macadam and tarred macadam, of a kind comonly used for concrete aggregates,
for road metalling or for railway or other ballast ; flint and shingle, whether or
not heat-treated ; granules and chippings ( whether or not heat-treated ) and
powder of stones falling within heading No 25.15 or 25.16 Free Free
25.18 Dolomite, whether or not calcined , including dolomite not further worked than
roughly split , roughly squared or squared by sawing; agglomerated dolomite
( including tarred dolomite):
A. Crude dolomite
B. Calcined dolomite
C. Agglomerated dolomite
Free
4
5
Free
1,8
2,2
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
25.19 Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned
( sintered ) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides
added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not chemically
pure: v
A. Magnesium oxide other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate 9 4,1
B. Other Free Free
25.20
*
Gypsum; anhydrite; calcined gypsum, and plasters with a basis of calcium
sulphate, whether or not coloured, but not including plasters specially prepared
for use in dentistry Free Free
25.21 Limestone flux and calcareous stone , commonly used for the manufacture of lime
or cement ' Free Free
25.22 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and
hydroxide 4 ' 3,5
25.23 Portland cement, ciment fondu , slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar
hydraulic cements , whether or not coloured or in the form of clinker 8 3,2
25.24 Asbestos Free Free
[25.25]
25.26 Mica, including splittings; mica waste Free Free
25.27 Natural steatite , including natural steatite not further worked than roughly split,
roughly squared or squared by sawing; talc :
A. Natural steatite , including natural steatite not further worked than roughly
split , roughly squared or squared by sawing Free Free
B. Natural steatite , crushed or powdered :
I. Talc in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less
II . Other
8
3
3,2
0,9
25.28 Natural cryolite and natural chiolite Free Free
[25.29]
25.30 Crude natural borates and concentrates thereof ( calcined or not), but not
including borates separated from natural brine; crude natural boric acid
containing not more than 85 % of H3B03 , calculated on the dry weight Free Free
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
25.31 Felspar , leucite , nepheline and nepheline syenite ; fluorspar :
A. Fluorspar ; 3 Free
B. Other Free Free
25.32 Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included :
A. Natural micaceous iron oxides 3 1,8
B. Other Free ( a )
( a ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 26
METALLIC ORES, SLAG AND ASH
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Slag and similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (heading No 25.17 );
(b ) Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite ), whether or not calcined (heading No 25.19 );
( c ) Basic slag of Chapter 31 ;
( d ) Slag wool , rock wool or similar mineral wools ( heading No 68.07 );
( e ) Goldsmiths', silversmiths' and jewellers' sweepings , residues , lemels and other waste and scrap , of precious
metal (heading No 71.11 ); or
( f) Copper , nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting ( Section XV ).
2 . For the purposes of heading No 26.01 , the term "metallic ores" means minerals of mineralogical species actually
used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury , of the metals of heading No 28.50 or of the metals
of Section XIV or XV , even if they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes . The heading does not , however ,
include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry .
3 . Heading No 26.03 is to be taken to apply only to ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the
extraction of metals or as a basis for the manufacture of chemical compounds of metals .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
26.01 Metallic ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites :
|-! A. Iron ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites : I
I. Roasted iron pyrites Free Free
|| II . Other ( ECSC ) ! Free
B. Manganese ores and concentrated , including manganiferous iron ores and
concentrates with a manganese content of 20 % or more by weight ( ECSC )I Free
C. Uranium ores and concentrates :
\\ I. Uranium ores and pitchblende , and concentrates thereof, with a uranium
II content of more than 5 % by weight (ELJRATOM) Free Free
| II . Other Free Free
D. Thorium ores and concentrates :
I. Monazite ; urano-thorianite and other thorium ores and concentrates ,
with a thorium content of more than 20 % by weight (EURATOM) . Free Free
II . Other Free Free
E. Other ores and concentrates Free Free
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3' 4
26.02 Slag, dross, scalings and similar waste from the manufacture of iron or steel :
A. Blast-furnace dust (ECSC) Free
I B. Other Free Free
26.03 Ash and . residues (other ' than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing
metals or metallic compounds Free Free
26.04 Other slag and ash including kelp Free Free
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CHAPTER 27
MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION;
BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Separate chemically defined organic compounds , other than chemically pure methane and propane which are to
be classified in heading No 27.11 ;
( b ) Medicaments falling within heading No 30.03 ; or
( c ) Mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons falling within heading No 33.01 , 33.04 or 38.07 .
2 . Heading No 27.07 is to be taken to include products similar to those obtained by the distillation of high
temperature coal tar but which are obtained by the distillation of low temperature coal tar or other mineral tars , by
processing petroleum or by any other process , provided that the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of
the non-aromatic constituents .
3 . References in heading No 27.10 to petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals are to be taken to
include not only petroleum oils and oils pbtained from bituminous minerals but also similar oils , as well as those
consisting of mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons , obtained by any process , provided that the weight of the
non-aromatic constituents exceeds that of the aromatic constituents .
4 . Heading No 27.13 is to be taken to include not only paraffin wax and the other products specified therein , but also
similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes .
Additional Notes (a)
1 . For the purposes of heading No 27.10:
A. "Light oils " (subheading 27.10 A) means oils and preparations of which 90 % or more by volume (including
losses) distils at 210 °C (ASTM D 86 method);
B. "Special spirits " (subheading 27.10 A III a)) means light oils as defined in paragraph A above, not containing
any anti-knock preparations, and with a difference of not more than 60 °C between the temperatures at which
5 % and 90 % (including losses) distil by volume;
C. "White spirit" (subheading 27.10 A III a) 1 ) means special spirits as defined in paragraph B above with a
flash-point higher than 21 °C by the Abel-Pensky method (b);
D. "Medium oils " (subheading 27.10 B) means oils and preparations of which less than 90 % by volume (including
losses) distils at 210°C and 65 % at more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 °C (ASTM D 86
method);
E. "Heavy oils " (subheading 27.10 C) means oils and preparations of which less than 65% by volume (including
losses) distils at 250 °C by the ASTM D 86 method or of which the distillation percentage at 250 °C cannot be
determined by that method;
F. "Gas oils " (subheading 27.10 C I) means heavy oils as defined in paragraph E above of which 85 % or more by
volume (including losses) distils at 350 °C (ASTM D 86 method);
(a) Unless otherwise stated, the term "ASTM method" means the methods laid down by the American Society for Testing and
Materials in the 1976 edition of standard definitions and specifications for petroleum and lubricating products.
(b) The term "Abel-Pensky method" means method DIN (Deutsche Industrienormen) 51755 — Marz 1974 published by the DNA
(Deutsche Normenausschujl), Berlin 15.
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G. "Fuel oils " (subheading 27.10 C II) means heavy oils as defined in paragraph E above (other than gas oils as
defined in paragraph F above) which, for a corresponding diluted colour C, have a viscosity V:
— not exceeding that shown in line I of the following table when the sulphated ashes content is less than 1 %
by the ASTM D 874 method and the saponification index is less than 4 by the ASTM D 939-54
method;
— exceeding that shown in line II when the pour point is not less than 10 °C by the ASTM D 97 method;
— exceeding that shown in line 1 but not exceeding that shown in line II when 25 % or more by volume distils
at 300 °C by the ASTM D 86 method or, if less than 25 % by volume distils at 300 °C, when the pour
point is higher than 10 °C below zero by the ASTM D 97 method. These provisions apply only to oils
having a diluted colour C of less than 2 .
Diluted colour C / Viscosity V concordance table
Colour C 0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,S 4 4,5 5 5,5 6 6,5 7
7,5
and above
Visco­
sity
I 4 4 4 5,4 9 15,1 25,3 42,4 71,1 119 200 335 562 943 1 580 2 650
V 11 7 7 7 7 9 15,1 25,3 42,4 71,1 119 200 335 562 943 1 580 2 650
The term "viscosity V" means the kinematic viscosity at 50 °C expressed in 10~6 mzs~ 1 by the ASTM D 445
method.
The term "diluted colour C" means the colour of a product, as determined by the ASTM D 1500 metho.d, after
one part of such product has been mixed with 99 parts by volume of carbon tetrachloride. The colour must be
determined immediately after dilution .
This subheading covers only fuel oils of natural colour.
Subheading 27.10 C II does not cover heavy oils defined in paragraph E above for which it is not possible to
determine: the distillation percentage at 250 °C by the ASTM D 86 method (zero shall be deemed to be a
percentage); the kinematic viscosity at 50 °C by the ASTM D 445 method; or the diluted colour C by the
ASTM D 1500 method. Such products fall within subheading 27.10 C III.
2 . For the purposes of heading No 27.11 , the expressions "commercial propane" and "commercial butane"
(subheading 27.11 B I) shall be taken to apply to products with a relative vapour pressure in the liquid state and at
37,8 of not more than 24,5 bar by the ASTM D 1267 method.
3 . For the purposes of heading No 27.12, the expression "crude petroleum jelly" (subheading 27.12 A) shall be taken
to apply to petroleum jelly of a natural colour higher than 4,5 by the ASTM D 1500 method.
4 . For the purposes of subheading 27.13 B I, the term "crude" shall be taken to apply to products:
(a) with an oil content of 3,5 or higher by the ASTM D 721 method, if their viscosity at 100 °C is lower than
9x 10~6 m2s~ 1 by the ASTM D 445 method; or
(b) of a natural colour higher than 3 by the ASTM D 1500 method, if their viscosity at 100 °C is 9 x 10~6 m2s~ 1
or higher by the ASTM D 445 method.
5. For the purposes of headings Nos 27.10, 27.11 and 27.12 and subheading 27.13 B, the term "specific process"
shall be taken to apply to the following operations:
(a) vacuum distillation;
(b) re-distillation by a very thorough fractionation process;
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(c) cracking;
(d) reforming;
(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;
{f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or
sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally
active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;
(g) polymerisation;
(h) alkylation;
(ij) isomerisation;
(k) (in respect of products of subheading 27.10 C only) desulphurisation with hydrogen resulting in a reduction
of at least 85 % of the sulphur content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method);
(I) (in respect of products of heading No 27.10 only) deparaffining by a process other than filtering;
(m) (in respect of products of subheading 27.10 C only) treatment with hydrogen at a pressure of more than 20
bar and a temperature of more than 250 °C with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurisation,
when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction . The further treatment with hydrogen
of lubricating oils of subheading 27.10 C III (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolourisation) in order, more especially,
to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process;
(n) (in respect of products of subheading 27.10 C 11 only) atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than
30 % of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 °C by the ASTM D 86 method. If 30 % or
more by volume, including losses, of such products distils at 300 °C by the ASTM D 86 method, the
quantities of products which may be obtained during the atmospheric distillation and which fall within
subheadings 27.10 A and 27.10 B shall be dutiable at the same rates as those provided for under subheading
27.10 C II c) according to the kind and value of the products used and on the net weight of the products
obtained. This rule shall not apply to products so obtained which, within a period of six months and subject
to such other conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities, are to undergo a specific process
or chemical transformation bf a process not being a specific process;
(o) (in respect of products of subheading 27.10 C III only) treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical
brush-discharge.
Should any preparatory treatment prior to the above-mentioned treatments be necessary by reason of technical
requirements, the customs exemption shall apply only to the quantities of the products intended for and actually
subjected to such abovementioned treatments; any waste products arising during preparatory treatment shall also
be exempt from customs duty.
6 . The quantities of products which may be obtained during chemical transformation, or during preparatory
treatment which may be necessary by reason: of technical requirements, and which fall within subheadings 27.07
B I, 27.13 B, 27.14 C, 29.01 A I, 29.01 B II a) and 29.01 D I a) or headings Nos 27.10, 27.11 and 27.12 shall be
dutiable at the same rates as those provided for in respect of products "for other purposes ", according to the kind
and value of the products used and on the net weight of the products obtained. This rule shall apply to such
products falling within headings Nos 27.10, 27.11 and 27.12 or subheading 27.13 B which, within a period of six
months and subject to such other conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities, are to undergo a
specific process or further chemical transformation .
7. Subheading 27.10 C III c) covers only oils to be mixed with other oils, with the products of heading No 38.14 or
with thickeners in order to produce oils, greases or lubricating preparations, by enterprises which, because of the
plant with which they are equipped, cannot claim exemption from customs duty under the terms of Additional
Note 5 above relating to heading No 27.10, and which process such oils for resale in plants equipped with all the
following:
at least two storage tanks for the basic oils in bulk;
— at least one mixing tank, with power-driven mixing equipment, with or without heating equipment, and with
provision for the incorporation of additives; and
— packaging equipment.
These last three requirements concerning plant equipment are also applicable when the mixing is carried out in
rented plants or by a subcontractor.
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
27.01 Coal ; briquettes , ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal :
A. Coal (ECSC):
Federal Republic of Germany
Other Member States
B. Other (ECSC):
Federal Republic of Germany
Italy
Other Member States
DM 6
per 1 000 kg
net
Free
DM 6
per 1 000 kg
net
1,8
Free
27.02 Lignite, whether or not agglomerated :
A. Lignite (ECSC):
France
Greece
Other Member States
B. Agglomerated lignite (ECSC):
France :
Greece
Italy -
Other Member States
2,2
5
Free
2,2
5
1,8
Free
27.03 Peat ( including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated :
A. Peat .......... .... ............. Free Free
B. Agglomerated peat ; 3 1,4
27.04 Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat , whether or not agglomerated ;
retort carbon :
A. Coke and semi-coke of coal :
I. For the manufacture of electrodes
II . Other (ECSC):
Italy
Other Member States
3 . 1,4
3,8
Free
B. Coke and semi-coke of lignite (ECSC):
Italy
Other Member States
C. Other 3
3,8
Free
1,4
. [27.05 ]
27.05 bis
27.06
Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases
Tar distilled from coal , from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars ,
including partially distilled tars and blends of pitch with creosote oils or with
other coal tar distillation products
Free
Free
Free
Free
27.07 Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar
products as defined in Note 2 to this Chapter:
A. Crude oils :
I. Crude light oils of which 90 % or more by volume distils at temperatures
of up to 200 °C
II . Other
10
2
3,2
1
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Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
27.07
(cont'd)
B. Benzole , toluole , xylole , solvent naphtha ( heavy benzole ); similar products as
defined in Note 2 to this Chapter , of which 65 % or more by volume distils at
temperatures of up to 250 °C ( including mixtures of petroleum spirit and
benzole ); sulphuretted toppings :
Il I. For use as power or heating fuels 10 5
II . For other purposes ( a ) ! Free Free
C. Basic products 6 3
Il D. Phenols 3 2,5
|| E. Naphthalene Free 1,5
F. Anthracene Free Free
l G. Other : II
Il I. For the manufacture of the products of heading No 28.03 ( a ) ....... Free 2,9
II . Other 5 3,5
27.08 Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars Free Free
27.09 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals , crude Free Free
27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude;
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing not less than 70 %
by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals , these
oils being the basic constituents of the preparations :
A. Light oils :
I. For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 14(b) 7
|| II . For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than thosespecified in respect of subheading 27.10 A I ( a ) 14 ( b ) ( c) 7(c)
III . For other purposes : I
a ) Special spirits :
1 . White spirit !
2 . Other
14 ( d )
14 ( d )
7
7
b ) Other 14(d) 7
B. Medium oils : I
\\ I. For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 14(b ) 7
II . For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those
specified in respect of subheading 27.10 B I ( a ) 14 ( b ) ( c ) 7(c)
III . For other purposes 14 ( d) 7
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) Total suspension for an indefinite period .
(c ) See Additional Note 6 .
(d ) Duty rate reduced to 6 % (suspension ) for an indefinite period .
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
27.10
(cont'd)
C. Heavy oils :
I. Gas oils :
I a ) For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 10(b) 5
b ) For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those
specified in respect of subheading 27.10 C I a ) ( a ) 10 ( b ) ( c ) 5(c)
li c) For other purposes
|| II . Fuel oils :
II a ) For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 10 ( b ) 5
b ) For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those
specified in respect of subheading 27.10 C II a ) ( a ) ■ 10 ( b ) ( c ) 5(c)
II c) For other purposes 10(d) 5
II III . Lubricating oils ; other oils : I||
II a ) For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 12(b) 6
b ) For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those
specified in respect of subheading 27.10 C III a ) ( a ) 12 ( b ) (c ) 6(c)
c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional Note 7 to
this Chapter ( a ) 12(e ) 6
d ) For other purposes 12(f) 6
27.11 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
I. For use as a power or heating fuel 25 16
I II . For other purposes ( a ) Free Free
B. Other :
II I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
II a ) For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 3,5 ( b) 1,5
b ) For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those
specified in respect of subheading 27.11 B I a ) ( a ) 3,5 ( b ) ( c ) 1,5 ( c )
Il c) For other purposes 3,5 1,5
II II . Other : \
a ) In gaseous form 3,5 ( b ) 1,5
b ) Other 3,5 ( b ) 1,5
27.12 Petroleum jelly :
A. Crude :
I. For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 2,5 ( b ) 1,8 .
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) Total suspension for an indefinite period .
(c ) See Additional Note 6 .
(d ) Duty rate reduced to 3,5 % (suspension ) for an indefinite period .
(e) Duty rate reduced to 4 % ( suspension ) for an indefinite period .
( f) Duty rate reduced to 7 % ( suspension ) for an indefinite period .
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
27.12 A. II . For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than those
specified in respect of subheading 27.12 A I ( a ) 2,5 ( b').(c ) 1,8 (c)
III . For other purposes 2,5 1,8
B. Other 10 4,9
27.13 Paraffin wax , micro-crystalline wax, slack wax , ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax
and other mineral waxes, whether or not coloured :
A. Ozokerite , lignite wax or peat wax ( natural products ):
I. Crude 3 1,5
II . Other 10 3,8
II B. Other : \I
I. Crude: I
II a ) For undergoing a specific process ( a ) 2,5 ( b ) 1,8
b ) For undergoing chemical transformation by a process other than
those specified in respect of subheading 27.13 B I a ) ( a ) 2,5 (b ) (c ) 1,8 (c)
c ) For other purposes 2,5 1,8
II . Other 10 4,4
27.14 Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils
obtained from bituminous minerals :
Il A. Petroleum bitumen Free Free
II B. Petroleum coke Free Free
Il C. Other :
I. For the manufacture of the products of heading No 28.03 ( a ) Free 1,8
II . Other 4 • 1,8 \
27.15 Bitumen and asphalt, natural ; bituminous shale, asphaltic rock and tar sands . Free Free
27.16 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum
bitumen , on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics ,
cut-backs) 0,9 ( d )
27.17 Electric current Free Free
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
.( b ) Total suspension for an indefinite period . -
( c ) See Additional Note 6 .
( d ) See Annex .
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SECTION VI
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Notes
1 . ( a ) Goods (other than radio-active ores ) answering to a description in heading No 28.50 or 28.51 are to be
classified in those headings and in no other heading of the Tariff.
( b ) Subject to paragraph ( a ) above , goods answering to a description in heading No 28.49 or 28.52 are to be
classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Section .
2 . Subject to Note 1 above , goods classifiable within heading No 30.03 , 30.04 , 30.05 , 32.09 , 33.06 , 35.06 , 37.08 or
38.11 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for sale by retail are to be classified in those headings and in
no other heading of the Tariff. ' '
3 . Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents , some or all of which fall within the present
Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII , are to be classified in the
heading appropriate to that product , provided that the constituents are :
( i ) having regard to the manner in which they are put up , clearly identifiable as being intended to be used
together without first being repacked ;
( ii ) imported together ; and
( iii ) identifiable , whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present , as being
complementary one to another .
CHAPTER 28
INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC AND INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF
RARE EARTH METALS, OF RADIO-ACTIVE ELEMENTS AND OF ISOTOPES
Notes
1 . Except where their context or these Notes otherwise require , the headings of this Chapter are to be taken to apply
. only to :
(a ) Separate chemical elements and separate chemically defined compounds , whether or not containing
impurities ;
( b ) Products mentioned in ( a ) above dissolved in water ;
( c) Products mentioned in ( a ) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and
necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the
solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for some types of use rather than for general use ;
( d ) The products mentioned in ( a ), ( b ) or ( c) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or
transport ;
( e ) The products mentioned in ( a ), ( b ), ( c ) or ( d ) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring substance
added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons , provided that the additions do not render the
product particularly suitable for some types of use rather than for general use .
2 . In addition to dithionites stabilised with organic substances and to sulphoxylates (heading No 28.36 ), carbonates
and percarbonates of inorganic bases ( heading No 28.42), cyanides and complex cyanides of inorganic bases
(heading No 28.43 ), fulminates , cyanates and thiocyanates , of inorganic bases ( heading No 28.44 ), organic
products included in headings Nos 28.49 to 28.52 and metal and non-metal carbides ( heading No 28.56 ), only the
following compounds of carbon are also to be classified in the present Chapter : •
( a ) Oxides of carbon ; hydrocyanic , fulminic , isocyanic , thiocyanic and other simple or complex cyanogen acids
( heading No 28.13 );
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( b ) Oxyhalides of carbon ( heading No 28.14 );
( c) Carbon disulphide (heading No 28.15 );
( d ) Thiocarbonates , selenocarbonates , tellurocarbonates , selenocyanates , tellurocyanates , tetrathiocyanatodiam­
minochromates ( reineckates ) and other complex cyanates , of inorganic bases ( heading No 28.48 );
( e ) Solid hydrogen peroxide (heading No 28.54), carbon oxysulphide , thiocarbonyl halides , cyanogen , cyanogen
halides and cyanamide and its metallic derivatives ( heading No 28.58 ) other than calcium cyanamide ,
containing not more than 25 % by weight of nitrogen , calculated on the dry anhydrous product
( Chapter 31 ). ,
3 . Subject to ' the provisions of Note 1 to Section VI, this Chapter does not cover:
( a ) Sodium chloride and magnesium oxide , whether or not chemically pure , and other products falling within
Section V ;
( b ) Organo-inorganic compounds other than those mentioned in Note 2 above ;
( c) Products mentioned in Note 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 of Chapter 31 ;
( d ) Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores , falling within heading No 32.07 ;
( e ) Artificial graphite ( heading No 38.01 ); products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in
fire-extinguishing grenades , of heading No 38.17 ; ink removers put up in packings for sale by retail , of heading
No 38.19 ; cultured crystals ( other than optical elements ) weighing not less than 2,5 g each , of the halides of the
alkali or of the alkaline-earth metals , of heading No 38.19 ;
( f) Precious or semi-precious stones (natural , synthetic or reconstructed ) or dust or powder of such stones ( headings
Nos 71.02 to 71.04), and precious metals and precious metal alloys falling within Chapter 71 ;
(g) The metals , whether or not chemically pure , and metal alloys falling within any heading of Section XV ; or
(h ) Optical elements , for example , of the halides of the alkali or of the alkaline-earth metals ( heading No
90.01 ).
4 . Chemically defined complex acids consisting of a non-metal acid falling within sub-Chapter II and a metallic acid
falling within sub-Chapter IV are to be classified in heading No 28.13 .
5 . Headings Nos 28.29 to 28.48 inclusive are to be taken to apply only to metallic or ammonium salts or
peroxysalts . Except where the context otherwise requires , double or complex salts are to be classified in heading
No 28.48 .
6 . Heading No 28.50 is to be taken to apply only to :
( a ) The following fissile chemical elements and isotopes : natural uranium and uranium isotopes 233 and 235 ,
plutonium and plutonium isotopes ;
( b ) The following radio-active chemical elements : technetium , promethium , polonium , astatine , radon , francium ,
radium , actinium , protactinium , neptunium , americium and other elements of higher atomic number ; ,
( c) All other radio-active isotopes , natural or artificial , including those of the precious metals and of the base metals
of Sections XIV and XV ;
(d ) Compounds , inorganic or organic , of these elements or isotopes , whether or not chemically defined and whether
or not mixed together ;
( e ) Alloys (other than ferro-uranium), dispersions and cermets , containing any of these elements or isotopes or their
inorganic or organic compounds ;
(f) Nuclear reactor cartridges , spent or irradiated .
The term "isotopes" mentioned above and in headings Nos 28.50 and 28.51 includes "enriched isotopes", but does
not include chemical elements which occur in nature as pure isotopes nor uranium depleted in U 235 .
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7 . Heading No 28.55 is to be taken to include ferro-phosphorus containing 15 % or more by weight of phosphorus
and phosphor copper containing more than 8 % by weight of phosphorus .
8 . Chemical elements ( for example , silicon and selenium ) doped for use in electronics are to be classified in the present
Chapter , provided that they are in forms unworked as drawn , or in the form of cylinders or rods . When cut in the
form of discs , wafers or similar forms , they fall in heading No 38.19 .
Additional Note
Unless provided otherwise, the salts specified in subheadings include acid salts and basic salts .
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I. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
28.01 Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine):
ll A. Fluorine 9 5
ll B. Chlorine 14 1 1
Il C. Bromine 15 9
D. Iodine Free Free
28.02 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur 10 4,6
28.03 Carbon ( including carbon black) 5 Free
28.04 Hydrogen , rare gases and other non-metals :
\\ A. Hydrogen 7 3,7
II B. Rare gases 11 5
|| C. Other non-metals :
Il I. Oxygen 9 5
ll II . Selenium Free Free
II III . Tellurium and arsenic 4 2,1
ll IV . Phosphorus 15 6
V. Other : 8 6
28.05 Alkali and alkaline-earth metals ; rare earth metals , yttrium and scandium and
intermixtures or interalloys thereof; mercury :
A. Alkali metals :
II I. Sodium 7 5
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A. II . Potassium
III . Lithium
9
9
5
4,1
Il IV . Caesium and rubidium 5 3,2
li B. Alkaline-earth metals 11 5,7
C. Rare earth metals , yttrium and scandium and intermixtures of interalloys
thereof:
II I. Intermixtures or interalloys 18 12
l II . Other 5 2,7
II D. Mercury :
I. In 'flasks of a net capacity of 34,5 kg ( standard weight), of a fob value ,
per flask , not exceeding 224 ECU 8,40 ECU
per flask
6,72 ECU
per flask
II . Other Free Free
II . INORGANIC ACIDS AND OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OF NON-METALS
28.06 Hydrochloric acid and chlorosulphuric acid 12 6
[28.07]
28.08 Sulphuric acid; oleum 4 3 '
28.09 Nitric acid ; sulphonitric acids 15 6
28.10 Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids (meta-, ortho- and pyro-) 14 11
[28.11 ]
28.12 Boric oxide and boric acid 8 3,7
28.13 Other inorganic acids and oxygen compounds of non-metals (excluding water):
II A. Hydrogen fluoride ( hydrofluoric acid ) 13 7
B. Sulphur dioxide .... : 15 12
II C. Sulphur trioxide ( sulphuric anhydride) 8 4,6
D. Nitrogen oxides 11 5
Il E. Diarsenic trioxide 8 4,6
li F. Diarsenic pentaoxide and acids of arsenic 11 5,7
G. Carbon dioxide 15 8
\\ H. Silicon dioxide . 10 4,6
IJ . Other 12 ■' 5,3
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III . HALOGEN AND SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS
28.14 Halides , oxyhalides and other halogen compounds of non-metals :
A. Chlorides and oxychlorides of non-metals :
I. Sulphur chlorides 14 6,6
|| II . Other 12 6
B. Other halogen compounds of non-metals 14 5,7
28.15 Sulphides of non-metals ; phosphorus trisulphide:
A. Phosphorus sulphides ; phosphorus trisulphide 13 5,3
B. Carbon disulphide 8 6
C. Other 8 3,7
IV . INORGANIC BASES AND METALLIC OXIDES , HYDROXIDES
AND PEROXIDES
28.16 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution 15 11
28.17 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide ( caustic potash);
peroxides of sodium or potassium :
A. Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda ) 14 12
l B. Potassium hydroxide ( caustic potash ) 13 11
C. Sodium peroxide and potassium peroxide 13 8
28.18 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides , of
strontium or barium:
Il A. Magnesium hydroxide and magnesium peroxide 9 4,1
II B. Strontium oxide , strontium hydroxide and strontium peroxide 12 6
C. Barium oxide , barium hydroxide and barium peroxide 11 8,8
28.19 Zinc oxide and zinc peroxide 14 11
28.20 Aluminium oxide and hydroxide; artificial corundum :
A. Aluminium oxide and aluminium hydroxide 11 ( a ) 5,7
B. Artificial corundum 10 5,2
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28.21 Chromium oxides and hydroxides 15 13,4
28.22 Manganese oxides :
A. Manganese dioxide ,
B. Other
12
15
5,3
6,9
28.23 Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of
combined iron evaluated as Fe20 3 10 4,6
28.24 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides 10 4,6
28.25 Titanium oxides : 15 6
[28.26]
28.27 Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead 13 10,5
28.28 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts ; other inorganic bases
and metallic oxides , hydroxides and peroxides :
A. Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts
B. Lithium oxide and lithium hydroxide
C. Calcium oxide , calcium hydroxide and calcium peroxide :
I. Calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide
II . Calcium peroxide
D. Beryllium oxide and beryllium hydroxide
15
13
10
13
10
6
5,3
4,6
6,3
5,3
E. Tin oxides 11 5,7

F. Nickel oxides and nickel hydroxides
G. Molybdenum oxides and molybdenum hydroxides
H. Tungsten oxides and tungsten hydroxides
IJ . Vanadium oxides and vanadium hydroxides :
I. Divanadium pentaoxide ( vanadic pentoxide )
II . Other
K. Zirconium oxide and germanium oxides
L. Copper oxides and copper hydroxides :
I. Copper oxides
II . Copper hydroxides
Free
13
8
9
12
10
5
12
Free
5,3
4,6
5,5
5,5
7
3,2
6
M. Mercury oxides 7 4,1
N. Other 14 11
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V. METALLIC SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS , OF INORGANIC ACIDS
28.29 Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroborates and other complex fluorine salts :
A. Fluorides :
|| I. Of ammonium ; of sodium 14 10
II . Other 12 5,3
l B. Fluorosilicates , fluoroborates and other complex fluorine salts : IIII
I. Disodium hexafluorosilicate and dipotassium hexafluorosilicate .... 15 12
II II . Dipotassium hexafluorozirconate 9 5
III . Trisodium hexafluoroaluminate 11 8
IV . Other 13 8
28.30 Chlorides , oxychlorides and hydroxychiorides; bromides and oxybromides;
iodides and osyiodides :
A. Chlorides :
li I. Of ammonium ; of aluminium 14 6,6
\\ II . Of barium 11 5,7
II III . Of calcium ; of magnesium 10 4,6
IV . Of iron 3 2,1
II V. Of cobalt ; of nickel - 13 10,4
II VI . Of tin 9 4,1
l VII . Other 12 6
II B. Oxychlorides and hydroxychiorides : \
II I. Of copper ; of lead 5 3,2
II . Other 12 5,3
C. Other .. 15 6,9
28.31 Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite ; chlorites ; hypobromites :
A. Sodium hypochlorite and potassium hypochlorite 14 6,6
II B. Chlorites 13 5,3
,
C. Other 15 6,9
28.32 Chlorates and perchlorates ; bromates and perbromates ; iodates and periodates :
A. Chlorates :
I. Of ammonium ; of sodium ; of potassium 10 8
II II . Of barium 9. 5
III . Other 12 6
Il B. Perchlorates : \
Il I. Of ammonium 7 4,1
II II . Of sodium 10 4,6
III . Of potassium 9 5
l IV . Other 12 6
C. Other 15 6,9
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28.35 Sulphides; polysulphides :
A. Sulphides :
I. Of potassium ; of barium ; of tin ; of mercury
II . Of calcium ; of antimony ; of iron
III . Other
B. Polysulphides :
I. Of potassium ; of calcium ; of barium ; of iron ; of tin
II . Other
11
8
15
12
15
5,7
4,6
6,9
6
6,9
28.36 Dithionites , including those stabilised with organic substances; sulphoxylates . . 15 12
28.37 Sulphites and thiosulphates . 12 8
28.38 Sulphates ( including alums) and persulphates:
A. Sulphates ( excluding alums):
I. Of sodium ; of cadmium
II . Of potassium ; of copper
III . Of barium ; of zinc
IV . Of magnesium ; of aluminium ; of chromium
V. Of cobalt ; of titanium
VI . Of iron ; of nickel
VII . Of mercury ; of lead
VIII . Other
B. Alums :
I. Aluminium ammonium bis(sulphate )
II . Aluminium potassium bis(sulphate)
III . Chromium potassium bis(sulphate)
IV . Other
C. Peroxosulphates ( persulphates )
11
5
14
15
10
9
8
13
12
15
13
14
13
7,2
3.2
9
9
5 .3
5
4,6
5,3
6
12
10
11
6,3
28.39 Nitrites and nitrates :
A. Nitrites 12 7
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B. Nitrates :
I. Of sodium
II . Of potassium
III . Of barium ; of beryllium ; of cadmium ; of cobalt ; of nickel
IV . Of copper ; of mercury
14
10
11
8
8,8
8
8
4,6
V. Of lead 15 6,9
VI . Other 14 3
28.40 Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates:
l A. Phosphonates ( phosphites ) and phosphinates ( hypophosphites ) 15 6
B. Phosphates ( including polyphosphates ):
Il I. Of ammonium : ll
a ) Polyphosphates
b ) Other
15
12
6,6
5,3
II . Other 15 10
[28.41 ]
28.42 Carbonates and percarbonates; commercial ammonium carbonate containing
ammonium carbamate:
A. Carbonates :
I. Of ammonia ( including commercial ammonium carbonate containing
ammonium carbamate ) 12 6
II . Of sodium 13 10
III . Of calcium 9 5
IV . Of magnesium ; of copper 6 3,7
|| V. Of beryllium ; of cobalt ; of bismuth 10 8
VI . Of lithium 14 6,2
I VII . Other 14 8
B. Peroxocarbonates (percarbonates ) 14 6,6
28.43 Cyanides and complex cyanides :
A. Cyanides :
l I. Of sodium ; of potassium ; of calcium 15 6,9
II II . Of cadmium 13 6,3
l III . Other 11 5,7
B. Complex cyanides 15 12
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28.44 Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates:
li A. Fulminates 12 6
B. Cyanates : 10 5
C. Thiocyanates 15 6,9
28.45 Silicates ; commercial sodium and potassium silicates :
\\ A. Of zirconium 11 5,7
B. Other 15 5
28.46 Borates and perborates : '
A. Borates :
I. Of sodium anhydrous:
l a ) For the manufacture of sodium peroxoborate ( a ) Free Free
b ) Other 7 3,7
II . Other i 12 5,3
B. Peroxoborates ( perborates) 15 6,9
28.47 Salts of metallic acids (for example, chromates, permanganates, stannates ):
li A. Aluminates 15 6,9
|| B. Chromates , dichromates and perchromates :
!! I. Chromates 15 13
II . Other : 14 12,4
C. Manganites , manganates and permanganates 15 6,9
li D. Antimonates and molybdates 14 6,6
II E. Zincates and vanadates 10 4,6
F. Other 13 6,3
28.48 Other salts and peroxysalts of inorganic acids, but not including azides :
\\ A. Salts , double salts or complex salts of selenium or tellurium acids 10 5,3
B. Other :
I. Arsenates 12 6
Il II . Double or complex phosphates 14 6,6
III . Double or complex carbonates 14 5,7
l IV . Double or complex silicates 14 6
V. Other 14 6,6
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VI . MISCELLANEOUS
28.49 Colloidal precious metals; amalgams of precious metals ; salts and other
compounds , inorganic or organic, of precious metals , including albuminates ,
proteinates , tannates and similar compounds , whether or not chemically
defined :
A. Colloidal precious metals :
I. Silver 10 5,3
II . Other 8 . 3,7
li B. Amalgams of precious metals 12 5,3
\\ C. Salts and other compounds , inorganic or organic , or precious metals : |\
ll I. Of silver .«j : 12 6
II . Of other precious metals 5 3
28.50 Fissile chemical elements and isotopes ; other radio-active chemical elements and
radio-active isotopes; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such elements or
isotopes, whether or not chemically defined ; alloys, dispersions and cermets ,
containing any of these elements, isotopes or compounds :
A. Fissile chemical elements and isotopes ; compounds , alloys , dispersions and
cermets , containing such elements or isotopes , including spent or irradiated
nuclear reactor fuel elements ( cartridges ) (EURATOM) Free ( a )
B. Other ( b ) Free ( a )
28.51 Isotopes and their compounds , inorganic or organic, whether or not chemically
defined , other than isotopes and compounds falling within heading No 28.50 :
A. Deuterium , deuterium oxide ( heavy water) and other . compounds of
deuterium ; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium ;
mixtures and solutions containing these products (EURATOM) ........ 10
B. Other 15 . 6
28.52 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of thorium, of uranium depleted in U 235 , of
rare earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium, whether or not mixed together:
A. Of thorium or of uranium depleted in U 235 , whether or not mixed together
(EURATOM) Free ( a )
B. Other 6 3,2
( a ) See Annex.
( b) ex B : Artificial radio-active isotopes and their compounds (EURATOM),
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28.54 Hydrogen peroxide (including solid hydrogen peroxide):
ll A. Solid 18 7,6
B. Other 15 6,9
28.55 Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined :
A. Of iron ( ferro-phosphorus ), containing 15% or more by weight of
phosphorus . 11 5
B. Other 14 6,6
28.56 Carbides , whether or not chemically defined :
A. Of silicon 9 8
B. Of boron 7 4,1
C. Of calcium 15 14
D. Of aluminium ; of chromium ; of molybdenum ; of tungsten ; of vanadium ; of
tantalum; of titanium 12 8
E. Other . . . 13 5,3
28.57 Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides , whether or not chemically
defined :
A. Hydrides 10 4,6
B. Nitrides 10 4,6
C. Azides 13 6,3
\\ D. Silicides n 8,8
E. Borides 13 5,3
28.58 Other inorganic compounds ( including distilled and conductivity water and water
of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed);
compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals :
\\ A. Distilled and conductivity water and water of similar purity 4 2,7
l B. Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air 7 4,1
C. Other 15 6
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ORGANIC CHEMICALS
Notes
1 . Except where the context otherwise requires , the headings of this Chapter are to be taken to apply only to :
( a ) Separate chemically defined organic compounds , whether or not containing impurities ;
( b ) Mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (whether or not containing impurities ), except
mixtures of acyclic hydrocarbon isomers ( other than stereoisomers), whether or not saturated ( Chapter 27 );
( c ) The products of headings Nos 29.38 to 29.42 inclusive , or the sugar ethers and sugar esters and their salts , of
heading No 29.43 , or the products of heading No 29.44 , whether or not chemically defined ;
( d ) Products mentioned in ( a), ( b ) or ( c) above dissolved in water ;
( e ) Products mentioned in ( a ), ( b ) or ( c ) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a
normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport
and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for some types of use rather than for
general use ;
( f) The products mentioned in ( a ), ( b ), ( c), ( d ) or ( e) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation
or transport ;
( g ) The products mentioned in ( a ), ( b ), ( c), ( d ), ( e ) or ( f) above with an added anti:dusting agent or a colouring or
odoriferous substance added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons , provided that the additions do
not render the product particularly suitable for some types of use rather than for general use ;
( h ) The following products , diluted to standard strengths , for the production of azo dyes : diazonium salts , couplers
used for these salts and diazotisable amines and their salts .
2 . This Chapter does not cover:
( a ) Goods falling within heading No 15.04 or glycerol (heading No 15.11 );
( b ) Ethyl alcohol ( heading No 22.08 or 22.09 );
( c) Methane and propane ( heading No 27.11 );
( d ) The compounds of carbon mentioned in Note 2 of Chapter 28 ;
( e ) Urea ( heading No 31.02 or 31.05 as the case may be);
( f) Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin ( heading No 32.04 ); synthetic organic dyestuffs ( including
pigment dyestuffs), synthetic organic products of a kind used as luminophores and products of the kind known
as optical bleaching agents substantive to the fibre and natural indigo (heading No 32.05 ) and dyes or other
colouring .matter put up in forms or packings of a kind sold by retail ( heading No 32.09 );
( g) Enzymes ( heading No 35.07 );
/>
( h ) Metaldehyde , hexamethylenetetramine and similar substances put up in forms ( for example , tablets , sticks or
similar forms) for use as fuels , and liquid fuels of a kind used , in mechanical lighters in containers of a capacity
not exceeding 300 cm 3 ( heading No 36.08 );
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( ij ) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades , of heading No 38.17 ;
ink removers put up in packings for sale by retail , of heading No 38.19 ; or
( k) Optical elements , for example , of ethylenediamine tartrate ( heading No 90.01 ).
3 . Goods which could be included in two or more of the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in the latest of
those headings .
4 . Unless otherwise stipulated in the subheadings of headings Nos 29.03 to 29.05 , 29.07 to 29.10 , 29.12 to 29.21 ,
inclusive , and 29.22 and 29.23, any reference to halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives is to
be taken to include a reference to any combinations of these derivatives ( for example , sulphohalogenated ,
nitrohalogenated , nitrosulphonated and nitrosulphohalogenated derivatives).
Nitro and nitroso groups are not to be taken as nitrogen-functions for the purpose of heading No 29.30 .
5 . ( a ) The esters of acid-function organic compounds falling within sub-Chapters I to VII with organic compounds of
these sub-Chapters are to be classified with that compound which is classified in the heading placed last in the
sub-Chapters .
( b ) Esters of ethyl alcohol or glycerol with acid-function organic compounds of sub-Chapters I to VII are to be
classified with the corresponding acid-function compounds .
(c) The salts of the esters referred to in paragraph ( a ) or ( b ) above with inorganic bases are to be classified with the
corresponding esters .
(d ) The salts of other acid- or phenol-function organic compounds falling within sub-Chapters I to VII with
inorganic bases are to be classified with the corresponding acid- or phenol-function organic compounds .
( e) Halides of carboxylic acids are to be classified with the corresponding acids .
6 . The compounds of headings Nos 29.31 to 29.34 are organic compounds the molecules of which contain , in
addition to atoms of hydrogen , oxygen or nitrogen , atoms of other non-metals or of metals ( such as sulphur ,
arsenic , mercury or lead) directly linked to carbon atoms .
Heading No 29.31 (organo-sulphur compounds) and heading No 29.34 ( other organo-inorganic compounds ) are
to be taken not to include sulphonated or halogenated derivatives ( including compound derivatives ) which , apart
from hydrogen , oxygen and nitrogen , only have directly linked to carbon the atoms of sulphur and of halogens
which give them their nature of sulphonated or halogenated derivatives ( or compound derivatives).
7 . Heading No 29.35 ( heterocyclic compounds) is to be taken not to include internal ethers , internal hemiacetals ,
methylene ethers of orthodihydric phenols , epoxides with three or four member rings , cyclic acetals , cyclic
polymers of aldehydes , of thioaldehydes or of aldimines , anhydrides of polybasic acids , cyclic esters of polyhydric
alcohols with polybasic acids , cyclic ureides and cyclic thioureides , imides of polybasic acids ,
hexamethylenetetramine and trimethylenetrinitramine .
Additional Note
Within any one heading, derivatives of a chemical compound (or a group of chemical compounds) falling within a
subheading are to be classified, unless otherwise stipulated, withiri that subheading, provided that, in the same series of
subheadings, there exists no final subheading "other" (with no additional text). If such a subheading exists, the
derivatives in question shall be classified under that final subheading "other".
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I. HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR HALOGENATED,
SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES
29.01 Hydrocarbons :
A. Acyclic : Il
I. For use as power or heating fuels 25 12
II . For other purposes ( a ) Free Free
B. Cyclanes and cyclenes :
\ I. Azulene and its alkyl derivatives : 16 7,1
II . Other: -
|| a ) For use as power or heating fuels 25 8,4
|| b ) For other purposes ( a ) Free Free
l C. Cycloterpenes :
|| I. Pinenes , camphene and dipentene 13 6
s
II . Other 18 6,6
l D. Aromatic :
l.\ I. Benzene , toluene and xylenes : \
Il a ) For use as power or heating fuels 25 8
l b ) For other purposes ( a ) Free Free
II . Styrene 8 6
I-l III . Ethylbenzene 8 4,6
IV . Cumene ( isopropylbenzene ) 8 8
V. Naphthalene and anthracene Free 2,5
VI . Biphenyl and terphenyls 15 6,9
VII . Other 16 6,3
29.02 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons :
li A. Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons :
II I. Fluorides 18 7,6
II . Chlorides
II a ) Saturated :
1 . Chloromethane and chloroethane 18 12
li 2 . Other 16 12
II b ) Unsaturated 19 12
III . Bromides 23 8,6
li IV . Iodides 25 8,4
li V. Mixed derivatives 17 7,4
|| B. Halogenated derivatives of cyclanes , cyclenes and cycloterpenes 17 7,4
C. Halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons : . 18 7,6
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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29.03 Sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons : I
li A. Sulphonated derivatives : 16 7,1
li B. Nitrated and nitrosated derivatives : IlI
II I. Trinitrotoluenes and dinitronaphthalenes 10 8
II . Other 16 7,1
II C. Mixed derivatives : \I
II I. Sulphohalogenated derivatives 14 6,6
II . Other 16 11
II . ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, \
NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES \
29.04 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated I
l derivatives : \l
A. Saturated monohydric alcohols : I
I. Methanol ( methyl alcohol ) 18(a ) 13 ( b )
II II . Propan-l-ol (propyl alcohol ) and propan-2-ol ( isopropyl alcohol ) 15 6,9
|| III . Butanol and isomers thereof: l
a ) 2-Methylpropan-2-ol (tert-bitu\ alcohol ) 8 4,6
b ) Other 14 6,6
IV . Pentanol ( amyl alcohol ) and isomers thereof 20 8
V. Other 18 7,9
II B. Unsaturated monohydric alcohols : I
|| I. Allyl alcohol 14 6,6
II . Other 16 6,9
C. Polyhydric alcohols :
II I. Diols , triols and tetraols 19 13
Il II . D-Mannitol ( mannitol ) 12 —
II\ + v
III . D-Glucitol ( sorbitol ): I
a ) In aqueous solution :
II 1 . Containing 2% or less by weight of D-mannitol , calculated on the
l D-glucitol content 12 —
+ v
2 . Other . ; 12(c ) . —
\ + v
ll b ) Other : \
Il 1 . Containing 2% or less by weight of D-mannitol , calculated on the
D-glucitol content 12 —
l + v
li 2 . Other 12 ( c ) —
IlI + v
Il IV . Other polyhydric alcohols 14 6,6
II V. Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of
polyhydric alcohols 18 7,6
(a ) The autonomous duty applicable to products originating in the United States of America is set at 18,1 % until 28 February 1986 .
( b) Products originating in the United States of America do not receive the benefit of the conventional duty rate . This is applicable until 28 February 1986 .
(c ) Duty rate reduced to 9 % ( suspension ) for an indefinite period .
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29.05 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives :
A. Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic :
I. Cyclohexanol , methylcyclohexanols and dimethylcyclohexanols 20 8
II . Menthol : 11 8,5
I III . Sterols and inositols 14 6,6
IV . Other 16 7,1
B. Aromatic : lili
I. Cinnamyl alcohol 13 6,3
II . Other 17 7,4
III . PHENOLS , PHENOL-ALCOHOLS, AND THEIR HALOGENATED,
SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES
29.06 Phenols and phenol-alcohols :
A. Monophenols :
|| I. Phenol and its salts 4 3
li II . Cresols , xylenols,.and their salts 3 2,1
l.\ III . Naphthols and their salts 18 14
IV . Other 17 7,4
B. Polyphenols : '
l I. Resorcinol and its salts ; 17 7,4
I.\ II . Hydroquinone ( quinol ) 18 7,6
III . Dihydroxynaphthalenes and their salts .... ; 17 7,4
IV . 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol ( 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)£ropane , bis­
phenol A ) : 15 6
II V. Other 15 6,9
C. Phenol-alcohols .. . 18 7,6
29.07 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or
phenol-alcohols :
li A. Halogenated derivatives . 15 6,9
B. Sulphonated derivatives 18 7,6
l C. Nitrated and nitrosated derivatives :
I. Picric acid ( 2,4,6-trinitrophenol ); lead styphnate (lead
trinitroresorcinoxide); trinitroxylenols and their salts 10 5,3
II . Dinitrocresols ; trinitro-m-cresol 16 12,5 .
l III . Other 18 7,6
D. Mixed derivatives 18 7,6
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IV . ETHERS, ALCOHOL PEROXIDES , ETHER PEROXIDES,
EPOXIDES WITH A THREE OR FOUR MEMBER RING,
ACETALS AND HEMIACETALS, AND THEIR
HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED
DERIVATIVES
29.08 Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols , alcohol peroxides
and -ether peroxides , and their halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives :
A. Ethers :
I. Acyclic :
a ) Diethyl ether and dichlorodiethyl ethers
b ) Other
II . Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic
III . Aromatic :
a ) 4-terf-Butyl-3-methoxy-2,6-dinitrotoIuene
b) Diphenyl ether . . . .
c ) Other
25
17
17
13
17
16
8,4
7,4
7,4
10
12
7,1
B. Ether-alcohols :
I. Acyclic ~
II . Cyclic
20
14
8
6,6
C. Ether-phenols and ether-alcohol-phenols :
I. Guaiacol ; potassium guaiacolsulphonates
II . Other
D. Alcohol peroxides and ether peroxides
19
15
17
J1
6,9
6,6
29.09 Epoxides , epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three or four
member ring, and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives :
A. l-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane (epichlorhydrin )
B. Other
18
18
12
7.9
29.10 Acetals and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function acetals and
hemiacetals , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives :
A. 2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethyl 6-propylpiperonyl ether ( piperonyl butoxide) ....
B. Other
13
18
6.3
. 5
V. ALDEHYDE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS
29.11 Aldehydes, aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenols and other single
or complex oxygen-function aldehydes ; cyclic polymers of aldehydes;
paraformaldehyde:
l
A. Acyclic aldehydes :
I. Formaldehyde ( methanal )
II . Acetaldehyde (ethanal )
III . Butyraldehyde ( butanal )
IV . Other -
18
24
19
16
7,6
19,2
7,8 .
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(cont'd) C. Aromatic aldehydes : l
\ I. Cinnamaldehyde 18 7,6
II . Other 16 7,1
D. Aldehyde-alcohols 16 7,1
|| E. Aldehyde-ethers , aldehyde-phenols and other single or complex||II
II oxygen-function aldehydes : II
II I. Vanillin ( 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde ) and 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy­ ll
benzaldehyde ("ethylvanillin") 20 8
li II . Other 17 6,9
li F. Cyclic polymers of aldehydes : \||
li I. 1,3,5-Trioxane 18 7,6
II . Other 17 7,4
G. Polyformaldehyde ( paraformaldehyde) 18 7,6
29.12 Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products falling
within heading No 29.11 16 7,1
VI . KETONE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS AND
QUINONE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS
-
29.13 Ketones, ketone-alcohols , ketone-phenols , ketone-aldehydes , quinones ,
II quinone-alcohols , quinone-phenols , quinone-aldehydes and other single or I
complex oxygen-function ketones and quinones , and their halogenated ,
sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
A. Acyclic ketones : \
I. Monoketones 15 6,6
li II . Polyketones 12 6
II B. Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic ketones :
Il I. Bornan-2-one ( camphor ):
l a ) Natural crude 11 5,7
Il b ) Other ( natural refined and synthetic) 16 7,1
Il II . Other 15 6,9
Il C. Aromatic ketones : I
|| I. Methyl naphthyl ketones ( acetonaphthones) 14 11
\\ II . 4-Phenylbutenone ( benzylidenacetone ) 17 7,4
III . Other 18 7,6
D. Ketone-alcohols and ketone-aldehydes :
II I. Acyclic , cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic : \
a ) 4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one ( diacetone alcohol ) 14 7
b) Other 14 3
II . Aromatic 18 7,6 '
E. Ketone-phenols and other single or complex oxygen-function ketones .... 18 7,6
\\ F. Quinones , quinone-alcohols , quinone-phenols , quinone-aldehydes and other
I.! single or complex oxygen-function quinones 17 7,4
II G. Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
II I. 4'-fert-Butyl-2',6'-dimethyl-3',5',dinitroacetophenone ( musk ketone ) . . 14 11,2
II . Other
a
16 7,1
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VII . CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES, HALIDES,
PEROXIDES AND PERACIDS, AND THEIR HALOGENATED ,
SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES
29.14
i .
Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and
their halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
A. Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids :
II I. Formic acid and its salts and esters 19 7,8
II . Acetic acid and its salts and esters : I
a ) Acetic acid 21 16,8
b ) Salts of acetic acid : l
II 1 . Sodium acetate 19 15,2
2 . Cobalt acetates 14 11
li 3 . Other 17 7,4
II c) Esters of acetic acid : I
|| 1 . Ethyl acetate , vinyl acetate , propyl acetate and isopropylacetate ' 20 ( a ) 11,5 ( b )
2 . Methyl acetate , butyl acetate , isobutyl acetate , pentyl acetate
( amyl acetate ), isopentyl acetate ( isoamyl acetate ) and glycerol
acetates 19 7,8
3 . p-Tolyl acetate , phenylpropyl acetates , benzyl acetate , rhodinyl
acetate , santalyl acetate and the acetates of phenylethane­
1 ,2-diol 13 10
ll 4 . Other 17 7,4
III . Acetic anhydride 20 8 :
IV . Acetyl halides 18 7,6
\\ V.Bromoacetic acids and their salts and esters . . . 23 8,6
VI . Propionic acid and its salts and esters 14 4,2
\\ VII . Butyric acid and isobutyric acid and their salts and esters 15 6,9
|| VIII . Valeric acid and its isomers and their salts and esters• 13 6,3
Il IX . Palmitic acid and its salts and esters :
a ) Palmitic acid 11 5,7
|| b ) Saks and esters of palmitic acid 16 7,1
Il X. Stearic acid and its salts ' and esters :
a ) Stearic acid 12 6
b ) Salts and esters of stearic acid :
Il 1 . Zinc stearate and magnesium stearate 13 . 6,3
2 . Other 15 6,9
XI . Other 16 7,1
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B. Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids :
I. Methacrylic acid and its salts and esters
II . Undecenoic acids and their salts and esters :
17 7,4
a ) Undecenoic acids 13 5
I b ) Salts and esters of undecenoic acids !6 7,1
l. III . Oleic acid and its salts and esters : ||II
a ) Oleic acid : . 12 6
li b ) Salts and esters of oleic acid 16 7,1
I IV . Other : li
li a ) Hexa-2,4-dienoic acid (sorbic acid ) and acrylic acid 15 8
b ) Other 15 10
C. Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids 17 7,4
D. Aromatic monocarboxylic acids :
Il I. Benzoic acid and its salts and esters 17 7,4
|| II . Benzoyl chloride 18 7,6
III . Phenylacetic acid and its salts and esters 19 7,8
IV . Other ;
\
16 7,1
29.15 Polycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and
their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
A. Acyclic polycarboxylic acids :
l I. Oxalic acid and its salts and esters 19 7,8
II . Malonic acid and adipic acid and their salts and esters 17 13
III . Maleic anhydride 15 6,9
Il IV . Azelaic acid and sebacic acid and their salts and esters :
Il a ) Azelaic acid and sebacic acid . ... i 12 6
|| b ) Salts and esters of azelaic acid and of sebacic acid 16 6
V. Other 16 . 6,3
B. Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic polycarboxylic acids 17 6
C. Aromatic polycarboxylic acids :
\l I. Phthalic anhydride ' 18 13
II . Terephthalic acid and its salts and esters 18 10
III . Other 18 13
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29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol , aldehyde or ketone function and other
single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides , halides,
peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives :
A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function :
I. Lactic acid and its salts and esters
II . Malic acid and its salts and esters
III . Tartaric acid and its salts and esters
IV . Citric acid and its salts and esters :
a ) Citric acid
b ) Other
V. Gluconic acid and its salts and esters
VI . Mandelic acid (phenylglycollic acid ) and its salts and esters
VII . Cholic acid and 3a,12a-dihydroxy-5/?-cholan-24-oic acid (deoxycholic
acid ) and their salts and esters
VIII . Other :
a ) Acyclic
b ) Cyclic
17
15
18
19
20
23
20
13
15
18
6,5
6.5
7.6
13
8
8,6
8
6,3
6,9
7,6
B. Carboxylic acids with phenol function :
I. Salicylic acid and O-acetylsalicylic acid and their salts and esters :
a ) Salicylic acid
b ) Salts of salicylic acid
c) Esters of salicylic acid :
1 . Methyl salicylate and phenyl salicylate ( salol )
2 . Other
d) O-Acetylsalicylic acid and its salts and esters
II . Sulphosalicylic acids and their salts and esters
III . 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid and its salts and esters
IV . . Gallic acid ( 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid ) and its salts and esters : 1
a ) Gallic acid ( 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid ) .
b ) Salts and esters of gallic acid ( 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid ) . . .
V. Hydroxynaphthoic acids and their salts and esters
VI . Other
21
19
22
18
21
18
16
14
17
18
17
8,2
7,8 '
17,6
7,6
12
7,6
7,1
6,6
7,4
7,6
7,4
C. Carboxylic acids with aldehyde or ketone function :
I. Dehydrocholic acid ( INN ) and its salts
II . Ethyl acetoacetate and its salts
III . Other
13
' 20
17
6.3
8
7.4
D. Other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids 17 7,4
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HALOGENATED , SULPHONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED
DERIVATIVES
[29.17]
[ 29.18]
29.19 Phosphoric esters and their salts , including lactophosphates , and their
halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
A. myo-Inositol hexakis(dihydrogen phosphate ) ( phytic acid ) and its salts
(phytates) and lactophosphates 15 6,9
B. Tributyl phosphates , triphenyl phosphate , tritolyl phosphates , trixylyl
phosphates and tris ( 2-chloroethyl ) phosphate 15 6,6
C. Other 17 7,4
[ 29.20] •
29.21 Other esters of mineral acids ( excluding halides ) and their salts , and their
halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
A. Sulphuric esters and carbonic esters and their salts , and their halogenated ,
sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives 18 7,6
|| B. Other products :
I. Ethylene dinitrate ( ethylene glycol dinitrate ), D-mannitol hexanitrate ,
glycerol trinitrate , pentaerythritol tetranitrate (penthrite ) and
oxydiethylene dinitrate ( digol dinitrate ) . . . . , 15 6,9
II . Other 17 7,4
IX . NITROGEN-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS
29.22 Amine-function compounds :
A. Acyclic monoamines :
Il I. Methylamine , dimethylamine and trimethylamine , and their salts 16 12
II II . Diethylamine and its salts 11 5,7
III . Other 14 6,6
B. Acyclic polyamines :
\I I. Hexamethylenediamine and its salts 16 7,1
II . Other 15 6
|| C. Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic mono- and polyamines : l
I. Cyclohexylamine and cyclohexyldimethylamine , and their salts 13 6,3
II . Other 16 7,1
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D. Aromatic monoamines :
I. Aniline and its halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated and nitrosated
derivatives , and their salts
II . N-Methyl-N,2,4,6-tetranitroaniline ( tetryl )
III . Toluidines and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated and nitrosated
derivatives , and their salts
16 ,
8
16
12
4,6
7,1
IV . Xylidines and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated and nitrosated
derivatives , and their salts
V. Diphenylamine and its halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated and
nitrosated derivatives , and their salts :
a ) Dipicrylamine ( hexyl )
b ) Other
15
8
16
6,9 •
4,6
7,1
VI . 1-Naphthylamine and 2-naphthylamine and their halogenated ,
sulphonated , nitrated and nitrosated derivatives , and their salts :
a ) 2-Naphthylamine and its salts
b ) Other
VII . Other
14
16
16
6,6
7,1
7,1
E. Aromatic polyamines :
I. Phenylenediamines and methylphenylenediamines ( diaminotoluenes),
and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated and nitrosated derivatives ,
and their salts
II . Other
14
16
6,6
10
29.23 Single or complex oxygen-function amino-compounds :
A. Amino-alcohols and their ethers and esters :
I. 2-Aminoethanol ( ethanolamine ) and its salts
II . Other ■
' 14
16
6,6
7,1
B. Amino-naphthols and other amino-phenols ; amino-arylethers ; amino­
arylesters :
I. Anisidines , dimethoxybiphenylylenediamines ( bianisidines),
phene'tidines , and their salts
II . Other
18
16
7,6
10
C. Amino-aldehydes; amino-ketones; amino-quinones
D. Amino-acids :
I. Lysine and its esters , and their salts
II . Sarcosine and its salts
III . Glutamic acid and its salts
IV . Glycine
V. Other
16
13
15
19
17
17
7,1
6.3
6,9
15
6,6
7.4
E. Amino-alcohol-phenols ; amino-acid-phenols ; other single or complex
oxygen-function amino-compounds 17 7,4
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29.24 Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other
phosphoaminolipins :
A. Lecithins and other phosphoaminolipins
B. Other
14
17
5,7
7,4
29.25 Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic
acid :
A. Acyclic amides :
I. Asparagine and its salts :
a ) Asparagine
b ) Asparagine salts
II . Other
B. Cyclic amides :
I. Ureines :
a ) 4-Ethoxyphenylurea ( dulcin )
b ) Other . .
II . Ureides :
a ) Phenobarbital ( INN ) and its salts
b ) Barbital ( INN ) and its salts
c) Other
- III . Other cyclic amides :
a ) Lidocaine ( INN )
b ) Other
14
17
18
12
15
22
19
17
17
17
6
7,4
7,6
6
6,9
17,5
15,2
7,4
12
7,4
29.26 Carboxyimide-function compounds ( including ortho-benzoicsulphimide and its
salts ) and imine-function compounds ( including hexamethylenetetramine and
trimethylenetrinitramine) :
A. Imides :
I. l,2-Benzisothiazol-3-one 1,1-dioxide ( o-benzoicsulphimide , saccharin )
and its salts .
II . Other
B. Imines :
I. Aldimines
II . Other imines :
a ) Methenamine ( INN) ( hexamethylenetetramine )
b ) Hexahydro-l,3,5-trinitro-l,3,5-triazine ( hexogen , trimethylenetri­
nitramine )
c ) Other i
15
17
18
18
11
17
6,9
7
7.6
14
5.7
7,4
29.27 Nitrile-function compounds 17 13
29.28 Diazo-, azo- and azoxy-compounds 16 7,1
29.29 Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine 17 7,4
29.30 Compounds with other nitrogen-functions 17 13
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X. ORGANO-INORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND HETEROCYCLIC
COMPOUNDS
29.31 Organo-sulphur compounds:
li A. Xanthates 14 6,6
B. Other 18 7,6
[29.32]
29.33 Organo-mercury compounds 17 7,4
29.34 Other organo-inorganic compounds:
A. Organo-arsenic compounds 17 7,4
II B. Tetraethyl-lead 20 8
C. Other 18 7 , 6
29.35 Heterocyclic compounds; nucleic acids :
A. 2-Furaldehyde ( furfuraldehyde , furfural , furfurol ) and benzofuran
( coumarone ) 14 6,6
B. Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol 17 7,4
C. Thiophen : 14 6,6
|| D. Pyridine and its salts 10 5,3
|| E. Indole and 3-methylindole ( skatole ) and their salts 12 6
F. Esters of nicotinic acid ( INN); nikethamide ( INN) and its salts 14 6,6
G. Quinoline and its salts 17 7,4
H. Phenazone ( INN ) and aminophenazone ( INN ) ( amidopyrin ), and their
derivatives : .
\\ I. Propyphenazone (INN) 15 10
li II . Other 25 17
|| IJ . Nucleic acids and their salts 18 7,6
II K. 3-Picoline 1 12 6
L. Di(benzothiazol-2-yl ) disulphide ; benzimidazole-2-thiol ( mercaptoben­
zimidazole ); benzothiazole-2-thiol ( mercaptobenzothiazole ) and its salts . . 18 14
l M. Santonin . . . 13 5,3­
II N. Coumarin , methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins 18 7,6
O. Phenolphthalein 18 14
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P. 6-Allyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-dibenz/c,eyazepine ( azapetine) and its salts ;
Atrazine ( ISO );
Chlordiazepoxide ( INN ) and its salts ;
Chlorprothixene ( INN);
Dextromethorphan ( INN ) and its salts ;
Diazinon ( ISO );
Halogen derivatives of quinoline ;
Imipramine hydrochloride ( INNM);
Iproniazid ( INN);
Ketobemidone hydrochloride ( INNM);
Naphazoline hydrochloride ( INNM ) and naphazoline nitrate ( INNM);
Phenindamine ( INN ) and its salts ;
Phentolamine ( INN);
Phenylbutazone ( INN);
Propazine (ISO );
Pyridostigmine bromide ( INN);
Quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives ;
Simazine ( ISO );
Thenalidine ( INN ) and its tartrates and maleates ;
Thiethylperazine ( INN); '
Thioridazine ( INN ) and its salts ;
|| Tolazoline hydrochloride ( INNM ) 16 5,5
|| Q. Other 16 8
29.36 Sulphonamides 18 6,6
29.37 Sultones and sultams
XI . PROVITAMINS, VITAMINS AND HORMONES,
NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS
17 7,4
29.38 Provitamins and vitamins , natural or reproduced by synthesis ( including natural
concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of
the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent:
A. Provitamins , unmixed , whether or not in aqueous solution 14 4,9
B. Vitamins , unmixed , whether or not in aqueous solution :
l I. Vitamins A 9 3,5
II II . Vitamins B 2 , B 3 , B 6 , B i 2 and H 9 4,3
Il III . Vitamin B 9 18 • 7,6
l IV . Vitamin C 12 4
V. Other vitamins 14 5 •
C. Natural concentrates of vitamins :
l I. Natural concentrates of vitamins A +. D 9 4,1
Il II . Other 14 6,6
D.. Intermixtures , whether or not in any solvent ; non-aqueous solutions of
provitamins or vitamins 18 6,8
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29.39 Hormones, natural or reproduced by synthesis ; derivatives thereof, used
primarily as hormones; other steroids used primarily as hormones: -
A. Adrenaline 17 6,5
\ B. Insulin 16 6,5
li C. Pituitary ( anterior) and similar hormones : ll
II I. Gonadotrophic hormones 11 * 5,7
!! II . Other 15 6,9
D. Adrenal ( cortex) hormones : I
I. Cortisone ( INN) and hydrocortisone ( INN), and their acetates ;
prednisone ( INN ) and prednisolone ( INN ) ' 11 5,7
II . Other 14 6,6
E. Other hormones and other steroids 14 6,6
[29.40]
XII . GLYCOSIDES AND VEGETABLE ALKALOIDS, NATURAL OR
REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS , AND THEIR SALTS, ETHERS,
ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES
29.41 Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts , ethers, esters and
other derivatives: >
A. Digitalis glycosides 12 6
B. Glycyrrhizic acid and glycyrrhizates 11 5,7
C. Rutin and its derivatives 18 7,6
D. Other 14 6,6
29.42 Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis , and their salts , ethers,
esters and other derivatives:
A. Of the opium group :
-
Il I. Thebaine and its salts 13 6,3
II . Other 17 7,4
B. Of cinchona :
I. Quinine and quinine sulphate 9 4
II . Other 12 9,6
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C. Other alkaloids :
I. Caffeine and its salts
II . Cocaine and its salts :
a ) Crude cocaine
b ) Other
III . Emetine and its salts
IV . Ephedrines and their salts
V. Theobromine and its derivatives
VI . Theophylline and aminophylline ( INN), and their salts
VII . Other :
13
5
17
10
16
10
17
13
10,4
Free
6,6
5,3
7,1
8
13,6
8
XIII . OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
29.43 Sugars, chemically pure , other than sucrose , glucose and lactose; sugar ethers and
sugar esters , and their salts , other than products of headings Nos 29.39, 29.41
and 29.42 :
A. Rhamnose , raffinose and mannose
B. Other
15
20 —
29.44 Antibiotics :
A. Penicillins
B. Chloramphenicol ( INN )
C. Other antibiotics
21
13
9
8,2
10
5,3
29.45 Other organic compounds 20 10
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CHAPTER 30
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
Notes
1 . For the purposes of heading No 30.03 , "medicaments" means goods ( other than foods or beverages such as dietetic ,
diabetic or fortified foods , tonic beverages , spa water ) not falling within heading No 30.02 or 30.04 which are
either :
( a ) Products comprising two or more constituents which have been mixed or compounded together for therapeutic
or prophylactic uses ; or
( b ) Unmixed products suitable for such uses put up in measured doses or in forms or in packings of a kind sold by
retail for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes .
For the purposes of these provisions and of Note 3 (d ) to this Chapter , the following are to be treated :
( A) As unmixed products :
( 1 ) Unmixed products dissolved in water ;
( 2 ) All goods falling in Chapter 28 or 29 ; and
( 3 ) Simple vegetable extracts falling in heading No 13.03 , merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent ;
( B ) As products which have been mixed :
( 1 ) Colloidal solutions and suspensions ( other than colloidal sulphur);
( 2 ) Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials ; and
( 3 ) Salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters .
2 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils , suitable for medicinal uses ( heading No 33.06);
(b ) Dentifrices of all kinds , including those having therapeutic or prophylactic properties , which are to be
considered as falling within heading No 33.06 ; or
( c) Soap or other products of heading No 34.01 containing added medicaments .
3 . Heading No 30.05 is to be taken to apply , and to apply only , to :
( a ) Sterile surgical catgut and similar sterile suture materials ;
( b ) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents ;
(c) Sterile absorbable surgical haemostatics ;
(d ) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents ( excluding those of heading No 30.02 )
designed to be administered to the patient , being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products
consisting of two or more products which have been mixed or compounded together for such uses ;
( e) Blood-grouping reagents ;
( f) Dental cements and other dental fillings ; and
(g) First-aid boxes and kits .
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I\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 ' 2 3 4
30.01 Organo-therapeutic glands or other organs , dried , whether or not powdered ;
organo-therapeutic extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions; other
animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere
specified or included :
A. Glands or other organs , dried : '
I. Powdered 10 5,3
|| II . Not powdered 8 4,6
li B. Other :
II I. Of human origin Free 5,7
II . Other 11 5,7
30.02 Antisera ; microbial vaccines, toxins , microbial cultures (including ferments but
excluding yeasts) and similar products :
A. Antisera and vaccines 15 6
II B. Microbial cultures 17 7
C. Other . . . . 14 6,6
30.03 Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments ):
A. Not put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail :
I. Containing iodine or iodine compounds ! 29 8,9
II . Other : I
a ) Containing penicillin , streptomycin or their derivatives :
1 . Containing penicillin or its derivatives
2 . Other
17
17
, 6,3
6,6
b ) Other 15 5,2
B/ Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail :
I. Containing iodine or iodine compounds . . • 34 9,6
II . Other : I
a ) Containing penicillin , streptomycin or their derivatives
b ) Other
22
20
6,3
6,3
30.04 Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles ( for example, dressings, adhesive
plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put
up in retail packings for medical or surgical purposes , other than goods specified
in Note 3 to this Chapter 17 6,6
30.05 Other pharmaceutical goods 15 6,9
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CHAPTER 31
FERTILISERS
Notes
1 . Heading No 31.02 is to be taken to apply , and to apply only , to the following goods , provided that they are not put
up in the forms or packings described in heading No 31.05 :
( A) Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below :
( i ) Sodium nitrate containing not more than 16,3% by weight of nitrogen ;
( ii ) Ammonium nitrate , whether or not pure ;
( iii ) Ammonium sulphonitrate , whether or not pure ;
( iv ) Ammonium sulphate , whether or not pure ;
( v ) Calcium nitrate containing not more than 16% by weight of nitrogen ;
( vi ) Calcium nitrate-magnesium nitrate , whether or not pure ;
( vii ) Calcium cyanamide containing not more than 25% by weight of nitrogen , whether or not treated with
oil ;
(viii ) Urea , whether or not pure .
( B ) Fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in ( A ) above , but without quantitative criteria , mixed
together .
( C ) Fertilisers consisting of ammonium chloride or of any of the goods described in ( A ) or ( B ) above , but without
quantitative criteria , mixed with chalk , gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilising substances .
(D ) Liquid fertilisers consisting of the goods of subparagraph 1 ( A) ( ii ) or ( viii ) above , or of mixtures of those
goods , in an aqueous or liquid ammonia solution .
2 . Heading No 31.03 is to be taken to apply , and to apply only , to the following goods , provided that they are not put
up in the forms or packings described in heading No 31.05 :
( A) Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below :
( i ) Basic slag ;
( ii ) Disintegrated (calcined ) calcium phosphates ( thermophosphates and fused phosphates ) and calcined
natural aluminium calcium phosphates ;
( iii ) Superphosphates ( single , double or triple);
( iv ) Calcium hydrogen phosphate containing not less than 0,2% by weight of fluorine .
( B ) Fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (A ) above , but without quantitative criteria , mixed
together .
( C ) Fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in ( A) or ( B ) above , but without quantitative criteria , mixed
with chalk , gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilising substances .
3 . Heading No 31.04 is to be taken to apply , and to apply only , to the following goods , provided that they are not put
up in the forms or packings described in heading No 31.05 :
(A ) Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below :
( i ) Crude natural potassium salts ( for example , carnallite , kainite and sylvinite);
( ii ) Crude potassium salts obtained by the treatment of residues of beet molasses ;
( iii ) Potassium chloride , whether or not pure , except as provided in Note 6 ( c) below ;
( iv ) Potassium sulphate containing not more than 52% by weight of K20 ;
( v ) Magnesium sulphate-potassium sulphate containing not more than 30% by weight of K20 .
( B ) Fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (A) above , but without quantitative criteria , mixed
together .
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4 . Monoammonium and diammonium orthophosphates , whether or . not pure , and mixtures thereof, are to be
classified in heading No 31.05 .
5 . For the purposes of the quantitative criteria specified in Notes 1 ( A), 2 ( A ) and 3 (A) above , the calculation is to be
made on the dry anhydrous product .
6 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Animal blood of heading No 05.15 ;
( b ) Separate chemically defined compounds ( other than those answering to the descriptions in Note 1 (A), 2 (A),
3 (A) or 4 above); or
( c ) Cultured potassium chloride crystals (other than optical elements ) weighing not less than 2,5 g each , of heading
No 38.19 ; optical elements of potassium chloride ( heading No 90.01 ).
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
O/
/O
1 2 3 4
Guano and other natural animal or vegetable fertilisers , whether or not mixed31.01
Free Freetogether, but not chemically treated
31.02 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous:
A. Natural sodium nitrate ( a ) Free Free
B. Urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous
product 16 11
C. Other 10 8
31.03 Mineral or chemical fertilisers , phosphatic :
A. Mentioned in Note 2 (A ) to this Chapter : ,
I. Superphosphates 6 4,8 .
II . Other Free Free
B. Mentioned in Note 2 ( B ) or ( C ) to this Chapter 4 2,1
31.04 Mineral or chemical fertilisers , potassic :
A. Mentioned in Note 3 (A ) to this Chapter Free Free
B. Mentioned in Note 3 ( B ) to this Chapter 3 2,1
31.0-5 Other fertilisers ; goods of the present Chapter in tablets , lozenges and similar
prepared forms or in packings of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg:
A. Other fertilisers :
I. Containing the three fertilising substances : nitrogen , phosphorus and
potassium 7 6,6
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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||ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
31.05
(cont'd)
A. II . Containing the two fertilising substances : nitrogen and phosphorus :
a ) Monoammonium and diammonium orthophosphates and mixtures
thereof 7 6,6
b ) Containing phosphates and nitrates 7 6,6
ll c) Other : II
II 1 . With a nitrogen content exceeding 10% by weight 10 8
II 2 . Other 7 4,8
|| III . Containing the two fertilising substances : nitrogen and potassium :
a ) Natural potassic sodium nitrate , consisting of a natural mixture of
sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate ( the proportion of the latter
element may be as high as 44% ), of a total nitrogen content not
exceeding 16,3% by weight ( a ) 10 Free
Il b ) Other : I
1 . With a nitrogen content exceeding 10% by weight 10 8
2 . Other 7 4,8
II IV . Other : \
Il a ) With a nitrogen content exceeding 10% by weight 10 8
Il b ) Other 4 3,2
B. Goods of the present Chapter in tablets , lozenges and similar prepared forms
or in packings of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg 11 8,8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CHAPTER 32
TANNING AND DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, COLOURS,
PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY, FILLERS AND STOPPINGS; INKS
Notes i
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Separate chemically defined elements and compounds ( except those falling within heading No 32.04 or 32.05 ,
inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores (heading No 32.07), and also dyes or other colouring matter
in forms or packings of a kind sold by retail falling within heading No 32.09 ); or
(b ) Tannates and other tanning derivatives of products falling within headings Nos 29.38 to 29.42 , 29.44 or 35.01
to 35.04 . '
2 . Heading No 32.05 is to be taken to include mixtures of stabilised diazonium salts and couplers for the production
of azo dyes .
3 . Headings Nos 32.05 , 32.06 and 32.07 are to be taken to apply also to preparations based on , respectively ,
synthetic organic dyestuffs ( including pigment dyestuffs), colour lakes and other colouring matter , of a kind used
for colouring in the mass artificial plastics , rubber or similar materials or as ingredients in preparations for printing
textiles . The headings are not to be applied , however , to prepared pigments falling within heading No 32.09 .
4 . Heading No 32.09 is to be taken to include solutions ( other than collodions ) consisting of any of the products
specified in headings Nos 39.01 to 39.06 in volatile organic solvents if, and only if, the weight of the solvent
exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution .
5 . The expression "colouring matter" in this Chapter does not include products of a kind used as extenders in oil
paints , whether or not they are also suitable for colouring distempers .
6 . The expression "stamping foils" in heading No 32.09 is to be taken to apply only to products of a kind used for
printing , for example , book covers or hat bands , and consisting of:
( a ) Thin sheets composed of metallic powder ( including powder or precious metal ), or pigment , agglomerated with
glue , gelatin or other binder ; or
( b ) Metal ( for example , gold or aluminium ) or pigment , deposited on paper , artificial plastic material or other
support .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
32.01 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins ( tannic acids), including
water-extracted gall-nut . tannin, and their salts , ethers , esters and other
derivatives :
II A. Tanning extracts of vegetable origin : I
l.\ I. Of wattle ( mimosa ) 10(a ) 9
ll II . Of quebracho Free Free
II III . Of sumach , of vallonia , of oak or of chestnut 9 5,8
IV . Other 9 5,3 ( b )
( a ) Duty rate reduced to 3 % ( suspension ) for an indefinite period .
( b) Duty rate reduced to 3,2 % in respect of eucalyptus tanning extracts , within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 250 tonnes to be granted by the competent
authorities .
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
32.01
(cont'd)
B. Other 10 3
[32.02]
32.03 Synthetic organic tanning substances, and inorganic tanning substances; tanning
preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning materials ; enzymatic
preparations for pre-tanning (for example, of enzymatic, pancreatic or bacterial
origin )
i
10 5,3
32.04 Colouring matter of vegetable origin ( including dyewood extract and other
vegetable dyeing extracts , but excluding indigo) or of animal origin :
A. Colouring matter of vegetable origin :
I. Black cutch (Acacia catechu )
II . Extracts of Persian berries and of madder; woad
- III . Litmus
IV . Other
B. Colouring matter of animal origin
Free
6
3
9
10
Free
. 3,7
2,1
4,1
5,3
32.05 Synthetic organic dyestuffs ( including pigment dyestuffs ); synthetic organic
products of a kind used as luminophores; products of the kind known as optical
bleaching agents, substantive to the fibre; natural indigo:
A. Synthetic organic dyestuffs
B. Preparations mentioned in Note 3 to this Chapter
C. Synthetic organic products of a kind used as luminophores
D. Products of the kind known as optical bleaching agents , substantive to the
fibre
E. Natural indigo .
17
20
19
17
9
10
10
10
6
5,5
32.06 Colour lakes 16 10
32.07 Other colouring matter; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores :
A. Other colouring matter :
I. Mineral blacks , not elsewhere specified or included
II . Soluble vandyke brown and similar products
III . Pigments based on zinc sulphide ( lithopone and the like )
IV . Pigments based on titanium oxide
V. Pigments based on lead , barium , zinc or strontium chromates :
a ) Molybdenum red
b ) Other
VI . Other :
a ) Magnetite
b) Other
9
9
12
15
11
17
Free
14
5
5
9,5
6
5,7
7,4
4,9
6,6
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
32.07
(cont'd)
B. Preparations mentioned in Note 3 to this Chapter
C. Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores
16
12
7,1
5,3
32.08 Prepared pigments , prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels
and glazes, liquid lustres and similar products, of the kind used in the ceramic,
enamelling and glass industries; engobes ( slips ); glass frit and other glass , in the .
form of powder, granules or flakes :
A. Prepared pigments , prepared opacifiers and prepared colours 15 6,9
B. Vitrifiable enamels and glazes . . . .> 16 6,3
li C. Liquid lustres and similar products ; engobes ( slips ) 13 5,3
D. Glass frit and other glass , in the form of powder , granules or flakes 8 3,7 •
32.09 Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers; prepared water pigments of the kind used for
finishing leather; paints and enamels ; pigments dispersed in linseed oil , white
spirit , spirits of turpentine or other media of a kind used in the manufacture of
paints or enamels ;' stamping foils ; dyes or other colouring matter in forms or
packings of a kind sold by retail ; solutions as defined by Note 4 to this
Chapter :
A. Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers ; prepared water pigments of the kind
used for finishing leather; paints and enamels ; pigments dispersed in linseed
oil , white spirit , spirits of turpentine or other media of a kind used in the
manufacture of paints or enamels ; solutions as defined by Note 4 to this
Chapter :
I. Pearl essence 16 7,1 .
ll II . Other 19 10
ll B. Stamping foils 17 6,6
C. Dyes or other colouring matter in forms or packings of a kind sold by
retail 16 7,1
32.10 Artists', students' and signboard painters' colours, modifying tints , amusement
colours and the like, in tablets , tubes, jars , bottles , pans or in similar forms or
packings, including such colours in sets or outfits , with or without brushes,
palettes or other accessories 22 7,6
32.11 Prepared driers 17 6,6
32.12 Glaziers' putty; grafting putty; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing
preparations; stopping, sealing and similar mastics, including resin mastics and
cements 11 5
32.13 Writing ink printing ink and other inks:
A. Writing or drawing ink 15 6,9
Il B. Printing ink 18 6,6
C. Other inks 16 7,1
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CHAPTER 33
ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Compound alcoholic preparations ( known as "concentrated extracts"), for the manufacture of beverages , of
heading No 22.09 ;
( b ) Soap and other products falling within heading No 34.01 ; or
( c ) Spirits of turpentine or other products falling within heading No 38.07 .
2 . The expression "perfumery , cosmetic or toilet preparations" in heading No 33.06 is to be taken to apply , inter alia,
to :
( a ) Prepared room deodorisers , whether or not perfumed ;
( b ) Products , whether or not mixed (other than aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils ), suitable
for use as perfumery , cosmetic or toilet preparations or as room deodorisers , put up in packings of a kind sold
by retail for such use .
ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
33.01 Essential oils ( terpeneless or not), concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates
of essential oils in fats , in fixed oils , or in waxes or the like, obtained by cold
absorption or by maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of
essential oils :
A. Essential oils , not deterpenated : 1
i I. Of citrus fruit 12 11
\l II . Other : \
ll a ) Geranium , clove , niaouli and ylang-ylang oils 5 ' 2,7
ll b ) Other . . . Free Free
ll B. Essential oils , deterpenated : I
Il I. Of citrus fruit ' 12 6,9
ll II . Other 10 4,6
ll C. Resinoids 7 4,1
I D. Concentrates of essential oils in fats , in fixed oils , or in waxes or the like ,obtained by cold absorption or by maceration 9 5
E. Terpenic by-products of- the deterpenation of essential oils 10 4 ,6
[33.02]
[33.03]
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
33.04 Mixtures of two or more odoriferous substances ( natural or artificial ) and
mixtures ( including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these
substances , of a kind used as raw materials in the perfumery, food, drink or other
industries 10 5,3
[33.05 ]
33.06 Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; aqueous distillates and aqueous
solutions of essential oils , including such products suitable for medicinal uses :
A. Perfumery , cosmetic or toilet preparations :
I. Shaving creams 20 7,1
II . Other 18 6,6
B. Aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils , including such
products suitable for medicinal uses 12 6 ,
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CHAPTER 34
SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS,
LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING
AND SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES
AND "DENTAL WAXES"
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Separate chemically defined compounds ; or
( b ) Dentifrices , shaving creams or shampoos containing soap or organic surface-active agents (heading
No 33.06).
2 . For the purposes of heading No 34.01 , the expression "soap" is to be taken to apply only to soap soluble in water .
Soap and other products falling within heading No 34.01 may contain added substances (for example ,
disinfectants , abrasive powders , fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in
heading No 34.01 only if in the form of bars , cakes or moulded pieces or shapes . In other forms they are to be
classified in heading No 34.05 as "scouring powders and similar preparations".
3 . The reference in heading No 34.03 to petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals is to be taken to
apply to the products defined in Note 3 of Chapter 27 .
4 . In heading No 34.04 the expression "prepared waxes , not emulsified or containing solvents" is to be taken to apply
only to :
( A) Mixtures of animal waxes , mixtures of vegetable waxes or mixtures of artificial waxes ;
( B ) Mixtures of different classes of waxes ( animal , vegetable , mineral or artificial ); and
( C) Mixtures of waxy consistency not emulsified or containing solvents , with a basis of one or more waxes and
containing fats , resins , mineral substances or other materials .
The heading is to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Waxes falling within heading No 27.13 ; or
( b ) Unmixed animal waxes and unmixed vegetable waxes , merely coloured .
l Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4 "
34.01 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the
form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not combined with
19 6,9
34.02 Organic surface-active agents ; surface-active preparations and washing
preparations, whether or not containing soap 17 6,9
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Il\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
34.03 Lubricating preparations, and preparations of a kind used for oil or grease
treatment of textiles , leather or other materials , but not including preparations
containing 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
bituminous minerals :
Il A. Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals .... 10 4,6
ll B. Other •. 10 4,6
34.04 Artificial waxes ( including water-soluble waxes); prepared waxes, not emulsified
or containing solvents 12 5,3
34.05 Polishes and creams for footwear, furniture or floors, metal polishes , scouring
powders and similar preparations , but excluding prepared waxes falling within
heading No 34.04 15 6
34.06 Candles , tapers, night-lights and the like 16 7,1
34.07 Modelling pastes ( including those put up for children's amusement and assorted
modelling pastes); preparations of a kind known as "dental wax" or as "dental
impression compounds", in plates, horseshoe shapes , sticks and similar forms . 16 ' 6,3
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CHAPTER 35
ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES : GLUES : ENZYMES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Yeasts (heading No 21.06 };
(b ) Medicaments (heading No 30.03 );
(c) Enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning ( heading No 32.03 );
(d ) Enzymatic soaking or washing preparations and other products of Chapter 34 ; or
( e ) Gelatin products of the printing industry ( Chapter 49 ).
2 . For the purposes of heading No 35.05 , the term "dextrins" is to be taken to apply to starch degradation products
with a reducing sugar content , expressed as dextrose on the dry substance , not exceeding 10% .
Such products with a reducing sugar content exceeding 10% fall in heading No 17.02 .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
35.01 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues :
A. Casein :
I. For thje rtianufacture of regenerated textile fibres ( a )
II . For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs or fodder
( a )
III . Other
2
6
14
2
5
B. Casein glues
C. Other
13
10 10
35.02 Albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivatives :
l.\ A. Albumins : I||
I. Unfit , or to be rendered unfit , for human consumption ( b )
II . Other :
Free Free
a ) Ovalbumin and lactalbumin :
1 . Dried ( for example , in sheets , scales , flakes , powder )
2 . Other
. b ) Other
10(c)
10(c)
10
—
B. Albuminates and other albumin derivatives 12 12
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) Entry under this subheading of albumins to be rendered unfit for human consumption is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(c) The ad valorem duty is substituted by a specific tax established in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2783 / 75 .
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/
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description , Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
35.03 Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangles, whether or not coloured or
surface-worked) and gelatin derivatives; glues derived from bones, hides , nerves ,
tendons or from similar products, and fish glues; isinglass:
A. Isinglass 10 5,3
B. Other 15 12
35.04 Peptones and other protein substances (excluding enzymes of heading No 35.07)
and their derivatives; hide powder, whether or not chromed 12 5,3
35.05 Dextrins and dextrin glues; soluble or roasted starches; starch glues:
A. Dextrins ; soluble or roasted starches 23,9
+ v
14
+ v
B. Glues made from dextrin or from starch , containing by weight of those
materials :
I. Less than 25 % 16,3
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 18
II . 25 % or more but less than 55 % 16,3
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 18
III . 55% or more but less than 80% 16,3
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 18
. IV . 80 % or more 16,3
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 18
35.06 Prepared glues not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as
glues put up for sale by retail as glues in packages not exceeding a net weight of
1 kg:
A. Prepared glues not elsewhere specified or included :
I. Vegetable glues :
a ) Obtained from natural gums .
b ) Other ;
11
19
5.7
7.8
l II . Other glues 16 7,1
B. Products suitable for use as glues put up for sale by retail as glues in packages
not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg . . 19 7,8
35.07 Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included 13 6,3
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CHAPTER 36
EXPLOSIVES ; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES ; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS ;
CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS
Notes
1'. This Chapter does not cover separate chemically defined compounds other than those described in Note 2 ( a ) or ( b )
below .
2 . The expression "articles of combustible materials" in heading No 36.08 is to be taken to apply only to :
( a ) Metaldehyde , hexamethylenetetramine and similar substances , put up in forms ( for example , tablets , sticks or
similar forms ) for use as fuels ; fuels with a basis of alcohol , and similar prepared fuels , in solid or semi-solid
form ;
( b ) Liquid fuels ( for example , petrol ) of a kind used in mechanical lighters , in containers of a capacity not exceeding
300 cm 3 ; and
( c ) Resin torches , firelighters and the like .
lll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
36.01 Propellent powders :
A. Black powder (gun powder ) 8 . 4,6
|| B. Other 11 5,7
36.02 Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders 16 7,1
[36.03] I
36.04 Safety fuses; detonating fuses ; percussion and detonating caps; igniters ;
detonators :
A. Safety fuses ; detonating fuses 15 6
|| B. Other 24 8,7
36.05 Pyrotechnic articles (for example, fireworks, railway fog signals , amorces, rain
rockets ): '
|| A. Amorces in strips or rolls for lighters , miners' lamps and the like 13 6,3
\\ B. Other 18 6,6
36.06 Matches ( excluding Bengal matches ) 14 10
[ 36.07] I
36.08 Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible
materials :
|| A. Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms 15 6
B. Other 19 7,8
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CHAPTER 37
PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover waste or scrap materials .
2 . Heading No 37.08 is to be taken to apply only to :
( a ) Chemical products mixed or compounded for photographic uses ( for example , sensitised emulsions , developers
and fixers ); and
( b ) Unmixed substances suitable for such uses and put up in measured portions or put up for sale by retail in a form
ready for use .
The heading does not apply to photographic pastes or gums , varnishes or similar products .
Additional Notes
1 . In the case of sound films imported in two bands (the band bearing only the images and the band used for recording
the sound), each band is to be classified in its appropriate heading.
2 . The expression "newsreels " (subheading 37.07 B II a) shall be taken to apply to films of a length of less than 330 m
and depicting current events of a political, sporting, military, scientific, literary, folkloric, touristic, society, etc .,
nature.
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
37.01 Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised , unexposed , of any material
other than paper, paperboard or cloth :
ll A. Film in the flat , put up in disc form and incorporated in a cartridge 21 ( a ) 7,4
|| B. Other 21 7,4
37.02 Film in rolls , sensitised , unexposed, perforated or not :
A. Of a width of 35 mm or less : '
I. Microfilm ; film for radiography and the graphic arts 20 7,1
ll II . Other . 20 5,3
|| B. Of a width of more than 35 mm 20 7,1
37.03 Sensitised paper, paperboard and cloth , unexposed or exposed but not
developed 23 7,6
37.04 Sensitised plates and film, exposed but not developed, negative or positive :
A. Cinematograph film :
I-! I. Negatives ; intermediate positives Free Freei
II . Other positives 2,35 ECU per
100 metres
0,70 ECU per
100 metres
B. Other Free Free
( a ) Duty rate reduced to 5,3 % until 31 December 1986 .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
37.05 Plates, imperforated film and perforated film (other than cinematograph film),
exposed and developed , negative or positive:
A. Microfilm 5 3,2
B. Other ! 12 5,3
[37.06]
37.07 Cinematograph film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound
track or consisting only of sound track, negative or positive :
A. Consisting only of sound track Free ( a )
B. Other :
I. Negatives ; intermediate positives Free Free
I II . Other positives :a ) Newsreels 2,25 ECU per100 metres 1,07 ECU per100 metres
II b ) Other , of a width of: I
II 1 . Less than 10 mm 0,50 ECU per100 metres 0,28 ECU per100 metres
2 . 10 mm or more but less than 34 mm 3,50 ECU per
100 metres
1,60 ECU per
100 metres
II 3 . 34 mm or more but less than 54 mm 5 ECU per100 metres 1,90 ECU per100 metres
i 4 . 54 mm or more 5 ECU per100 metres 2,60 ECU per100 metres
37.08 Chemical products and flash light materials , of a kind and in a form suitable for
use in photography 15 6
( a ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 38
MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following :
( 1 ) Artificial graphite ( heading No 38.01 );
( 2 ) Disinfectants , insecticides , fungicides , rat poisons , herbicides , anti-sprouting products , plant-growth
regulators and similar products put up as described in heading No 38.11 ;
( 3 ) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading
No 38.17);
(4 ) Products specified in Note 2 ( a ), ( c), (d ) or ( f) below .
( b ) Mixtures of chemicals arid foodstuffs of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally , heading
No 21.07 ).
( c ) Medicaments ( heading No 3D . 03 ).
2 . Heading No 38.19 is to be taken to include the following goods which are to be taken not to fall within any other
heading of the Tariff:
( a ) Cultured crystals ( other than optical elements ) weighing not less than 2,5 g each , of magnesium oxide or of the
halides of the alkali or of the alkaline-earth metals ;
( b ) Fusel oil ;
( c ) Ink removers put up in packings for sale by retail ;
(d ) Stencil correctors put up in packings for sale by retail ;
( e ) Ceramic firing testers , fusible ( for example , Seger cones);
( f) Plasters specially prepared for use in dentistry; and
( g) Chemical elements of Chapter 28 ( for example , silicon and selenium ) doped for use in electronics , in the form of
discs , wafers or similar forms , polished or not , whether or not coated with a uniform epitaxial layer .
Heading
number Description ,
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
38.01 Artificial graphite ; colloidal graphite, other than suspensions in oil : I
II A. Artificial graphite : ll
II I. In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less . 10 4,6
II II . Other 6 3,6
|-I B. Natural or artificial colloidal graphite 9 4,1
[ 38.02] / \
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Il Rate of duty
Heading -
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
38.03 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including
spent animal black:
A. Activated carbon 16 6,3
l B. Activated natural mineral products 14 5,7
I C. Animal black , including spent animal black 7 4,1
[38.04]
38.05 Tall oil :
l A. Crude 4 Free
I B. Other 7 4,1
38.06 Concentrated sulphite lye 9 5
38.07 Spirits of- turpentine (gum, wood and sulphate) and other terpenic solvents
produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude
dipentene; sulphite turpentine; pine oil (excluding "pine oils" not rich in
terpineol):
Il A. Gum spirits of turpentine 5 4
B. Spirits of sulphate turpentine ; crude dipentene 7 3,2
I C. Other ' 7 3,7
38.08 Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof other than ester gums included in
heading No 39.05 ; rosin spirit and rosin oils :
A. Rosin , including "brais r^sineux" 6 5
\\ B. Rosin spirits and rosin oils 7 3,7
I C. Other 10 4,6
38.09 Wood tar; wood tar oils (other than the composite solvents and thinners falling
within heading No 38.18 ); wood creosote; wood naphtha; acetone oil ; vegetable
pitch of all kinds; brewers' pitch and similar compounds based on rosin or on
vegetable pitch; foundry core binders based on natural resinous products :
Il A. Wood tar 4 2,1
I B. Other 4,6 ( a )
[38.10]
(a ) See Annex .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
38.11 Disinfectants, insecticides , fungicides , rat poisons, herbicides, anti-sprouting
products, plant-growth regulators and similar products , put up in forms or
packings for sale by retail or as preparations or articles ( for example,
sulphur-treated bands , wicks and candles, fly-papers):
i '
A. Sulphur put up in forms for sale by retail or in immediate packings of a net
capacity of 1 kg or less 9 7
B. Preparations based on copper compounds 8 4,6
C. Plant-growth regulators 18 7,6
D. Other 15 6
38.12
1
Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind used in
the textile , paper, leather or like industries :
A. Prepared glazings and prepared dressings :
I. With a basis of amylaceous substances , containing by weight of those
substances :
a ) Less than 55 % 18,8
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 20
b ) 55 % or more but less than 70 % 18,8
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 20
c) 70% or more but less than 83% 18,8
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 20
d ) 83% or more ; . . 18,8
+ v
13
+ v subject
to a max.
of 20
II . Other 14 5,7
B. Prepared mordants 14 6,6
38.13 Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations
for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and
pastes consisting of metal and other materials ; preparations of a kind used as
cores or coatings for welding rods and electrodes:
A. Pickling preparations for metal surfaces ; soldering, brazing or welding
powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials 14 6,6
B. Preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes and
9 4,1
C. Other 9 5
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
0//o
Conventional
0//o
l 2 3 4
38.14 Anti-knock preparations , oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors , viscosity
improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and similar prepared additives for mineral
oils :
A. Anti-knock preparations based on tetraethyl-lead 19 7,2
B. Other :
I. For lubricants :
a ) Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous
minerals
b ) Other
13
16
5,3
5,8
II . Anti-knock preparations based on tetramethyl-lead , on ethylmethyl-lead
or on mixtures of tetraethyl-lead and tetramethyl-lead 17 5,8
III . Other 17 5,8
38.15 Prepared rubber accelerators 16 6,3
38.16 Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms 11 5
Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing38.17
15 6,9grenades
38.18 Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products 18 6,6
38.19 « Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries ( including
those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or
included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere
specified or included :
A. Fusel oil ; dippel's oil 7 4,1
B. Naphthenic acids 6 3,2
C. Water-insoluble salts of naphthenic acids ; esters of naphthenic acids 12 5,3
D. Petroleum sulphonates , excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali metals , of
ammonium or of ethanolamines ; thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils
obtained from bituminous minerals , and their salts 14 5,7
E. Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes 13 6,3
F. Ion exchangers :
I. Based on sulphonated carbon , or of natural mineral substances
II . Other
9
14
5
6,6
G. Catalysts 14 6,6
H. Getters for vacuum tubes 12 6
IJ . Non-agglomerated mixtures of metal carbides 12 5,3
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description / Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
38.19
(cont'd)
K. Refractory cements , mortars and similar compositions
L. Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas
M. Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes
4
9
10
2,7
5
5,3
N. Accumulator compounds based on cadmium oxide or nickel hydroxide . . .
0 . Carbon ( other than that falling within subheading 38.01 A ) in metal-graphite
or other compounds , in the form of small plates , bars or other
semi-manufactures
15
6
6,9
3,7
P. Preparations known as "liquids for hydraulic transmission" ( for example ,
hydraulic brake fluids ) not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight
of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals 18 7,1
Q. Foundry core binders based on synthetic resins
R.' Anti-rust preparations containing amines as active elements
S. Chemical elements referred to in Note 2 (g ) to this Chapter
18
18
9
7,1
' 7,1
7,6
T. D-Glucitol ( sorbitol ) other than that falling within subheading 29.04 C III :
I. In aqueous solution :
a ) Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol , calculated on the
D-glucitol content
b ) Other ■
\
12
+ v
12 ( a )'
+ v
—
II . Other :
a ) Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol , calculated on the
D-glucitol content
b ) Other
12
+ v
12 ( a )
+ v
—
I U. Pyrolignites ( for example , of calcium ) 10 5,3
I V. Crude calcium tartrate 9 5
I W. Crude calcium citrate 7 4,1
X. Other 18 7,6
( a ) Duty rate reduced to 9 % ( suspension ) for an indefinite period .
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SECTION VII
ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS
AND ETHERS, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER,
SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FACTICE , AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Note
Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents , some or all of which fall within the present
Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII , are to be classified in the
heading appropriate to that product , provided that the constituents are :
( i ) having regard to the manner in which they are put up , clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together
without first being repacked ;
( ii ) imported together ; and
( iii ) identifiable , whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present , as being
complementary one to another .
CHAPTER 39
»
ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS;
ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Stamping foils of heading No 32.09 ;
( b ) Artificial waxes ( heading No 34.04);
( c) Synthetic rubber , as defined for the purposes of Chapter 40 , or articles thereof;
(d ) Saddlery or harness ( heading No 42.01 ) or travel goods , handbags or other receptacles falling within heading
No 42.02 ;
( e ) Plaits , wickerwork or other articles falling within Chapter 46 ;
( f) Goods falling within Section XI ( textiles and textile articles);
( g ) Footwear , headgear , umbrellas , sunshades , walking-sticks , whips , riding-crops or parts thereof or other articles
falling within Section XII ;
( h ) Imitation jewellery falling within heading No 71.16 ;
( ij ) Articles falling within Section XVI (machines and mechanical or electrical appliances);
( k) Parts of aircraft or vehicles falling within Section XVII ;
( 1 ) Optical elements of artificial plastics , spectacle frames, drawing instruments or other articles falling within
Chapter 90;
( m) Articles falling within Chapter 91 ( for example , clock or watch cases);
( n ) Musical instruments or parts thereof or other articles falling within Chapter 92 ;
(o ) Furniture and other articles of Chapter 94 ;
(p ) Brushes or other articles falling within Chapter 96 ;
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( q ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( for example , toys , games and sports requisites); or
( r ) Buttons , slide fasteners , combs , mouthpieces or stems for smoking pipes , cigarette-holders or the like , parts of
vacuum flasks or the like , pens , propelling pencils or other articles falling within Chapter 98 .
2 . Headings Nos 39.01 and 39.02 are to be taken to apply only to goods of a kind produced by chemical synthesis
answering to one of the following descriptions :
( a ) Artificial plastics including artificial resins ;
( b ) Silicones ;
( c ) Resols , liquid polyisobutylene , and similar artificial polycondensation or polymerisation products .
3 . Headings Nos 39.01 to 39.06 are to be taken to apply to materials in the following forms only :
( a ) Liquid or pasty ( including emulsions , dispersions and solutions );
( b ) Blocks , lumps , powders ( including moulding powders), granules , flakes and similar bulk forms ;
( c) Monofil of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm ; seamless tubes , rods , sticks and profile shapes ,
whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked ;
( d ) Plates , sheets , film , foil and strip ( other than that classified in heading No 51.02 by the application of Note 4 to
Chapter 51 ), whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked , uncut or cut into rectangles but not further
worked (even if, when so cut , they become articles ready for use);
( e ) Waste and scrap .
Additional Note
Subheading 39.02 CI is to be taken to include polyethylene slightly modified by small quantities of other olefins .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
39.01 Condensation , polycondensation and polyaddition products, whether or not
ll modified or polymerised , and whether or not linear ( for example, phenoplasts , II
aminoplasts , alkyds , polyallyl esters and other unsaturated polyesters , III-I
ll silicones ): IlII
LI A. Ion exchangers 19 6,9
B. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists \
II of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber ; . . . 16 6,3
ll C. Other : \
ll I. Phenoplasts : l
II a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a ) and ( b ) to this I.\
II Chapter 15 6,9
II b ) In other forms 17 7,1
ll II . Aminoplasts : I
I a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a ^ and ( b ) to this \
Chapter 15 6,9
b ) In other forms 17 7,4
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 .3 4
39.01
(cont'd)
C. III . Alkyds and other polyesters :
a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (d ) to this Chapter . . .
b ) Other
IV . Polyamides
V. Polyurethanes
VI . Silicones
VII . Other
20
20
22
22
20
20
13
8
8
8,4
8,4
7,6
39.02 Polymerisation and copolymerisation products ( for example , polyethylene,
polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride,
polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives,
polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins):
A. Ion exchangers 22 7,6
B. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists
of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber 16 6,3
C. Other :
I. Polyethylene :
a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a ) and ( b ) to this
Chapter
b ) In other forms
II . Polytetrahaloethylenes
III . Polysulphohaloethylenes
IV . Polypropylene
V. Polyisobutylene
20
23 .
23
23
23
23
12,5
12,5
12,5
12,5
12,5
12,5
VI . Polystyrene and copolymers of styrene :
a) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a ) and ( b ) to this
Chapter
b ) In other forms
20
23
12,5
12,5
VII . Polyvinyl chloride:
a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a ) and ( b ) to this
Chapter
b) In other forms ! . . . .
20
23
. 12,5
12,5
VIII . Polyvinylidene chloride ; copolymers of vinylidene chloride with vinyl
chloride . 19 12,5
-
IX . Polyvinyl acetate
X. Copolymers of vinyl chloride with vinyl acetate
XI . Polyvinyl alcohols , acetals and ethers
XII . Acrylic polymers , methacrylic polymers and acrylo-methacrylic
copolymers
19
21
21
21
12
12,5
12,5
12,5
XIII . Coumarone resins , indene resins and coumarone-indene resins
XIV . Other polymerisation or copolymerisation products :
a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a) and ( b ) to this
Chapter
b ) In other forms
19
21
23
12
12,5.
12,5
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
I
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
39.03 Regenerated cellulose; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and other cellulose
esters , cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose , plasticised or
not (for example, collodions , celluloid ); vulcanised fibre :
A. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists
of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber 16 6,3
B. Other :
I. Regenerated cellulose : |l
\\ a ) Expanded , foam or sponge 22 8,4
b) Other : ll
1 . Sheets , film or strip , coiled or not , of a thickness of less than
0,75 mm 23 13
2 . Other 19 6,9
c ) Waste and scrap 16 6,3
\\ II . Cellulose nitrates :
Il a ) Not plasticised : I
1 . Collodions and celloidin 20 16
2 . Other 12 6
|| b ) Plasticised :
l 1 . With camphor or otherwise ( for example , celluloid ): \
aa ) Film in rolls or in strips , for cinematography or
photography 15 6,9
bb ) Other 17 7,4
l 2 . Waste and scrap 14 6,6
III . Cellulose acetates : I\
a ) Not plasticised : 19 7,8
b ) Plasticised : •
1 . Products known as moulding powders 15 6,9
2 . Film in rolls or in strips , for cinematography or photography . . 13 6,3
3 . Sheets , film or strip , coiled or not , of a thickness of less ,than
0;75 mm . ; 19 13
4 . Other :
aa ) Waste and scrap 14 6,6
bb ) Other 17 7,4
IV . Other cellulose esters :
|| a ) Not plasticised 18 6,6
b ) Plasticised :
|| 1 . Products known as moulding powders 15 6
2 . Film in rolls or in strips , for cinematography or photography . . 14 6,6
3 . Sheets , film or strip , coiled or not , of a thickness of less than
0,75 mm 20 7,1
ll 4 . Other :
\\ aa ) Waste and scrap 14 5,7
bb ) Other 18 . 6,6
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
39.03
(cont'd)
B. V. Cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose :
a ) Not plasticised:
1 . Ethylcellulose
2 . Other
b ) Plasticised :
1 . Waste and scrap
2 . Other :
aa ) Ethylcellulose
bb ) Other
VI . Vulcanised fibre
15
19
16
16
20
14
6,9
7,8
7,1
7,1
8
5,7
39.04 Hardened proteins (for example, hardened casein and hardened gelatin) 10 5,3
39.05 Natural resins modified by fusion (run gums); artificial resins obtained by
esterification of natural resins or of resinic acids (ester gums); chemical derivatives
of natural rubber (for example, chlorinated rubber, rubber hydrochloride,
oxidised rubber, cyclised rubber):
A. Run gums
B. Other
14
17
5,7
6,6
39.06 Other high polymers, artificial resins and artificial plastic materials , including
alginic acid, its salts and esters ; linoxyn :
A. Alginic acid and its salts and esters
B. Other :
I. Starches , esterified or etherified
II . Other
11
20
20
5
12
12
39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in headings Nos 39.01 to 39.06 :
A. Articles for technical uses , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other :
I. Of regenerated cellulose
II . Of vulcanised fibre
III . Of hardened proteins
IV. Of chemical derivatives of rubber
V. Of other materials :
a ) Spools , reels and similar supports for photographic and
cinematographic film or for tapes , films and the like falling within
heading No 92.12
b ) Fans and hand screens , non-mechanical ; frames and handles therefor
and parts of such frames and handles
c) Corset busks and similar supports for articles of apparel or clothing
accessories
d) Other
22
23
19
18
17
16
21
17
22
Free
8,6
6,9
6,6
6,6
5.3
5,6
4,9
8.4
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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CHAPTER 40
RUBBER , SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FACTICE, AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . Except where the context otherwise requires , throughout the Tariff the expression "rubber" means the following
products , whether or not vulcanised or hardened : natural rubber , balata , gutta-percha and similar natural gums ,
synthetic rubber , and factice derived from oils , and such substances reclaimed .
2 . This Chapter does not cover the following products of rubber and textiles , which fall generally within
Section XI :
( a ) Knitted or crocheted fabric or articles thereof, elastic or rubberised ( other than transmission , conveyor and
elevator belts or belting , of rubberised knitted or crocheted fabric , of heading No 40.10); other elastic fabric or
articles thereof;
( b ) Textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, internally coated or lined with rubber ( heading No 59.15 );
( c) Woven textile fabrics ( other than the goods of heading No 40.10 ) impregnated , coated , covered or laminated
with rubber :
( i ) Weighing not more than 1 500 g/ m2 ; or
( ii ) Weighing more than 1 500 g / m 2 and containing more than 50 % by weight of textile material ;
and articles of those fabrics ;
( d ) Felt impregnated or coated with rubber and containing more than 50 % by weight of textile material , and
articles thereof;
( e ) Bonded fibre fabrics and similar bonded yarn fabrics , impregnated or coated with rubber , or in which rubber
forms the bonding substance , irrespective of their weight per square metre , and articles thereof;
( f) Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber , irrespective of their weight per square
metre , and articles thereof.
However , plates , sheets and strip , of expanded , foam or sponge rubber , combined with textile fabric , and articles
thereof, are to be classified in Chapter 40 provided that the textile fabric is present merely for reinforcing
purposes .
3 . The following are also not covered by this Chapter :
( a ) Footwear or parts thereof falling within Chapter 64 ;
( b ) Headgear or parts thereof ( including bathing caps ) falling within Chapter 65 ;
( c ) Mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof ( including electrical goods of all kinds), of hardened rubber ,
falling within Section XVI ;
(d ) Articles falling within Chapter 90 , 92 , 94 or 96 ;
( e ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( other than sports gloves and goods falling within heading No 40.11 ); or
( f) Buttons , combs , smoking pipe stems , pens or other articles falling within Chapter 98 .
4 . In Note 1 to this Chapter and in headings Nos 40.02 , 40.05 and 40.06 , the expression "synthetic rubber" is to be
taken to apply to :
( a ) Unsaturated synthetic substances which can be irreversibly transformed into non-thermoplastic substances by
vulcanisation with sulphur and which , when so vulcanised as well as may be (without the addition of any sub­
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stances such as plasticisers , fillers or reinforcing agents not necessary for the cross-linking), can produce
substances which , at a temperature between 18 and 29 °C , will not break on being extended to three times their
original length and will return , after being extended to twice their original length , within a period of five
minutes , to a length not greater than one and a half times their original length .
Such substances include ds-polyisoprene ( IR), polybutadiene (BR), polychlorobutadiene ( CR),
polybutadienestyrene ( SBR), polychlorobutadiene-acrylonitrile ( NCR), polybutadiene-acrylonitrile (NBR) and
butyl rubber ( IIR);
( b ) Thioplasts ( TM); and
( c ) Natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with artificial plastic material , de-polymerised natural rubber ,
and mixtures of unsaturated synthetic substances with saturated synthetic high polymers , provided that all the
above-mentioned products comply with the requirements concerning vulcanisation , elongation and recovery in
( a ) above .
5 . Headings Nos 40.01 and 40.02 are to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Natural or synthetic rubber latex ( including pre-vulcanised rubber latex) compounded with vulcanising agents
or accelerators , fillers or reinforcing agents , plasticisers , colouring matter ( other than colouring matter added
solely for the purpose of identification ), or with any other substance ; however , latex merely stabilised or
concentrated , and thermo-sensitive and electro-positive latex are to be classified in heading No 40.01 or 40.02
as the case may be ;
( b ) Rubber which has been compounded with carbon black ( with or without the addition of mineral oil ) or with
silica ( with or without the addition of mineral oil ) before coagulation or with any substance after coagulation ;
or
( c) Mixtures of any of the products specified in Note 1 to the present Chapter , whether or not compounded with
any other substance .
6 . Thread wholly of vulcanised rubber , of any cross-section of which any dimension exceeds 5 mm , is to be classified
as strip , rod or profile shape , falling within heading No 40.08 .
7 . Heading No 40.10 is to be taken to include transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting of textile fabric
impregnated , coated , covered or laminated with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated or coated
with rubber .
8 . For the purpose of heading No 40.06 , pre-vulcanised rubber latex is to be deemed to be unvulcanised rubber
latex .
For the purposes of headings Nos 40.07 to 40.14 , balata , gutta-percha and similar natural gums , and factice
derived from oils , and such substances reclaimed , are to be deemed to be vulcanised rubber whether or not they
have been vulcanised .
9 . In headings Nos 40.05 , 40.08 and 40.15 , the expressions "plates", "sheets" and "strip" are to be taken to apply ,
and to apply only , to plates , sheets and strip , whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked but not cut to
shape or otherwise worked , and rectangular articles cut therefrom not further worked .
In heading No 40.08 the expressions "rods" and "profile shapes" and in heading No 40.15 the expressions "rods",
"profile shapes" and "tubes" are to be taken to apply , and to apply only , to such products , whether or not cut to
length or surface-worked but not otherwise worked .
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Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
I. RAW RUBBER
40.01 Natural rubber latex, whether or not with added synthetic rubber latex;
pre-vulcanised natural rubber latex; natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha and
similar natural gums Free Free
40.02 Synthetic rubber latex ; pre-vulcanised synthetic rubber latex ; synthetic rubber;
factice derived from oils :
A. Factice derived from oils
B. Products modified by the incorporation of artificial plastic materials
C. Other
10
10
Free
3,2
3,8
Free
40.03 Reclaimed rubber 3 1
40.04 « Waste and parings of unhardened rubber; scrap of unhardened rubber, fit only
for the recovery of rubber; powder obtained from waste or scrap of unhardened
rubber Free Free
II . UNVULCANISED RUBBER
J
40.05 Plates , sheets and strip, of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber, other than
smoked sheets and crepe sheets of heading No 40.01 or 40.02 ; granules of
unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber compounded ready for vulcanisation;
unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber, compounded before or after
coagulation either with carbon black ( with or without the addition of mineral oil )
or with silica (with or without the addition of mineral oil), in any form, of a kind
known as masterbatch :
A. Rubber compounded with carbon black or with silica ( masterbatch )
B. Granules of natural or synthetic rubber compounded ready for vulcani­
sation : . . . .
C. Other
6,5
14
10
2,5
2,5
2,5
40.06 Unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber, including rubber latex, in other forms
or states (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes, solutions and dispersions);
articles of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber (for example, coated or
impregnated textile thread; rings and discs ):
A. Solutions and dispersions
B. Other
18
14
1,5
2,5
\
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Heading
number Description
\
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
III . ARTICLES OF UNHARDENED VULCANISED RUBBER
40.07 Vulcanised rubber thread and cord, whether or not textile covered, and textile
thread covered or impregnated with vulcanised rubber: \
li A. Vulcanised rubber thread and cord , whether or not textile covered 15 6,2
B. Textile thread covered or impregnated with vulcanised rubber 10 5,3
40.08 Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of unhardened vulcanised rubber:
A. Plates , sheets and strip :
I
ll I. Of expanded , foam or sponge rubber 18 " 5,8
ll II . Other 17 4,9
B. Rods and profile shapes 15 4,4
40.09 Piping and tubing, of unhardened vulcanised rubber: I
A. With fittings attached , suitable for conducting gases or liquids , for use in civil
aircraft ( a ) 18 Free
B. Other 18 4,9
40.10 Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber .... 15 • 10
40.11 Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre treads , inner tubes and tyre flaps,
for wheels of all kinds: I
ll A. Solid or cushion tyres and interchangeable tyre treads 19 5,1'
I B. Other : lII
- • I. Pneumatic tyres for use on civil aircraft ( a ) 22 Free
II . Other 22 5,8
40.12 Hygienic and pharmaceutical articles (including teats), of unhardened vulcanised
rubber, with or without fittings of hardened rubber 20 . 3
40.13
/
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves), for all purposes , of
unhardened vulcanised rubber:
II A. Gloves , including mittens 20 5,3
B. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 20 6,2
40.14 Other articles of unhardened vulcanised rubber: I
li A. Articles for technical uses , for use in civil aircraft ( a ) 20 Free
l.I B. Other : ll
I. Of expanded foam or sponge rubber . . . 20 5,3
II . Other . 15 4,4
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section 11 , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
IV . HARDENED RUBBER (EBONITE AND VULCANITE );
ARTICLES MADE THEREOF
40.15 Hardened rubber ( ebonite and vulcanite ), in bulk, plates, sheets , strip, rods,
profile shapes or tubes; scrap, waste and powder, of hardened rubber:
A. In bulk or blocks , in plates , sheets or strip , in rods , profile shapes or tubes
B. Scrap , waste and powder , of hardened rubber
10
Free
3,2
Free
40.16 Articles of hardened rubber ( ebonite and vulcanite ):
A. Piping and tubing, with fittings attached , suitable for conducting gases or
liquids , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
19
19
Free
2,5
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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SECTION VIII
RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF;
SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS;
ARTICLES OF GUT ( OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT)
CHAPTER 41
i RAW HIDES AND SKINS (OTHER THAN FURSKINS) AND LEATHER
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Parings or similar waste , of raw hides or skins (heading No 05.05 or. 05.15 );
( b ) Birdskins or parts of birdskins , with their feathers or down , falling within heading No 05.07 or 67.01 ; or
( c) Hides or skins , with the hair on , raw , tanned or dressed ( Chapter 43 ); the following are , however , to be
classified in heading No 41.01 , namely, raw hides or skins with the hair on , of bovine cattle ( including buffalo),
of equine animals , of sheep and lambs ( except Persian , Astrakhan , Caracul arid similar lambs , Indian , Chinese ,
Mongolian and Tibetan lambs), of goats and kids (except Yemen, Mongolian and Tibetan goats and kids), of
swine ( including peccary), of reindeer , of chamois , of gazelle , of deer , of elk , of roebucks or of dogs .
2 . Throughout the Tariff the expression "composition leather" is to be taken to mean only substances of the kind
referred to in heading No 41.10 .
ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
41.01 Raw hides and skins ( fresh, salted, dried, pickled or limed), whether or not split,
including sheepskins in the wool Free Free
41.02 ' Bovine cattle leather ( including buffalo leather) and equine leather, except leather
falling within heading No 41.06 or 41.08 : \
A. East India kip , whole , whether or not the heads and legs have been removed ,
weighing each not more than 4,5 kg net , not further prepared than vegetable
tanned , whether or not having undergone further preservative treatment with
oil , but obviously unsuitable for immediate use in the manufacture of leather
articles Free Free
ll B. Bovine cattle leather ( including buffalo leather) not further prepared thanchrome-tanned , in the wet blue state 9 Free
ll C. Other 9 7
41.03 Sheep and lamb skin leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06 or
41.08 : \
I A. Of Indian hair sheep , not further prepared than vegetable tanned , whether ornot having undergone further preservative treatment with oil , but obviouslyunsuitable for immediate use in the manufacture of leather articles Free Free
ll B. Other : ||I
I. Not further prepared than tanned
II . Other
6
10
"2,5
3,8
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Heading
number Description Autonomous
0/
/O
Conventional
O/
/0
1 2 3 4
41.04 Goat and kid skin leather, except leather (ailing within heading No 41.06 or
41.08 :
A. Of Indian goat or kid , not further prepared than vegetable tanned , whether
or not having undergone further preservative treatment with oil , but
obviously unsuitable for immediate use in the manufacture of leather
articles Free Free
B. Other :
I. Not further prepared than tanned ,
II . Other :
7
10
2,9
3,8
41.05 Other kinds of leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06 or
41.08 : i
A. Of reptiles , not further prepared than vegetable tanned , whether or not
having undergone further preservative treatment with oil , but obviously
unsuitable for immediate use in the manufacture of leather articles Free Free
B. Other :
I. Not further prepared than tanned
II . Other
8
9
3,2
3,5
41.06 Chamois-dressed leather 10 3,8
[41.07]
41.08 Patent leather and imitation patent leather; metallised leather 12 3,8
41.09 Parings and other waste, of leather or of composition or parchment-dressed
leather, not suitable for the manufacture of articles of leather; leather dust ,
powder and flour Free Free
Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, in sheets or41.10
in rolls 10 3,8
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CHAPTER 42
ARTICLES OF LEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS ; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS
AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT)
Notes
1 . This Chapter, does not cover :
( a ) Sterile surgical catgut and similar sterile suture materials ( heading No 30.05 );
(b ) Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (except gloves), lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which
furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming ( heading No 43.03 or 43.04);
(c) String or net bags of Section XI ;
(d ) Articles falling within Chapter 64 ;
( e) Headgear or parts thereof falling within Chapter 65 ;
( f) Whips , riding-crops or other articles of heading No 66.02 ;
( g) Strings , skins for drums and the like , and other parts of musical instruments (heading No 92.10);
( h ) Furniture or parts of furniture ( Chapter 94 );
( ij ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( for example , toys , games and sports requisites); or
(k) Buttons , studs , cuff-links , press-fasteners , including snap-fasteners and press-studs , and blanks and parts of
such articles , falling within heading No 98.01 or Chapter 71 .
2 . For the purposes of heading No 42.03 , the expression "articles of apparel and clothing accessories" is to be taken to
apply , inter alia, to gloves ( including sports gloves), aprons and other protective clothing , braces , belts , bandoliers
and wrist straps , including watch straps .
L Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
42.01 Saddlery and harness, of any material ( for example, saddles, harness, collars ,
traces, knee-pads and boots), for any kind of animal . 18 5,8
42.02 Travel goods (for example, trunks, suit-cases , hat-boxes, travelling-bags ,
rucksacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels , brief-cases, wallets , purses,
toilet-cases , tool-cases, tobacco-pouches , sheaths , cases , boxes (for example, for
arms , musical instruments, binoculars, jewellery , bottles , collars , footwear,
brushes) and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of
vulcanised fibre, of artificial plastic sheeting, of paperboard or of textile fabric :
A. Of artificial plastic sheeting 21 12
B. Of other materials 19 5,1
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories , of leather or of composition
ll leather: l
II A. Articles of apparel 20 7
|| B. Gloves , including mittens and mitts : IlI
ll I. Protective , for all trades 17 ' 10
II II . Special , for sports 19 10
II III . Other ' 19 10
C. Other clothing accessories 19 7
42.04 Articles of leather or of composition leather of a kind used in machinery or
mechanical appliances or for other industrial purposes : \I
Il A. Conveyor or transmission belts or belting 10 3,8
B. Other 13 5,3 •
42.05 Other articles of leather or of composition leather 17 4 '
42.06 Articles , made from gut ( other than silk-worm gut), from goldbeater's skin, from
bladders or from tendons 8 4,4
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CHAPTER 43
FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF
Notes
1 . Throughout the Tariff references to furskins , other than to raw furskins of heading No 43.01 , are to be taken to
apply to hides or skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed with the . hair on .
2 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Birdskins or parts of birdskins , with their feathers or down , falling within heading No 05.07 or 67.01 ;
( b ) Raw hides or skins , with the hair on , of a kind falling within Chapter 41 ( see Note 1 ( c) to that Chapter);
( c) Gloves consisting of leather and furskin or of leather and artificial fur ( heading No 42.03 );
(d ) Articles falling within Chapter 64 ;
( e ) Headgear or parts thereof falling within Chapter 65 ; or
( f) Articles falling within Chapter 97 (for example , toys , games and sports requisites).
3 . For the purposes of heading No 43.02 , the expression "plates , crosses and similar forms" means furskins or parts
thereof ( excluding "dropped" skins ) sewn together in rectangles , crosses or trapeziums , without the addition of
other materials . Other assembled skins ready for immediate use ( or requiring only cutting to become ready for use ),
and skins or parts of skins sewn together in the form of garments or parts or accessories of garments or of other
articles fall within heading No 43.03 .
4 . Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (except those excluded by Note 2 ) lined with furskin or artificial fur or
to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming are to be classified under
heading No 43.03 or 43.04 as the case may be .
5 . Throughout the Tariff the expression "artificial fur" means any imitation of furskin consisting of wool , hair or
other fibres gummed or sewn on to leather , woven fabric or other materials , but does not include imitation furskins
obtained by weaving (heading No 58.04 , for example). f
llIl Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
43.01 Raw furskins Free Free
43.02 ' Furskins, tanned or dressed, including furskins assembled in plates, crosses and
similar forms; pieces or cuttings , of furskin, tanned or dressed , including heads ,
paws, tails and the like ( not being fabricated):
A. Furskins , tanned or dressed , including furskins assembled in plates , crosses
and similar forms 9 3,5
B. Pieces or cuttings , of furskin , tanned or dressed , including heads , paws , tails
and the like (not being fabricated) Free 2,9
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
43.03
43.04
Articles of furskin :
A. Of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant
B. Other
Artificial fur and articles made thereof
18
24
22
4,9
6
5,8
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SECTION IX
WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK;
MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO AND OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS;
BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
CHAPTER 44
WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD ; WOOD CHARCOAL
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Wood of a kind used primarily in perfumery , in pharmacy , or for insecticidal , fungicidal or similar purposes
(heading No 12.07);
( b ) Wood of a kind used primarily in dyeing or in tanning (heading No 14.05 );
( c ) Activated charcoal ( heading No 38.03 );
(d ) Articles falling within Chapter 46 ;
(e ) Footwear or parts thereof falling within Chapter 64 ;
( f) Goods falling within Chapter 66 (for example , umbrellas and walking-sticks and parts thereof);
( g) Goods falling within heading No 68.09 ;
( h ) Imitation jewellery falling within heading No 71.16 ;
( ij ) Goods falling within Section XVII ( for example , wheelwrights' wares);
( k) Goods falling within Chapter 91 (for example , clocks and clock cases);
( 1 ) Musical instruments or parts thereof ( Chapter 92);
(m) Parts of firearms (heading No 93.06 );
(n ) Furniture or parts thereof falling within Chapter 94 ;
( o ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( for example , toys , games and sports requisites); or
(p ) Smoking pipes or the like or parts thereof, buttons , pencils or other articles falling within Chapter 98 .
2 . In this Chapter, the expression "improved wood" means wood which has been subjected to chemical or physical
treatment ( being , in the case of layers bonded together , treatment , in excess of that needed to ensure a good bond),
and which has thereby acquired increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical strength or
resistance to chemical or electrical agencies .
3 . Headings Nos 44.19 to 44.28 are to be taken to apply to articles of the respective descriptions of fibre building
board , plywood , cellular wood , "improved" wood or reconstituted wood as they apply to such articles of wood .
4 . Heading No 44.25 shall be taken not to apply to tools in which metal parts form the blade , working edge , working
surface or other working part .
Additional Note
For the purposes of heading No 44.12, "wood flour" means wood powder of which not more than 8% by weight is
retained by a sieve with an aperture of 0,63 mm .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
. %
Conventional

1 2 3 4
44.01 Fuel wood , in logs , in billets , in twigs or in faggots; wood waste, including
sawdust Free Free
44.02 Wood charcoal ( including shell and nut charcoal), agglomerated or not 13 Free
44.03 Wood in the rough , whether or not stripped of its bark or merely roughed
down :
A. Poles of coniferous wood , injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree ,
not less than 6 m or more than 18 m in length and with a circumference at the
butt end of more than 45 cm but not more than 90 cm
B. Other
8
Free
2,5
Free
44.04 Wood, roughly squared or half-squared , but not further manufactured Free Free
44.05 Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled , but not further prepared , of a thickness
exceeding 5 mm:
A. Small boards for the manufacture of pencils ( a )
B. Coniferous wood , of a length of 125 cm or less and of a thickness of less than
12,5 mm
C. Other
Free
13
Free
Free
3,8
Free
i
[44.06]
44.07 Railway or tramway sleepers of wood :
A. Injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree
B. Other
10
8
3,8
2,7
[44.08]
44.09 Hoopwood; split poles; piles , pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn
lengthwise; chipwood ; drawn wood ; pulpwood in chips or particles ; wood
shavings of a kind suitable for use in the manufacture of vinegar or for the
clarification of liquids ; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned , bent or
otherwise worked , suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrella
handles , tool handles or the like:
A. Drawn wood
B. Pulpwood in chips or particles
C. Wooden sticks , roughly trimmed but not turned , bent or otherwise worked ,
suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks , umbrella handles , tool handles
or the like
D. Other
9
Free
7
8
. 4,4
3,2
2,5
3,2
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
0/
/0
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[44.10]
44.11 Fibre building board of wood or other vegetable material , whether or not bonded
with natural or artificial resins or with other organic binders 15 10
44.12 Wood wool and wood flour . 10 3,8
44.13 Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring,
not assembled), planed , tongued , grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed , centre
V-jointed , beaded , centre-beaded or the like, but not further manufactured . . . 10 4
44.14 Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled but not further prepared , of a thickness
not exceeding 5 mm; veneer sheets and sheets for plywood , of a thickness not
exceeding 5 mm :
A. Small boards for the manufacture of pencils ( a ) '
B. Other
Free
10
Free
6
44.15 Plywood, blockboard , laminboard , battenboard and similar laminated wood
products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood
marquetry 15 10(b )
44.16 Cellular wood panels, whether or not faced with base metal 10 3,8
44.17 "Improved" wood , in sheets , blocks or the like 10 3
44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips , sawdust , wood flour or
1 other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other
organic binding substances, in sheets , blocks or the like 13 10
44.19 Wooden headings and mouldings, including moulded skirting and other moulded
boards 15 3
44.20 Wooden picture frames, photograph frames, mirror frames and the like 15 . 5,1
. 44.21 Complete wooden packing cases, boxes, crates , drums and similar packings :
A. Wholly or partly of plywood , blockboard , laminboard , battenboard or
similar laminated wood products ( including veneered wood panels and
sheets ) •
B. Other :
I. Of fibre building board
II . Other
17
19
13
6,9
7,5
7,5
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(b) Exemption from the payment of duty within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 600 000 m 3 of plywood of coniferous species , without the addition of other
substances :
— of which the faces are not further prepared than the peeling process, of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm , or
— sanded , of a thickness greater than 18,5 mm .
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
44.22 Casks , barrels , vats , tubs, buckets and other coopers' products and parts thereof,
of wood , including staves:
A. Riven staves of wood , not further prepared than sawn on one principal
surface ; sawn staves of wood , of which at least one principal surface has been
cylindrically sawn , not further prepared than sawn 7 2,9
B. Other . . . .14 4,1
44.23 Builders' carpentry and joinery ( including prefabricated and sectional buildings
and assembled parquet flooring panels):
A. Shuttering for concrete constructional work 14 4,1
B. Other : Illl
I. Of fibre building board 19 7,5
l II . Other 14 6
44.24 Household utensils of wood 15 3
44.25 Wooden tools, tool bodies, tool handles , broom and brush bodies and handles;
boot and shoe lasts and trees, of wood :
A. Handles for articles of cutlery , forks and spoons ; brush bodies 16 4,6
B. Other 12 6
44.26 Spools , cops, bobbins , sewing thread reels and the like, of turned wood : I1
A. Reels for sewing thread and the like 9 2,5 .
B. Other 16 2,5
44.27 Standard lamps , table lamps and other lighting fittings, of wood; articles of
furniture, of wood , not falling within Chapter 94 ; caskets , cigarette boxes , trays ,
fruit bowls, ornaments and other fancy articles, of wood ; cases for cutlery, for
drawing instruments or for violins, and similar receptacles , of wood ; articles of
wood for personal use or adornment, of a kind normally carried in the pocket , in
the handbag or on the person; parts of the foregoing articles, of wood :
|| A. Of fibre building board 19 5
B. Other 18 6
44.28 Other articles of wood : I
A. Foundry moulding patterns 7 2,9
ll B. Blind rollers , whether or not fitted with springs 14 4,6
I.I C. Match splints ; wooden pegs or pins for footwear 9 4,4
|| D. Other : ll
Il I. Of fibre building board 19 7,5
II . Other 14 4,9
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CHAPTER 45
CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Footwear or parts of footwear falling within Chapter 64 ;
( b) Headgear or parts of headgear falling within Chapter 65 ; or
( c ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 (for example , toys , games and sports requisites).
2 . Natural cork roughly squared or deprived of the outer bark is to be taken to fall within heading No 45.02 and not
within heading No 45.01 .
\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
45.01 Natural cork, unworked, crushed , granulated or ground; waste cork 7 2,5
45.02 Natural cork in blocks, plates sheets or strips ( including cubes or square slabs, cut
to size for corks or stoppers) 12 5,3
45.03 Articles of natural cork 20 8
45.04 Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or without a binding
substance) and articles of agglomerated cork:
A. Discs for the manufacture of crown corks ( a )
B. Other
11
20
8
8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subejct to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CHAPTER 46
MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO AND OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS;
BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the expression "plaiting materials" includes straw, osier or willow, bamboos , rushes , reeds , strips of
wood , strips of vegetable fibre or bark , unspun natural textile fibres , monofil and strip of artificial plastic materials
or strips of paper , but not strips of leather , of composition leather or of felt , human hair , horsehair , textile rovings
or yarns , or monofil or strip of Chapter 51 .
2 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Twine , cordage , ropes or cables , plaited or not (heading No 59.04);
( b ) Footwear or headgear or parts thereof falling within Chapter 64 or 65 ;
( c ) Vehicles and bodies for vehicles , of. basketware ( Chapter 87 ); or
( d ) Furniture or parts thereof ( Chapter 94 ). '
3 . For the purposes of heading No 46.02 , "plaiting materials bound together in parallel strands" means "plaiting
materials" placed side by side and bound together , in the form of sheets , whether the binding materials are of spun
textile fibre or not .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[46.01 ]
46.02 Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials , for all uses, whether or not
assembled into strips ; plaiting materials bound together in parallel strands or
woven , in sheet form , including matting , mats and screens ; straw envelopes for
bottles :
A. Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials , for all uses , whether or not
assembled into strips :
• I. Of unspun vegetable materials
II . Other
3
13
Free
4,6
B. Coarse matting;, straw envelopes for bottles ; screens and other coarse articles
used for packing or for protection
C. Chinese mats and matting and similar mats and matting
D. Other articles :
I. Of unspun vegetable materials :
a ) Not backed or lined with paper or woven fabric
b ) Backed or lined with paper or woven fabric
II . Of strips of paper , whether or not mixed in any proportion with
vegetable materials . . .
III . Of other plaiting materials
9
14
9
14
14
19
3,8
4,1
4,4
4,1
4,1
4
46.03 Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles of plaiting materials , made directly to
shape; articles made up from goods falling within heading No 46.02; articles of
loofah 18 6,2
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SECTION X
PAPER-MAKING MATERIAL; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD
AND ARTICLES THEREOF
CHAPTER 47
PAPER-MAKING MATERIAL
l Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
Pulp, derived by mechanical or chemical means from any fibrous vegetable47.01
material Free Free
47.02 Waste paper and paperboard ; scrap articles of paper or of paperboard , fit only
for use in paper-making Free ( a )
( a) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 48
PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Stamping foils of heading No 32.09 ;
(b ) Perfume and cosmetic papers ( heading No 33.06 );
( c ) Soap papers ( heading No 34.01 ), paper impregnated or coated with detergent (heading No 34.02) and
cellulose wadding impregnated with polishes , creams or similar preparations ( heading No 34.05 );
( d ) Paper or paperboard , sensitised (heading No 37.03 );
( e ) Paper-reinforced stratified artificial plastic sheeting ( headings Nos 39.01 to 39.06), or vulcanised fibre
(heading No 39.03 ), or articles of such materials ( heading No 39.07);
( f) Goods falling within heading No 42.02 ( for example , travel goods);
(g) Articles falling within any heading in Chapter 46 ( manufactures of plaiting material );
(h ) Paper yarn or textile articles of paper yarn ( Section XI );
( ij ) Abrasive paper (heading No 68.06 ) or paper-backed mica splittings ( heading No 6.8.15 ) (paper coated with
mica powder is , however , to be classified in heading No 48.07);
( k ) Metal foil backed with paper or paperboard ( Section XV);
( 1 ) Perforated paper or paperboard for musical instruments ( heading No 92.10); or
( m ) Goods falling within any heading in Chapter 97 (for example , toys , games and sports requisites ) or Chapter
98 ( for example , buttons).
2 . Subject to the provisions of Note 3 , heading No 48.01 is to be taken to include paper and paperboard which have
been subjected to calendering , super-calendering , glazing or similar finishing , including false water-marking, and
also paper and paperboard coloured or marbled throughout the mass by any method . However , the heading does
not apply to paper or paperboard which has been further processed , for example , by coating or impregnation .
3 . Paper or paperboard answering to a description in two or more of the headings Nos 48.01 to 48.07 is to be
classified under that one of such headings which occurs latest in the Tariff .
4 . Headings Nos 48.01 to 48.07 are to be taken not to apply to paper , paperboard or cellulose wadding:
( a ) In strips or rolls of a width not exceeding 15 cm; or
( b ) In rectangular sheets ( unfolded if necessary ) of which no side exceeds 36 cm ; or
( c) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes .
Except that hand-made paper in any size or shape as made directly and having all its edges deckled remains
classified , subject to the provisions of Note 3 , within heading No 48.01 .
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5 . For the purposes of heading No 48.11 , "wallpaper and lincrusta" are to be taken to apply only to :
( a ) Paper in rolls , suitable for wall or ceiling decoration , being : >
( i ) Paper with one or with two margins , with or without guide marks ; or
( ii ) Paper without margins , surface-coloured or design-printed , coated or embossed , of a width not exceeding
60 cm ;
( b ) Borders , friezes and corners of paper , of a kind used for wall or ceiling decoration .
6 . Heading No 48.15 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to paper wool , paper strip ( whether or not folded or coated )
of a kind used for plaiting , and to toilet paper in rolls or packets , but not to the articles mentioned in Note 7 .
v
7 . Heading No 48.21 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to cards for statistical machines , perforated paper and
paperboard cards for Jacquard and similar machines , paper lace , shelf edging , paper tablecloths , serviettes and
handkerchiefs , paper gaskets , moulded or pressed goods of wood pulp , and dress patterns .
8 . Paper , paperboard and cellulose wadding and articles thereof, printed with characters or pictures which are not
merely incidental to the primary use of the goods are regarded as printed matter falling within Chapter 49 .
However, dress patterns and models, of paper or paperboard, shall be classified within heading No 48.21
regardless of the printing appearing thereon .
Additional Note
For the purpose ofsubheading 48 . 01 A, the expression "newsprint" shall be taken to apply to white paper or to paper
which has been slightly coloured in the pulp, the mechanical pulp content of which represents at least 70 % of the total
fibre content, glazed to an extent not exceeding 130 seconds Bekk, unsized, weighing not less than 40 g/m2, and not
more than 57 g/m 2, with watermarks not less than 4 cm but not more than 10 cm apart, in reels of a width of not less
than 31 cm, containing 8 % or less by weight of fillers, and intended for the printing of daily newspapers, weekly
papers or other periodicals of heading No 49.02, published at least 10 times per year.
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
48.01
I. PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, IN ROLLS OR IN SHEETS
Paper and paperboard ( including cellulose wadding), in rolls or sheets :
A. Newsprint ( a )
B. Cigarette paper
7
14
4,9 ( b )
4,9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b) Exemption from the payment of duty within the limits of a tariff quota .
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llI Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
48.01
(cont'd)
C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
I. For the manufacture of paper yarn of heading No 57.07 or of paper yarn
reinforced with metal or heading No 59.04 ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Paper for large-capacity sacks
6
18
2,5
8
ll b ) Other 18 6
Il D. Paper weighing not more than 15 g / m2 for use in stencil making ( a ) 6 3,8
Il E. Hand-made paper and paperboard 15 5,1
F. Other 18 9
[48.02]l II
48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations thereof, and
glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets 18 10
48.04 Composite paper or paperboard ( made by sticking flat layers together with an
adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated , whether or not internally
reinforced , in rolls or sheets 18 10
48.05 Paper and paperboard , corrugated ( with or without flat surface sheets), creped ,
crinkled , embossed or perforated , in rolls or sheets : II
ll A. Paper and paperboard , corrugated 21 11 .
I B. Other 18 10
[ 48.06] I\
48.07 Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated , surface-coloured, surface-decorated
or printed ( not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or
sheets :
I-I A. Ruled , lined or squared , but not otherwise printed 20 10
Il B. Coated with mica powder 15 7
I C. Bleached paper and paperboard , coated with kaolin or coated or impregnatedwith artificial plastic materials , weighing 160 grams or more per m2 19 8
II D. Other 19 9
48.08 Filter blocks, slabs and plates , of paper pulp 17 10
[48.09]
II . PAPER AND PAPERBOARD CUT TO SIZE OR SHAPE
AND ARTICLES OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD
48.10 Cigarette paper, cut to size, whether or not in the form of booklets or tubes . . 15 5,1
48.11 Wallpaper and lincrusta; window transparencies of paper 19 7
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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■ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
48.12 Floor coverings prepared on a base of paper or of paperboard , whether or not cut
to size, with or without a coating of linoleum compound 19 11
48.13 Carbon and other copying papers (including duplicator stencils ) and transfer
papers, cut to size, whether or not put up in boxes 19 ■ 9
48.14 Writing blocks, envelopes, letter cards , plain postcards, correspondence cards;
boxes, pouches , wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard ,
containing only an assortment of paper stationery 20 12
48.15 Other paper and paperboard , cut to size or shape:
A. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists
of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber 16 . 4,6
B. Other 19 9
48.16 Boxes, bags and other packing containers , of paper or paperboard ; box files ,
letter trays and similar articles , of paper or paperboard , of a kind commonly used
in offices, shops and the like:
A. Boxes , bags and other packing containers 20 12
B. Other 20 11
[48.17] I
48.18 Registers , exercise books, note books, memorandum blocks , order books , receipt
books, diaries, blotting-pads , binders (loose-leaf or other), file covers and other
stationery of paper or paperboard; sample and other albums and book covers, of
paper or paperboard v 21 12
48.19 Paper or paperboard labels , whether or not printed or gummed 20 10
48.20 Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard
(whether or not perforated or hardened ) 19 11
48.21 Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding:
A. Perforated paper and paperboard for Jacquard and similar machines 13 4,6
B. Napkins and napkin liners , for babies :
I. Not put up for retail sale
II . Other
19
19
10
7
C. Fans and hand screens; frames therefor and parts of such frames 21 5,6
D. Bed linen , table linen , toilet linen ( including handkerchiefs and cleaning
tissues) and kitchen linen ; garments 19 11
E. Sanitary towels and tampons 19 10
F. Other :
I. Articles of a kind used for surgical , medical or hygienic purposes , not put
up for retail sale . .
II . Other
19
19
10
11
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CHAPTER 49
PRINTED BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS , PICTURES AND OTHER PRODUCTS
OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY ; MANUSCRIPTS, TYPESCRIPTS AND PLANS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Paper , paperboard , or cellulose wadding , or articles thereof, in which printing is merely incidental to their
primary use ( Chapter 48 );
( b ) Playing cards or other goods falling within any heading in Chapter 97 ; or
( c ) Original engravings , prints or lithographs ( heading No 99.02), postage , revenue or similar stamps falling within
heading No 99.04 , antiques of an age exceeding 100 years or other articles falling within any heading in
Chapter 99 .
2 . Newspapers , journals and periodicals which are bound otherwise than in paper , and sets of newspapers , journals or
periodicals comprising more than one number under a single cover are to be treated as falling within heading
No 49.01 and not within heading No 49.02 .
3 . Heading No 49.01 is to be extended to apply to :
( a ) A collection of printed reproductions of, for example , works of art or drawings , with a relative text , put up with
numbered pages in a form suitable for binding into one or more volumes ;
( b ) A pictorial supplement accompanying , and subsidiary to , a bound volume ; and
(c) Printed parts of books or booklets , in the form of assembled or separate sheets or signatures , constituting the
whole or a part of a complete work and designed for binding .
However , printed pictures or illustrations not bearing a text , whether in the form of signatures or separate sheets ,
fall in heading No 49.11 .-
4 . Headings Nos 49.01 and 49.02 are to be taken not to apply to publications issued for advertising purposes by or
for an advertiser named therein , or to publications which are primarily devoted to advertising ( including tourist
propaganda ). Such publications are to be taken as falling within heading No 49.11 .
5 . For the purposes of heading No 49.03 , the expression "children's picture books" means books for children in which
the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary .
6 . For the purposes of heading No 49.06 , the expression "manuscripts and typescripts" is to be taken to extend to
carbon copies or copies on sensitised paper of manuscripts and typescripts . References in this Chapter to printed
matter of any kind include references to any matter of that kind which is reproduced by means of a duplicating
machine .
7 . For the purposes of heading No 49.09 , the expression "picture postcards" means cards consisting essentially of an
illustration and bearing printed indications of their use .
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
49.01 Printed books , brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter , whether or not in
single sheets Free Free
49.02 Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated . Free Free
49.03 Children's picture books and painting books 15 7,2
49.04 Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated Free Free
49.05 Maps and hydrographic and similar charts of all kinds , including atlases , walK
maps and topographical plans , printed ; printed globes ( terrestrial or celestial):
|| A. Printed globes ( terrestrial or celestial ) 16 4,6
B. Other Free Free
49.06 Plans and drawings , for industrial , architectural , engineering, commercial or
similar purposes, whether original or reproductions on sensitised paper;
manuscripts and typescripts : Free Free
49.07 Unused postage , revenue and similar stamps of current or new issue in the
country to which they are destined; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes, stock,
share and bond certificates and similar documents of title ; cheque books :
A. Postage , revenue and similar stamps 6 2,5 '
B. Banknotes Free Free
C. Other :
\ I. Signed and numbered Free Free
II . Other 15 5,1
49.08 Transfers (Decalcomanias) 13 5,3
49.09 Picture postcards, Christmas and other picture greeting cards, printed by any
process, with or without trimmings 15 6,5
49.10 Calendars of any kind , of paper or paperboard , including calendar blocks .... 19 6
49.11 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs:
A. Sheets (not being trade advertising material ), not folded , merely with
illustrations or pictures not bearing a text or caption , for editions of books or
periodicals which are published in different countries in one or more
languages ( a ) Free Free
B. Other 16 5,8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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SECTION XI
TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES
Notes
1 . This Section does not cover :
( a ) Animal brush making bristles or hair ( heading No 05.02 ); horsehair or horsehair waste ( heading
No 05.03 );
( b ) Human hair or articles of human hair ( heading No 05.01 , 67.03 or 67.04 ), except straining cloth of a kind
commonly used in oil presses and the like ( heading No 59.17 );
(c) Vegetable materials falling within Chapter 14 ;
( d ) Asbestos of heading No 25.24 or articles of asbestos and other products of heading No 68.13 or 68.14 ;
( e ) Articles falling within heading No 30.04 or 30.05 ( for example , wadding , gauze , bandages and similar
articles for medical or surgical purposes , sterile surgical suture materials );
( f) Sensitised textile fabric (heading No 37.03 );
( g) Monofil of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm and strip ( artificial straw and the like ) of a
width exceeding 5 mm , of artificial plastic material ( Chapter 39 ) or plaits or fabrics of such monofil or strip
( Chapter 46 );
( h ) Woven textile fabrics , felt , bonded fibre fabrics or similar bonded yarn fabrics , impregnated , coated , covered
or laminated with rubber , and articles thereof, falling within Chapter 40 ;
( ij ) Skins with their wool on ( Chapter 41 or 43 ) or articles of furskin , artificial fur or articles thereof, falling
within heading No 43.03 or 43.04 ;
( k ) Articles of textile materials falling within heading No 42.01 or 42.02 ;
( 1 ) Products and articles of Chapter 48 ( for example , cellulose wadding);
(m) Footwear or parts of footwear , gaiters or leggings or similar articles classified in Chapter 64 ;
(n ) Headgear or parts thereof falling within Chapter 65 ;
( o ) Hair nets ( heading No 65.05 or 67.04 , as the case may be );
(p ) Goods falling within Chapter 67 ;
( q ) Abrasive-coated threads , cords or fabric (heading No 68.06 );
( r) Glass fibre or articles of glass fibre , other than embroidery with glass thread on a visible ground of fabric
( Chapter 70 );
( s ) Articles falling within Chapter 94 (furniture and bedding); or
( t ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( for example , toys , games and sports requisites ).
2 . (A ) Goods classifiable in any heading in Chapters 50 to 57 and of a mixture of two or more textile materials are
to be classified as if consisting wholly of that one textile material which predominates in weight over any other
single textile material .
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( B ) For the purposes of the above rule :
( a ) Metallised yarn is to be treated as a single textile material and its weight is to be taken as the aggregate of
the weight of the textile and metal components ; for the classification of woven fabrics , metal thread is to be
regarded as a textile material ;
( b ) Where a heading refers to goods of different textile materials ( for example : ( i ) silk and waste silk , ( ii ) carded
sheep's or lambs' wool and combed sheep's or lambs' wool ), such materials are to be treated as a single
textile material .
( C ) The provisions of paragraphs (A ) and ( B ) above are to be applied also to the yarns referred to in Notes 3 and 4
below .
3 . (A ) For the purposes of this Section , and subject to tlfe exceptions in paragraph ( B ) below , yarns ( single , multiple
or cabled) of the following descriptions are to be treated as "twine , cordage , ropes and cables":
( a ) Of silk , noil or other waste silk , of a weight exceeding 2 g / m (2 000 tex );
( b ) Of man-made fibres ( including yarn of two or more monofil of Chapter 51 ), of a weight exceeding 1 g / m
(1 000 tex);
( c) Of true hemp or flax :
( i ) Polished or glazed , of which the length per kilograrti , multiplied by the number of constituent strands ,
is less than 7 000 m ;
( ii ) ,Not polished or glazed and of a weight exceeding 2 g / m ;
(d ) Of coir , consisting of three or more plies ;
( e ) Of other vegetable fibres of a weight exceeding 2 g/ m ; or
( f) Reinforced with metal .
( B ) Exceptions :
( a ) Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool or other animal hair and paper yarn other than yarn reinforced with
metal ;
( b ) Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres ( discontinuous), and multifilament yarn
without twist or with a twist of less than five turns per metre ;
(c) Silk worm gut imitation catgut of silk or of man-made fibres , and monofil of Chapter 51 ;
(d ) Metallised yarn , not being yarn reinforced with metal ; and
( e ) Chenille yarn and gimped yarn .
4 . (A) For the purposes of Chapters 50 , 51 , 53 , 54 , 55 and 56 , the expression "put up for retail sale" in relation to
yarn means , subject to the exceptions in paragraph ( B ) below , yarn put up :
( a ) In balls or on cards , reels , tubes or similar supports , of a weight ( including support ) not exceeding :
( i ) 200 g in the case of flax and ramie ;
( ii ) 85 g in the case of silk , noil or other waste silk , and . man-made fibres ( continuous); or
( iii ) 125 g in other cases ;
( b ) In hanks or skeins of a weight not exceeding :
( i ) 85 g in the case of silk , noil or other waste silk and man-made fibres ( continuous); or
( ii ) 125 g in other cases ;
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( c) In hanks or skeins comprising several smaller hanks or skeins separated by dividing threads which render .
them independent one of the other , each of uniform weight not exceeding :
. ( i ) 85 g in the case of silk , noil or other waste silk , and man-made fibres ( continuous); or
( ii ) 125 g in other cases .
( B ) Exceptions :
( a ) Single yarn of any textile material except :
( i ) Single yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair , unbleached ; and
( ii ) Single yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair , bleached , dyed or printed , of a length less •
than 2000 m / kg;
( b ) Multiple or cabled yarn , unbleached :
( i ) Of silk , noil or other waste silk , however put up ; or
( ii ) Of other textile material except sheep's or lambs' wool or fine animal hair , in hanks or skeins ;
( c) Multiple or cabled yarn of silk , noil or other waste silk , bleached , dyed or printed , of a length not less than
75000 m / kg, measured multiple ; and
( d ) Single , multiple or cabled yarn of any textile material :
( i ) In cross-reeled hanks or skeins ; or
( ii ) Put up on supports or in some other manner indicating its use in the textile industry ( for example , on
cops , twisting mill tubes , pirns , conical bobbins or spindles , or reeled in the form of cocoons for
embroidery looms).
( C) The above provisions relating to flax and ramie are also applicable in respect of hemp.
5 . ( a ) For the purposes of heading No 55.07 and subheading 56.07 A I, "gauze" means a fabric with a warp
composed wholly or in part of standing or ground threads and crossing or doup threads which cross the
standing or ground threads making a half turn , a complete turn or more to form loops through which weft
threads pass .
(b ) For the purposes of heading No 58.08 , "plain" means consisting solely of a single series of regular meshes of
the same shape or size without any pattern or filling-in of the meshes . In applying this definition no account is
to be taken of any minor open spaces which are inherent in the formation of the meshes .
6 . For the purposes of this Section , the expression "made up" means :
( a ) Cut otherwise than into rectangles ;
( b ) Made and finished by weaving and ready for use ( or merely needing separation by cutting dividing threads) and
not requiring sewing or further fabrication ( for example , certain dusters , towels , table cloths , scarf squares and
blankets);
(c) Hemmed or with rolled edges (except fabrics in the piece which have been cut from wider pieces and hemmed
or rolled merely to prevent unravelling), or with a knotted fringe at any of the edges ;
( d ) Cut to size and having undergone a process of drawn thread work;
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( e ) Assembled by sewing , gumming or otherwise ( other than piece goods consisting of two or more lengths of
identical material joined end to end and piece goods composed of two or more fabrics assembled in layers ,
whether or not padded).
7 . The headings of Chapters 50 to 57 and , except where the context otherwise requires , the headings of Chapters 58
to 60 , are to be taken not to apply to goods made up within the meaning of Note 6 above . Chapters 50 to 57 are to
be taken not to apply to goods falling within Chapter 58 or 59 .
8 . The woven fabrics of Chapters 50 to 57 are to be taken to include fabrics consisting of layers of parallel textile
yarns superimposed on each other at acute or right angles . These layers are bonded at the intersections of the yarns
by an adhesive or by thermal bonding .
Additional Note
Textile goods, classifiable in any heading in Chapters 58 to 63 and containing two or more, textile materials, shall,
where appropriate, be classified within the headings of those Chapters as if consisting wholly of that one textile
material which predominates in weight over any other single textile material. The provisions of Note 2 (B) to this
Section shall also apply.
For the application of this rule:
(a) Where appropriate, only the part which determines the classification under interpretative Rule 3 shall be taken into
account;
(b) In the case of textile products consisting of a ground fabric and a pile or looped surface, no account shall be taken
of the ground fabric;
(c) In the case of embroidery of heading No 58.10, only the ground fabric shall be taken into account. However,
embroidery without visible ground shall be classified with reference to the embroidering threads alone .
CHAPTER SO
SILK AND WASTE SILK
I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
50.01 Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling 2 1
50.02 Raw silk ( not thrown) 10 3,8
50.03 Silk waste ( including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, silk noils and pulled or
garnetted rags) Free Free
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
50.04 Silk yarn , other than yarn of noil or other waste silk, not put up for retail sale 12 4,9
50.05 Yarn spun from noil or other waste silk, not put up for retail sale :
A. Spun from waste silk , other than noil . 7 .2,9 .
B. Other 5 2,2
[ 50.06]
50.07 Silk yarn and yarn spun from noil or other waste silk , put up for retail sale ;
silk-worm gut; imitation catgut of silk :
A. Silk yarn 13 6,2
B. Yarn spun from noil or other waste silk 11 3,8
C. Silk-worm gut ; imitation catgut of silk 7 2,9
[50.08]
50.09 Woven fabrics of silk, of noil or other waste silk :
A. Of silk or of waste silk other than noil :
ll I. Crepes 17 6,9
II . Pongee , habutai , honan , shantung , corah and similar Far Eastern fabrics ,
wholly of silk ( not mixed with noil or other waste silk or with other
textile materials ):
II a ) Plain-woven , unbleached or not further processed than scoured ... 16 5,3
l.I b ) Other - 17 7,5
ll III . Other 17 7,2
B. Of noil silk 17 3
[50.10]
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CHAPTER SI
MAN-MADE FIBRES (CONTINUOUS)
Notes
1 . Throughout the Tariff, the term "man-made fibres*' means fibres or filaments of organic polymers produced by
manufacturing processes , either :
( a ) By polymerisation or condensation of organic monomers , for example , polyamides , polyesters , polyurethanes
and polyvinyl derivatives ; or
(b ) By chemical transformation of natural organic polymers (such as cellulose , casein , proteins and algae), for
example , viscose rayon , cuprammonium rayon ( cupra ), cellulose acetate and alginates .
The terms "synthetic" and "regenerated", used in relation to man-made fibres , mean :
— synthetic : fibres and filaments as defined in paragraph ( a);
— regenerated : fibres and filaments as defined in paragraph ( b).
2 . Heading No 51.01 is to be taken not to apply to continuous filament tow of man-made fibres falling within
Chapter 56 .
3 . The expression "yarn of man-made fibres (continuous)" is to be taken not to apply to yarn (known as "ruptured
filament yarn") of which the majority of the filaments have been ruptured by passage through rollers or other
devices (Chapter 56 ).
4 . Monofil of man-made fibre materials of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm is to be classified in
heading No 51.01 when of a weight less than 6,6 mg/ m ( 6,6 tex) and in heading No 51.02 in other cases . Monofil
of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm is to be classified in Chapter 39 .
Strip ( artificial straw and the like) of man-made fibre materials is to be classified in heading No 51.02 when of a
width not exceeding 5 mm and in Chapter 39 in other cases .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
51.01 Yarn of man-made fibres (continuous), not put up for retail sale :
A. Yarn of synthetic textile fibres 15 9
|| B. Yarn of regenerated textile fibres : I
|| I. Hollow-filament yarn 15 2,2
II . Other 15 9,5
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
51.02 Monofil , strip ( artificial straw and the like) and imitation catgut , of man-made
fibre materials :
A. Of synthetic textile materials :
I. Monofil '. 13 5,8
II . Other ... 14 6,3
B. Of regenerated textile materials : I
I. Monofil 9 3,5
II . Other 10 3,8
51.03 Yarn of man-made fibres (continuous), put up for retail sale :
I A. Yarn of synthetic textile fibres 19 6
B. Yarn of regenerated textile fibres 18 5,8
51.04 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres ( continuous), including woven fabrics of
monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02 :
A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres : v
ll I. For tyres . 21 11
II II . Fabrics containing elastomeric yarn 21 11
III . Fabrics made from strip or the like of polyethylene or polypropylene , of a
width of:
II a ) Less than 3 m 21 11
II b ) 3 m or more 21 11
ll IV . Other 21 11
II B. Woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres :
II I. For tyres 20 11
|| II . Fabrics containing elastomeric yarn 20 11
III . Other 20 11
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CHAPTER 52.
METALLISED TEXTILES
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
0//o
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
Metallised yarn , being textile yarn spun with metal or covered with metal by any52.01
10 4,9process
52.02 Woven fabrics of metal thread or of metallised yarn, of a kind used in articles of
apparel , as furnishing fabrics or the like 17 5,6
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CHAPTER 53
WOOL AtfD OTHER ANIMAL HAIR
Note
The expression "fine animal hair" means hair of alpaca , llama , vicuna , yak , camel , Angora , Tibetan , Kashmir and
similar goats (but not common goats ), rabbit ( including Angora rabbit ), hare , beaver , nutria and musk rat .
I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
53.01 Sheep's or Iambs' wool, not carded or combed Free Free
53.02 Other animal hair ( fine or coarse), not carded or combed : I
A. Coarse animal hair , prepared ( for example , bleached , dyed ) and artificially
curled 3 1,4
B. Other Free Free
53.03 Waste of sheep's or lambs' wool or of other animal hair ( fine or coarse ), not
pulled or garnetted Free Free
53.04 Waste of sheep's or lambs' wool or of other animal hair ( fine or coarse), pulled or
garnetted (including pulled or garnetted rags) Free Free
53.05 Sheep's or lambs' wool or other animal hair (fine or coarse), carded or combed 3 2,5
53.06 Yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool (woollen yarn), not put up for retail
sale : I
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of wool and fine animal
3,8 ( a )
B. Other 10 5,3
53.07 Yarn of combed sheep's or lambs' wool ( worsted yarn), not put up for retail
sale :
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of wool and fine animal
hair :
|| I. Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool 5 3,8
ll II . Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool and fine animal hair . . . 5 6,2
B. Other : l\
I. Containing a total of more than 10 % by weight of textile materials of
Chapter 50 7 2,9
II . Other 10 6,2
53.08 Yarn of fine animal hair ( carded or combed), not put up for retail sale : I
A. Carded ; 5 3,2
B. Combed 5 3,2
53.09 Yarn of horsehair or of other coarse animal hair, not put up for retail sale . . . 9 3,5
( a ) See Annex .
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 . 2 3 . 4
53.10 Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool, of horsehair or of other animal hair ( fine or
coarse), put up for retail sale 11 6,5
53.11 Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair :
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of such fibres 13 ( a )
|| B. Other : I\
I I. Containing a total of more than 10 % by weight of textile materials of
ll Chapter 50 17 7,2
II . Other 18 17
53.12 Woven fabrics of horsehair or of other coarse animal hair 16 5,3
[ 53.13]
( a ) See Annex .
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CHAPTER 54
FLAX AND RAMIE
l - Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
' %
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
54.01 Flax , raw or processed but not spun ; flax tow and waste ( including pulled or
garnetted rags ) Free —
54.02 Ramie, raw or processed but not spun ; ramie noils and waste ( including pulled or
garnetted rags) Free Free
54.03 Flax or ramie yarn , not put up for retail sale :
A. Flax yarn , polished or glazed 16 5,8
I B. Other :
I. Single , measuring per kg :
I a ) 45 000 m or less 10 4,6 ( a )
b ) More than 45000 m 6 3,8
II . Multiple or cabled 10 4,9
54.04 Flax or ramie yarn , put up for retail sale :
A. Flax yarn , polished or glazed 16 6,2
B. Other 17 5,6
54.05 Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie 21 14
( a ) Duty reduced to 1,8 % in respect of unbleached flax yarn ( other than tow yarn ) of a length of 30000 m or less per kilogram , intended for the manufacture
of multiple or cabled yarn for the footwear industry or for whipping cables , within the limits of an annual quota of 400 tonnes to be granted by the competent
authorities . The granting of such quotas shall , moreover , be subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CHAPTER 55
COTTON
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
55.01 Cotton , not carded or combed Free Free
55.02 Cotton linters . Free Free
55.03 Cotton waste ( including pulled or garnetted rags), not carded or combed .... Free Free
55.04 Cotton, carded or combed 3 1,4
55.05 Cotton yarn, not put for retail sale :
A. Multiple or cabled , finished , in balls or on cards , reels , tubes or similar
supports , of a weight ( including support) not exceeding 900 g 10 6
B. Other :
I. Measuring , per single yarn , 120000 m or more per kg :
a ) Single yarns 10 4
\ b ) Other . ' 10 6
II . Other 10 6
55.06 Cotton yarn , put up for retail sale 16 9
55.07 Cotton gauze 15 5,8
55.08 Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton 18 10
55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton :
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton :
li I. Of a width of less than 85 cm 17 10
li II . Other 17 10
B. Other :
ll I. Of a width of less than 85 cm 19 10
II : Other 19 10
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CHAPTER 56
MAN-MADE FIBRES (DISCONTINUOUS )
Note
Heading No 56.02 is to be taken to apply only to continuous filament tow of man-made fibres , consisting of parallel
filaments of a uniform length equal to the length of the tow, meeting the following specification :
( a ) Length of tow exceeding 2 m ;
( b ) Twist less than five turns per metre ;
( c ) Weight per filament less than 6,6 mg/ m ( 6,6 tex);
( d ) In the case of filaments described in Note 1 ( a ) to Chapter 51 , the tow must be drawn , that is to say , be incapable
of being stretched by more than 100 % of its length ;
( e ) Total weight of tow more than 2 g/m (2 000 tex).
Tow of a length not exceeding 2 m is to be classified in heading No 56.01 .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
56.01 Man-made fibres ( discontinuous), not carded , combed or otherwise prepared for
spinning: \
A. Synthetic textile fibres 14 7,5
B. Regenerated textile fibres 12 8
56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
(discontinuous):
A. Of synthetic textile fibres 14 . 7,5
B. Of regenerated textile fibres 12 7,5
56.03 Waste (including yarn waste and pulled or garnetted rags) of man-made fibres
(continuous or discontinuous), not carded , combed or otherwise prepared forI
spinning: \
|| A. Of synthetic textile fibres 14 7
B. Of regenerated textile fibres 12 8
56.04 Maii-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste), carded , combed or otherwise
II prepared for spinning:
ll A. Synthetic textile fibres 14 8
B. Regenerated textile fibres 13 10
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
'%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
56.05 Yam of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale :
A. Of synthetic textile fibres ; 15 9
B. Of regenerated textile fibres . 14 9
56.06 Yarn of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste), put up for retail sale :
A. Of synthetic textile fibres 19 9
B. Of regenerated textile fibres 19 9
56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste):
li A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
li I. Gauze weighing not less than 80 g / m2 but not more than 120 g / m2 21 10
|| II . Other 21 11
B. Of regenerated textile fibres 19 11
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CHAPTER 57
OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS; PAPER YARN AND
WOVEN FABRICS OF PAPER YARN
\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
57.01 True hemp ("Cannabis sativa"), raw or processed but not spun ; tow and waste of
true hemp (including pulled or garnetted rags or ropes) Free —
57.02 Manila hemp (abaca) ("Musa textilis"), raw or processed but not spun; tow and
waste of manila hemp ( including pulled or garnetted rags or ropes ) Free Free
57.03 Jute and other textile bast fibres not elsewhere specified or included , raw or
processed but not spun ; tow and waste thereof ( including pulled or garnetted rags
or ropes) Free Free
57.04 Other vegetable. textile fibres , raw or processed but not spun ; waste of such fibres
( including pulled or garnetted rags or ropes) Free Free
[57.05 ]
57.06 Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 10 5,3
57.07 Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn :
A. Yarn of true hemp :
I. Not put up for retail sale :
a ) Polished or glazed
b ) Other
II . Put up for retail sale
16
10
16
5.8
3
4.9
B. Coir yarn Free Free
li C. Paper yarn 10 5,3
li D. Other 10 3,8
[57.08] l
[ 57.09]
57.10 Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 :
A. Of a width of not more than 150 cm and weighing per square metre :
I. Less than 310 g
II . Not less than 310 g but not more than 500 g
III . More than 500 g
23
23
23
8,9
8,7
7,7
|| B. Of a width of more than 150 cm 23 9,3
57.11 Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres ; woven fabrics of paper yarn :
li A. Of true hemp 21 6,3
ll B. Of paper yarn 19 5,8
C. Other 20 6,2
[57.12]
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CHAPTER 58
CARPETS, MATS, MATTING AND TAPESTRIES; PILE AND CHENILLE FABRICS; NARROW FABRICS;
TRIMMINGS; TULLE AND OTHER NET FABRICS; LACE ; EMBROIDERY
Notes
1 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken not to apply to coated or impregnated fabrics , elastic fabrics or elastic
trimmings , machinery belting or other goods falling within Chapter 59 . However , embroidery on any textile base
falls within heading No 58.10 .
2 . In headings Nos 58.01 and 58.02 , the words "carpets" and "rugs" are to be taken to extend to similar articles
having the characteristics of floor coverings but intended for use for other purposes . These headings are to be taken
not to apply to felt carpets , which fall within Chapter 59 .
3 . For the purposes of heading No 58.05 , the expression "narrow woven fabrics" means :
( a ) Woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm , whether woven as such or cut from wider pieces , provided with
selvedges (woven , gummed or made otherwise ) on both edges ;
( b ) Tubular woven fabrics of a flattened width not exceeding 30 cm ; and
( c ) Bias binding with folded edges , of a width when unfolded not exceeding 30 cm .
Narrow woven fabrics in the form of fringes are to be treated as falling within heading No 58.07 .
4 . Heading No 58.08 is to be taken not to apply to nets or netting in the piece made of twine , cordage or rope which
are to be taken as falling within heading No 59.05 .
5 . In heading No 58.10 , the expression "embroidery" means , inter alia, embroidery with metal or glass thread on a
visible ground of textile fabric and sewn appliqu£ work of sequins , beads or ornamental motifs of textile or other
materials . The heading is to be taken not to apply to needlework tapestry ( heading No 58.03 ).
6 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken to include goods of the descriptions specified therein when made of
metal thread and of a kind used in apparel , as furnishings or the like .
Additional Note
For the purposes of applying the maximum rate of duty provided for in respect of carpets, carpeting and rugs falling
within subheading 58.01 A II, the dutiable surface shall not include the heading, the selvedges and the fringes.
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I\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous .
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
58.01 Carpets , carpeting and rugs , knotted ( made up or not):
A. Of wool or of fine animal hair :
I. Containing a total of more than 10 % by weight of silk or of waste silk
other than noil
II . Other .
40
32
subject to
a max. of
5 ECU
per m2
8,9
9,6
subject to
a max. of
2,80 ECU
per m 2
B. Of silk , of waste silk other than noil , of synthetic textile fibres , of yarn falling
within heading No 52.01 or of metal threads 40 8,9
C. Of other textile materials 24 6,9
58.02 Other carpets , carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, and "Kelem", "Schumacks" and
"Karamanie" rugs and the like ( made up or not):
A. Carpets , carpeting , rugs , mats and matting:
I. Coir mats and matting
II . Other :
a ) Tufted carpets , carpeting , rugs , mats and matting
b ) Other
23
23
23
8
14
8,9
B. "Kelem", "Schumacks" and "Karamanie" rugs and the like 21 6,3
58.03 Tapestries, hand-made, of the type Gobelins , Flanders, Aubusson , Beauvais and
the like, and needle-worked tapestries ( for example, petit point and cross stitch )
made in panels and the like by hand 21 5,6
58.04 Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics (other than terry towelling or similar terry
fabrics of cotton falling within heading No 55.08 and fabrics falling within
heading No 58.05 ) 19 15
58.05 Narrow woven fabrics, and narrow fabrics ( bolduc) consisting of warp without
weft assembled by means of an adhesive, other than goods falling within heading
No 58.06 :
A. Narrow woven fabrics :
I. Pile fabrics or chenille fabrics :
a ) Of man-made fibres or of cotton
b ) Of silk , of noil silk or of other waste silk
c) Of other textile materials
II . Other
21
20
18
18
6,3
6,2
4,9
7,5
B. Bolduc , 16 6,2
58.06 Woven labels , badges and the like, not embroidered , in the piece, in strips or cut
to shape or size 20 6,2
58.07 Chenille yarn ( including flock chenille yarn), gimped yarn ( other than metallised -
yarn of heading No 52.01 and gimped horsehair yarn ); braids and ornamental
trimmings in the piece; tassels , pompons and the like :
A. Braids of a width of 5 cm or less , of man-made fibres (including monofil or
strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02), of flax , of ramie or of vegetable textile
fibres of Chapter 57 13 4,6
B. Other 16 5,3
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
% ■
1 2 3 4
58.08 Tulle and other net fabrics (but not including woven , knitted or crocheted
fabrics ), plain :
'
A. Tulle or other net fabrics not comprised in B below 20 6,2
B. Knotted net fabrics 22 • 6,5
58.09 Tulle and other net fabrics ( but not including woven, knitted or crocheted
fabrics), figured; hand or mechanically made lace, in the piece, in strips or in
motifs :
A. Tulle and other net fabrics 22 13
|| B. Lace: ||
II I. Hand-made 20 13
II . Mechanically made 23 11,5
58.10 Embroidery, in the piece, in strips or in motifs :
A. Embroidery without visible ground :
li I. Of a value of more than 35 ECU per kg net weight 17 5,8
ll II . Other 17 13
ll B. Other :
I. Of a value of more than 17,5 ECU per kg net weight 17 5,8
II . Other 17 7 > 2
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CHAPTER 59
WADDING AND FELT ; TWINE , CORDAGE , ROPES AND CABLES; SPECIAL FABRICS ; IMPREGNATED AND
COATED FABRICS ; TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE
Notes
1 . ( A) For the purposes of this Chapter , the expression "textile fabric" is to be taken to apply only to the textile
fabrics of Chapters 50 to 57 and headings Nos 58.04 and 58.05 , the braids and trimmings in the piece of
heading No 58.07 , the tulle and other net fabrics of headings Nos 58.08 and 58.09 , lace of heading No 58.09
and the knitted and crocheted fabrics of heading No 60.01 .
( B ) Throughout the Tariff , the term "felt" is to be taken to include fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres the
cohesion of which has been enhanced by a stitch-bonding process using fibres from the web itself.
2 . ( A ) Heading No 59.08 is to be taken to apply to textile fabrics impregnated , coated , covered or laminated with
preparations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials whatever the weight per square metre
and whatever the nature of the plastic material (compact , foam , sponge or expanded ).
It does not , however , cover :
( a ) Fabrics in which the impregnation , coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye ( usually Chapters
50 to 58 and 60 ); for the purpose of this provision , no account should be taken of any resulting change of
colour ;
( b ) Products which cannot , without fracturing , be bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of 7 mm , at a
temperature between 15 and 30 °C ( usually Chapter 39 ); or
( c ) Products in which the textile fabric is either completely embedded in artificial plastic material or coated or
covered on both sides with such material ( Chapter 39 ).
( B ) Heading No 59.12 does not apply to :
( a ) Fabrics in which the impregnation or coating cannot be seen with the naked eye ( usually Chapters 50 to 58
and 60 ); for the purpose of this provision , no account should be taken of any resulting change of
colour ;
( b ) Fabrics painted with designs (other than painted canvas being theatrical scenery , studio back-cloths or the
like);
(c) Fabrics covered with flock , dust , powdered cork or the like and bearing designs resulting from these
treatments ; or
(d ) Fabrics finished with normal dressings having a basis of amylaceous or similar substances .
3 . In heading No 59.11 the expression "rubberised textile fabrics" means :
( a ). Textile fabrics impregnated , coated , covered or laminated with rubber :
( i ) Weighing not more than 1 500 g/ m2 ; or
( ii ) Weighing more than 1 500 g/ m2 and containing more than 50 % by weight of textile material ;
( b ) Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber , irrespective of their weight per square
metre ; and
( c ) Plates , sheets and strip , of expanded , foam or sponge rubber , combined with textile fabric , other than those
falling in Chapter 40 by virtue of the last paragraph of Note 2 to that Chapter .
4 . Heading No 59.16 is to . be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Transmission , conveyor or elevator belting of a thickness of less than 3 mm ; or
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( b ) Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated , coated , covered or laminated
with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated or coated with rubber (heading No 40.10).
5 . Heading No 59.17 is to be taken to apply to the following goods which are to be taken as not falling within any
other heading of Section XI :
( a ) Textile products (other than those having the character of the products of headings Nos 59.14 to 59.16), the
following only :
( i ) Textile fabric , felt and felt-lined woven fabric , coated , covered or laminated with rubber , leather or other
material , of a kind commonly used for card clothing , and similar fabric of a kind commonly used in
machinery or plant ;
( ii ) Bolting cloth ;
( iii ) Straining cloth of a kind commonly used in oil presses and the like , of textile fibres or of human hair ;
( iv ) Woven textile fabrics , whether or not felted , impregnated or coated , of a kind commonly used in
paper-making or other machinery , tubular or endless with single or multiple warp and / or weft , or flat
woven with multiple warp and / or weft ;
( v ) Textile fabrics reinforced with metal , of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant;
( vi ) Textile fabrics of the metallised yarn falling within heading No 52.01 , of a kind commonly used in
paper-making or other machinery ;
( vii ) Cords , braids and the like , whether or not coated , impregnated or reinforced with metal , of a kind
commonly used in machinery or plant as packing or lubricating materials ;
( b ) Textile articles ( other than those of headings Nos 59.14 to 59.16 ) of a kind commonly used in machinery or
plant ( for example , gaskets , washers , polishing discs and other machinery parts ). Textile fabrics, wadding, felt
or bonded fibre or similar bonded yarn fabrics, in the piece, cut to length or simply cut to rectangular shape, are
not considered to be textile articles of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant.
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
59.01 Wadding and articles of wadding; textile flock and dust and mill neps : - I
A. ,Wadding and articles of wadding :
I. Of man-made fibres : I
a ) Rolls of a diameter of not more than 8 mm 10 3,8
I b ) Other 10 5,3
II . Of other textile materials 10 3,8 ,
B. Flock and dust and mill neps :
I. Of man-made fibres 8 3,2
II . Of other textile materials Free Free
59.02 Felt and articles of felt, whether or not impregnated or coated : I
A. Felt in the piece or simply cut to rectangular shape 16 6,7
B. Other 19 6
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llI Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
59.03 Bonded fibre fabrics , similar bonded yarn fabrics, and articles of such fabrics,
whether or not impregnated or coated :
ll A. Carpets and other floor coverings 23 8,9
I B. Other ! 18 6,9
59.04 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables , plaited or not
r
16 12
59.05 Nets and netting made of twine , cordage or rope, and made up fishing nets of
yarn , twine, cordage or rope :
A. Fishing nets and netting:
Il I. Of vegetable textile materials 14 11
ll II . Of other textile materials 19 11
\ B. Other :
I. Of man-made fibres 19 12,5
I II . Of other textile materials 19 9
59.06 Other articles made from yarn, twine , cordage , rope or cables, other than textile
fabrics and articles made from such fabrics 18 5,8
59.07 Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the
outer covers of books and the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas;
buckram and similar fabrics for hat foundations and similar uses 18 6,5
59.08 Textile fabrics impregnated, coated , covered or laminated with preparations of
cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials 18 12
[ 59.09]
59.10 Linoleum and materials prepared on a textile base in a similar manner to
linoleum, whether or not cut to shape or of a kind used as floor coverings; floor
coverings consisting of a coating applied on a textile base, cut to shape or not 20 5,3
59.11 Rubberised textile fabrics, other than rubberised knitted or crocheted goods :
A. Rubberised textile fabrics not comprised in B below :
\ I. Adhesive strips , of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of whichconsists of unvulcanised natural or synthetic rubber 16 4,6
ll II . Fabrics combined with expanded foam or sponge rubber 18 5,8
II III . Other :
II a ) For tyres 18 5,6
II b ) Other 18 5,6
\ B. Fabrics mentioned in Note 3 ( b ) to this Chapter 15 12
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CHAPTER 60
KNITTED AND CROCHETED GOODS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Crochet lace of heading No 58.09 ;
( b ) Knitted or crocheted goods falling within Chapter 59 ;
(c) Corsets , corset-belts , suspender-belts , brassieres , braces , suspenders , garters or the like ( heading No 61.09 );
( d ) Old clothing or other articles falling within heading No 63.01 ; or
( e ) Orthopaedic appliances , surgical belts , trusses or the like (heading No 90.19 ). .
2 . Headings Nos 60.02 to 60.06 are to be taken to apply to knitted or crocheted articles and to parts thereof:
( a ) Knitted or crocheted directly to shape , whether imported as separate items or in the form of a number of items
in the . length ;
( b ) Made up , by sewing or otherwise .
3 . For the purposes of heading No 60.06 , knitted or crocheted articles are not considered to be elastic articles only by
reason of their containing rubber thread or elastic forming merely a supporting band .
4 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken to include goods of the descriptions specified therein when made of
metal thread and of a kind used in apparel , as furnishings or the like .
5 . For the purposes of this Chapter :
( a ) "Elastic" means consisting of textile materials combined with rubber threads ; and
( b ) "Rubberised" means impregnated , coated , covered or laminated with rubber , or made with textile thread
impregnated , coated or covered with . rubber .
6 . Throughout the Tariff, any reference to knitted goods is to be taken to include a reference to stitch-bonded goods
• in which the chain stitches are formed of textile yarn .
Additional Notes
1 . A. For the purposes of subheading 60.05 A II b) 4ff), "suits and co-ordinate suits " shall be considered to be sets of
two or three knitted or crocheted garments comprising:
(a) one of the following garments covering the lower part of the body:
— trousers,
— shorts,
and
(b) one or two of the following garments covering the upper part of the body:
— jacket or blazer,
— windcheater, waister jacket and the like,
— shirt,
— jersey, pullover, slip-over, waistcoat, twinset, cardigan or jumper,
— tunic or other outer garment of subheading 60.05 A II b) 4 11).
All the components of a suit or co-ordinate suit must be of corresponding sizes and must be matched or
coordinated as regards cut, material, colours, patterns, trimmings and standard of finish in such a way as fa
indicate clearly that they have been designed to be worn together by the same person .
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
59.12 Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated or coated; painted canvas being theatrical
scenery, studio back-cloths or the like 4,9 ( a )
59.13 Elastic fabrics trimmings (other than knitted or crocheted goods) consisting of
textile materials combined with rubber threads 18 6,5
59.14 Wicks, of woven, plaited or knitted textile materials , for lamps, stoves , lighters ,
candles and the like; tubular knitted gas-mantle fabric and incandescent gas
mantles 17 5,6
59.15 Textile hosepiping and similar tubing, with or without lining, armour or
accessories of other materials 19 6,5
59.16 Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of textile material , whether
or not strengthened with metal or other material 14 5,1
59.17 Textile fabrics and textile articles , of a kind commonly used in machinery or
plant :
A. Textile fabrics , felt and felt-lined woven fabric , coated , covered or laminated
with rubber , leather or other material , of a kind commonly used for the
manufacture of card clothing , and similar fabrics of a kind commonly used in
machinery or plant , 13 5,3
B. Bolting cloth , whether or not made up ( b ): |
li I. Of silk or of waste silk other than noil 10 3,2
II II . Of other textile materials 16 4,6
C. Woven fabrics , felted or not , whether or not impregnated or coated , of a kind
commonly used in paper-making or other machinery , tubular or endless with
single or multiple warp and / or weft , or flat woven with multiple warp
and / or weft :
II I. Of silk or of man-made fibres 15 5,8
II II . Of other textile materials 15 4,4
D. Other 16 6
( a ) See Annex .
( b) Entry under this subheading of bolting cloth , not made up , is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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If a shirt forms the only upper garment of such a set it must furthermore have the same structure (same yarn,
same knit) as the garment covering the lower part of the body.
The term "suits and co-ordinate suits " shall also cover sets of jackets or blazers and trousers or shorts which
neither match nor co-ordinate but whose corresponding sizes and standard offinish indicate clearly that they are
intended to be worn together by the same person .
B. Sets not covered by A, of which two or three components form a suit or co-ordinate suit within the meaning of
this Additional Note, shall remain classified under subheading 60. OS A II b) 4 ff) provided that the sets derive
their essential character from these components .
2 . A. For the purposes of subheading 60.05 A II b) 4 gg), "suits and co-ordinate suits, and costumes" shall be
considered to be sets of two or three knitted or crocheted garments comprising:
(a) one of the following garments covering the lower part of the body:
— trousers, '
— shorts,
— skirt or divided skirt,
and
(b) one or two of the following garments covering the upper part of the body:
— jacket or blazer,
— windcheater, waister jacket and the like,
— blouse or shirt-blouse,
— jersey, pullover, slip-over, waistcoat, twinset, cardigan or jumper,
— tunic or other outer garment of subheading 60.05 A II b) 4 11).
All the components of a suit, co-ordinate suit or costume must be of corresponding sizes and must be matched
or co-ordinated as regards cut, material, colours, patterns, trimmings and standard offinish in such a way as to
indicate clearly that they have been designed to be worn together by the same person .
If a blouse or shirt-blouse forms the only upper garment of such a set it must furthermore have the same
structure (same yarn, same knit) as the garment covering the lower part of the body.
The term "suits and co-ordinate suits, and costumes" also covers sets ofjackets or blazers and trousers, shorts,
skirts or divided skirts which neither match nor co-ordinate but whose corresponding sizes and standard of
finish indicate clearly that they are intended to be worn together by the same person .
B. Sets not covered by A, of which two or three components form a suit, a co-ordinate suit or costume within the
meaning of this Additional Note, shall remain classified under subheading 60.05 All b) 4 gg) provided that the
sets derive their essential character from these components .
l Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
60.01 Knitted or crocheted fabric , not elastic nor rubberised :
A. Of wool or of fine animal hair :
I. Containing a total of more than 10 % by weight of textile materials of
Chapter 50
II . Other
19
16
12
12
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
60.01
(cont'd)
B. Of man-made fibres :
I. Of synthetic textile fibres :
I a ) Containing elastofibres 20 12
b ) Other : II
1 . For curtains , including net curtain fabric - 20 12
2 . Rachel lace 20 12
\ 3 . With long pile ( imitation fur) 20 12
4 . Other : II
I aa ) Warp knitted fabrics : Il
11 . Unbleached or bleached 20 12
22 . Dyed 20 12
33 . Printed 20 12
44 . Made from yarns of different colours 20 12
bb ) Other knitted of crocheted fabrics : I
11 . Unbleached or bleached 20 12
22 . Dyed 20 12
I 33 . Printed 20 12
44 . Made from yarns of different colours 20 12
I II
a ) For curtains , including net curtain fabric 20 12
|| b ) Other 20 12
li C. Of other textile materials : l
|| I. Of cotton :
Il a ) Unbleached or bleached 19 12
li b ) Dyed 19 12
li c) Printed 19 12
ll d ) Made from yarns of different colours 19 12
II . Of other textile materials 19 12.
60.02 Gloves , mittens and mitts , knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberised :
li A. Gloves impregnated or coated with artificial plastic materials 23 8,9
I.! B. Other : '
|| I. Of wool or of fine animal hair 23 8,9
II . Of synthetic textile fibres 23 8,9
II III . Of cotton 23 8,9
IV . Of other textile materials 23 8,9
60.03 Stockings , under stockings, socks , ankle-socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or
crocheted , not elastic nor rubberised :
A. Of wool or of fine animal hair :
|| I. Knee-length stockings 22 13
II . Other 22 13
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
60.03
(cont'd)
B. Of synthetic textile fibres :
I. Knee-length stockings
II . Other :
a ) Women's stockings :
1 . Seamless
2 . Other
b ) Other
C. Of cotton
D. Of other textile materials
22
22
22
22
22
22
13
13
13
13
13
13
60.04 Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberised :
I A. Babies' garments ; girls' garments up to and including commercial size 86 :
I. T-shirts : I
I a ) Of cotton 21 13
b ) Of synthetic textile fibres 21 , 13
I c) Of regenerated textile fibres 21 13
II . Lightweight fine knit roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers : I
\ a ) Of cotton '. 21 13
b ) Of synthetic textile fibres 21 13
I c ) Of regenerated textile fibres 21 13
d ) Of other textile materials ( other than wool or fine animal hair ) . . . 21 13
III . Other :
a ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 13
b ) Of cotton . . 21 13
I c ) Of synthetic textile fibres 21 13
d ) Of regenerated textile fibres 21 13
I e ) Of other textile materials 21 13
B. Other :
I. T-shirts :
a ) Of cotton 21 13
b ) Of synthetic textile fibres 21 13
c) Of regenerated textile fibres 21 13
\ II . Lightweight fine knit roll , polo or turtle necked jumpers and pullovers : IIl
I a ) Of cotton 21 13
b ) Of synthetic textile fibres i . 21 13
c) Of regenerated textile fibres 21 13
d ) Of other textile materials ( other than wool or fine«animal hair ) . . . 21 13
I III . Panty-hose ( tights): \||
a ) Of synthetic textile fibres : ||
I 1 . Of yarn of a fineness of 6,6 tex or less 21 13
\ 2 . Other 21 13
b ) Of other textile material 21 13
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
60.04
(cont'd)
B. IV . Other :
a ) Of wool or of fine animal hair
b ) Of synthetic textile fibres :
1 . Men's and boys':
aa ) Shirts
bb ) Pyjamas ,
cc ) Underpants and briefs :
dd ) Other
2 . Women's , girls' and infants':
aa ) Pyjamas
bb ) Nightdresses
cc) Petticoats and slips
dd ) Knickers and briefs
ee) Other
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
c ) Of regenerated textile fibres
d) Of cotton :
1 . Men's and boys':
aa ) Shirts
bb ) Pyjamas
cc) Underpants and briefs
dd ) Other
2 . Women's , girls' and infants':
aa ) Pyjamas
bb ) Nightdresses
cc ) Knickers and briefs
dd ) Other
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21 .
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
60.05
e ) Of other textile materials
Outer garments and other articles , knitted or crocheted , not elastic nor
rubberised :
21 13
A. Outer garments and clothing accessories :
I. Jerseys and pullovers , containing at least 50 % by weight of wool and
weighing 600 g or more per article; garments of the "cowboy" type and
other similar garments for amusement and play , less than commercial size
158 :
a ) Jerseys and pullovers , containing at least 50 % by weight of wool and
weighing 600 g or more per article
b ) Other
21
24
10,5
8
II . Other :
a ) Outer garments of knitted or crocheted textile fabrics of heading
No 59.08
b ) Other :
1 . Babies' garments ; girls' garments up to and including commercial
size 86 :
aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair
bb ) Of synthetic textile fibres
cc) Of cotton . *
dd ) Of other textile materials '.
2 . Bathing costumes and trunks :
aa ) Of synthetic textile fibres
bb ) Of cotton
cc) Of other textile materials . .
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
60.05
(cont 'd)
A. II . b ) 3 . Track suits :
aa ) Of synthetic textile fibres :
bb ) Of cotton
cc) Of other textile materials
21
21
21
14 .
14
14
4 . Other outer garments :
aa ) Blouses and shirt-blouses for women , girls and infants :
11 . Of silk or noil or other waste silk
22 . Of wool or of fine animal hair
33 . Of synthetic textile fibres
44 . Of regenerated textile fibres
55 . Of cotton
66 . Of other textile materials
21
21
21
21
21
21
14
14
14
14
14
14
bb) Jerseys , pullovers , slip-overs , waistcoats , twinsets , cardigans ,
bed jackets and jumpers :
11 . Men's and boys':
aaa ) Of wool
bbb) Of fine animal hair
ccc) Of synthetic textile fibres
ddd ) Of regenerated textile fibres . .
eee) Of cotton
fff) Of other textile materials
21
21
21
21
21
21
. 14
14
14
14
14
14
22 . Women's , girls' and infants :
aaa ) Of silk or noil or other waste silk
bbb ) Of wool
ccc) Of fine animal hair
ddd ) Of synthetic textile fibres
eee) Of regenerated textile fibres . . .
fff) Of cotton
ggg) Of other textile materials
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
. 14
14
14
14
14 .
14
14
cc) Dresses :
11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair
22 . Of synthetic textile fibres
33 . Of regenerated textile fibres
44 . Of cotton
55 . Of other textile materials
21
21
21
21
21
14
14
14
14.
14
I dd) Skirts , including divided skirts : l
11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 . 14
\ 22 . Of synthetic textile fibres 21 14
33 . Of cotton 21 14
44 . Of other textile materials 21 14
ee) Trousers :
11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 14
22 . Of synthetic textile fibres 21 14
33 . Of other textile materials 21 14
ff) Suits and co-ordinate suits (excluding ski suits ), for men and
II boys :
\ 11 . Of synthetic textile fibres 21 14
22 . Of other textile materials 21 14
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 , 3 4
60.05
(cont'd)
A. II . b ) 4 . gg ) Suits and co-ordinate suits ( excluding ski suits ), and
costumes , for women , girls and infants :
11 ; Of wool or of fine animal hair
22 . Of synthetic textile fibres
33 ." Of regenerated textile fibres
44 . Of cotton
55 . Of other textile materials
21
21
. 21
21
21
14
14 .
14
14
14
il hh ) Coats , jackets ( excluding anoraks , windcheaters , waisterIII
jackets and the like ) and blazers :
11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 14
22 . Of synthetic textile fibres 21 14
II 33 . Of regenerated textile fibres 21 14
II 44 . Of cotton 21 14
\ 55 . Of other textile materials 21 14
ijij ) Anoraks , windcheaters , waister jackets and the like : Il
11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair , of cotton or of . Il
il man-made textile fibres 21 14
22 . Of other textile materials 21 14
\ kk) Ski suits consisting of two or three pieces :
11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair , of cotton or of II
man-made textile fibres 21 14
II 22 . Of other textile materials 21 14
Il 11 ) Other outer garments :
II 11 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 14
22 . Of synthetic textile fibres 21 14
II 33 . Of regenerated textile fibres 21 14
44 . Of cotton 21 14
55 . Of other textile materials 21 14
5 . Clothing accessories :
aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 14
bb ) Of synthetic textile fibres 21 14
l cc ) Of other textile materials . 21 14
B. Other :
II I. Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 12
II . Of man-made fibres 20 12
III . Of other textile materials 20 12
60.06 Knitted or crocheted fabric and articles thereof, elastic or rubberised ( including
elastic knee-caps and elastic stockings): l
II A. Fabric :
I. Of man-made fibres 18 6,5
II II . Of other textile materials 18 6,5
Il B. Other :
I. Bathing costumes 20 8
II II . Stockings 20 8
II III . Other :
II a ) Of cotton 20 8
\ b ) Of other textile materials 20 8
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CHAPTER 61
ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES OF TEXTILE FABRIC,
OTHER THAN KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS
Notes
1 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken to apply to articles of the kinds described therein only when made up
of any textile fabric ( including felt , bonded fibre fabric , braid or trimmings of heading No 58.07 , tulle or other net
fabrics and lace ) or of fabric of metal thread , but not including articles of knitted or crocheted material other than
those falling within heading No 61.09 .
2 . The headings of this Chapter do not cover :
( a ) Old clothing or other articles falling within heading No 63.01 ; or
( b ) Orthopaedic appliances , surgical belts , trusses or the like ( heading No 90.19 ).
3 . For the purposes of headings Nos 61.01 to 61.04 :
( a ) Articles which cannot be identified as either men's or boys' garments or as women's or girls' garments are to be
classified in heading No 61.02 or 61.04 as the case may be ;
(b ) The expression "infants' garments" is to be taken to apply to :
( i ) Garments for young children which are not identifiable as for wear exclusively by boys or by girls , and
( ii ) Babies' napkins .
4 . Scarves and articles of the scarf type , square or approximately square, of which no side exceeds 60 cm are to be
classified as handkerchiefs (heading No 61.05 ).
Handkerchiefs of which any side exceeds 60 cm are to be classified in heading No 61.06 .
5 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken to apply to textile fabrics ( other than knitted or crocheted fabric ) cut
to shape for making articles of 'this Chapter .
Heading No 61.09 , however , also includes fabrics knitted or crocheted to shape for making articles classified in
that heading, whether imported as separate items or in the form of a number of items in the length .
Additional Notes
1 . A. For the purposes of subheading 61.01 B V c), "suits and co-ordinate suits " shall be considered to be sets of two
or three garments (other than knitted or crocheted garments) comprising:
(a) one of the following garments covering the lower part of the body:
— trousers,
— shorts,
and
(b) one or two of the following garments covering the upper part of the body:
— jacket or blazer, •
— windcheater, waister jacket and the like,
— shirt,
— waistcoat, tunic or other outer garment of subheading 61.01 B V g).
All the components of a suit or co-ordinate suit must be of corresponding sizes and must be matched or
coordinated as regards cut, material, colours, patterns, trimmings and standard offinish in such a way as to
indicate clearly that they have been designed to be worn together by the same person .
If a shirt forms the only upper garment of such a set it must furthermore have the same structure (same yarn,
same weave, etc .) as the garment covering the lower part of the body.
The term "suits and co-ordinate suits " also covers sets ofjackets or blazers and trousers or shorts which neither
match nor co-ordinate but whose corresponding sizes and standard of finish indicate clearly that they are
intended to be worn together by the same person .
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B. Sets not covered by A, of which two or three components form a suit or co-ordinate suit within the meaning of
this Additional Note, shall remain classified under subheading 61.01 B V c) provided that the sets derive their
essential character from these components .
2 . A. For the purposes of subheading 61.02 B II e) 3, "suits and co-ordinate suits, and costumes" shall be considered
to be sets of two or three garments (other than knitted or crocheted garments) comprising:
(a) one of the following garments covering the lower part of the body:
— trousers,
— shorts,
— skirt or divided skirt,
and
(b) one or two of the following garments covering the upper part of the body:
— jacket or blazer,
— windcheater, waister-jacket and the like,
— blouse or shirt-blouse,
— waistcoat, tunic or other outer garment of subheading 61.02 b II e) 9.
All the components of a suit, co-ordinate suit or costume must be of corresponding sizes and must be matched
or co-ordinated as regards cut, material, colours, patterns, trimmings and standard offinish in such a way as to
indicate clearly that they have been designed to be worn together by the same person .
If a blouse or shirt-blouse forms the only upper garment of such a set it must furthermore have the same
structure (same yarn, same weave, etc .) as the garment covering the lower part of the body.
The term "suits and co-ordinate suits, and costumes" also covers sets ofjackets or blazers and trousers, shorts,
skirts or divided skirts which neither match nor co-ordinate but whose corresponding sizes and standard of
finish indicate clearly that they are intended to be worn together by the same person .
B. Sets not covered by A, of which two or three components form a suit, co-ordinate suit or costume within the
meaning of this Additional Note, shall remain classified under subheading 61.02 B II e) 3 provided that the sets
derive their essential character from these components.
I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments:
A. Garments of the "cowboy" type and other similar garments for amusement
and play , less than commercial size 158 ; garments of textile fabric of heading
No 59.08 , 59.11 or 59.12 :
I. Garments of the "cowboy" type and other similar garments for
amusement and play , less than commercial size 158
II . Other:
24 8
a ) Coats 20 14
b ) Other 20 14
ll B. Other :
li I. Industrial and occupational clothing:
I.I a ) Overalls , including boiler suits and bibs and braces :
li 1 . Of cotton 20 14
II 2 . Of other textile materials 20 14
ll b ) Other :
Il 1 . Of cotton 20 14
ll 2 . Of other textile materials 20 14
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
61.01
(cont'd)
B. II . Swimwear :
a ) Of man-made textile fibres
b ) Of other textile materials
20
20
14
14
III . Bath robes , dressing gowns , smoking jackets and similar indoor wear :
a ) Of man-made textile fibres
b ) Of cotton
c) Of other textile materials
20
20
20
14
14
14
IV . Parkas ; anoraks , windcheaters , waister jackets and the like :
a ) Of man-made textile fibres
b) Of cotton
c) Of other textile materials
20
20
20
14
14
14
V. Other :
a ) Jackets ( excluding waister jackets) and blazers :
1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair
2 . Of man-made textile fibres
3 . Of cotton
4 . Of other textile materials
20
20
20
20
14
14
14
14
b ) Overcoats , raincoats and other coats ; cloaks and capes :
1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
2 . Of man-made textile fibres : I
\ aa ) Of a weight , per garment , of 1 kg or less 20 14
bb ) Other 20 14
\ 3 . Of cotton : I
aa ) Of a weight , per garment , of 1 kg or less 20 14
\ bb ) Other 20 14
4 . Of other textile materials 20 14
c) Suits and co-ordinate . suits ( excluding ski suits ):
\ 1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
ll 2 . Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
li 3 . Of cotton 20 14
4 . Of other textile materials 20 14
d ) Shorts :
\ 1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
2 . Of man-made textile fibres : 20 14
\ 3 . Of cotton 20 14
4 . Of other textile materials 20 14
e ) Trousers :
ll 1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
I.I 2 . Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
3 . Of cotton 20 14
4 . Of other textile materials 20 14
f) Ski suits consisting of two or three pieces :
1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair , of cotton or of man-made textile l
II fibres 20 14
2 . Of other textile materials 20 14
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
61.01
(cont'd)
B. V. g) Other garments :
1 . Of wool or of fine animal hair
2 . Of man-made textile fibres
3 . Of cotton
4 . Of other textile materials
20
20
20
20
14
14
14
14
61.02 Women's , girls' and infants' outer garments :
A. Babies' garments ; girls' garments up to and including commercial size 86 ;l
garments of the "cowboy" type and other similar garments for amusement IIII
and play , less than commercial size 158 :
I. Babies' garments ; girls' garments up to and including commercial IIII
size 86 :
a ) Of cotton 22 10,5
b ) Of other textile materials 22 10,5
II . Other 24 8
l B. Other : l\
I. Garments of textile fabric of heading No 59.08 , 59.11 or 59.12 : l
a ) Coats 20 14
b ) Other 20 14
II . Other : ll
a ) Aprons , overalls , smock-overalls and other industrial and I
I occupational clothing ( whether or not also suitable for domesticI
use ): fl
\ 1 . Of cotton 20 14
2 . Of other textile materials 20 14
I b ) Swimwear :
1 . Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
2 . Of other textile materials 20 14
c) Bath robes , dressing gowns , bed jackets and similar indoor wear :
1 . Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
\\ 2 . Of cotton 20 14
I-I 3 . Of other textile materials 20 14
|| d ) Parkas ; anoraks , windcheaters , waister jackets and the like :
|| 1 . Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
2 . Of cotton 20 14
Il 3 . Of other textile materials 20 14
e ) Other :
1 . Jackets (excluding waister jackets ) and blazers :
aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
II bb ) Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
l cc) Of cotton 20 14
dd ) Of other textile materials 20 14
X
2 . Coats and raincoats ; cloaks and capes :
II aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
Il bb ) Of man-made textile fibres :
11 . Of a weight , per garment , of 1 kg or less 20 14
22 . Other 20 14
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
61.02 B. II . e ) 2 . cc) Of cotton :
(cont'd) 11 . Of a weight , per garment , of 1 kg or less 20 14
22 . Other 20 14
dd ) Of other textile materials ' 20 14
I 3 . Suits and co-ordinate suits ( excluding ski suits ), and costumes :
l aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
\ bb ) Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
I cc) Of cotton 20 14
dd ) Of other textile materials 20 14
4 . Dresses :
I aa ) Of silk or of noil or other waste silk 20 14
bb ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
I cc) . Of synthetic textile fibres 20 14
dd ) Of regenerated textile fibres 20 14
ee ) Of cotton 20 14
ff) Of other textile materials 20 14
5 . Skirts , including divided skirts :
aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
bb ) Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
cc) Ofcotton ..... ........ .......... .. 20 14
dd ) Of other textile materials 20 14
6 . Trousers and slacks :
I aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
\ bb ) Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
cc) Of cotton 20 14
dd ) Of other textile materials 20 14
7 . Blouses and shirt-blouses :
aa ) Of silk or of noil or other waste silk 20 14
I bb ) Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
cc) Of cotton 20 14
I dd ) Of other textile materials 20 14
8 . Ski suits consisting of two or three pieces :
II aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair , of cotton or of man-made\\
ll textile fibres 20 14
|| bb ) Of other textile materials 20 14
li 9 . Other garments :
li aa ) Of wool or of fine animal hair 20 14
bb ) Of man-made textile fibres 20 14
II cc) Of cotton '. 20 • 14
dd ) Of other textile materials 20 14
61.03 Men's and boys' under garments , including collars , shirt fronts and cuffs :
I A. Shirts : \ II
I. Of synthetic textile fibres 20 13
\ II . Of cotton 20 13
III . Of other textile materials 20 13
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Heading
number Description "
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
°/o
1 ' 2 3 4
61.03 B. Pyjamas :
(cont 'd) I. Of synthetic textile fibres 20 13
II . Of cotton 20 13
III . Of other textile materials ' 20 13
C. Other : ||
l I. Of synthetic textile fibres 20 13
I II . Of cotton 20 13
III . Of other textile , materials 20 13
61.04 Women's , girls' and infants' under garments:
A. Babies' garments ; girls' garments up to and including commercial size 86 : Il
I. Of cotton 22 13
II . Of other textile materials 22 13
B. Other :
l I. Pyjamas and nightdresses : I
\ a ) Of synthetic textile fibres 22 13
I b ) Of cotton . 22 13
c) Of other textile materials 22 13
I II . Other :
a ) Of synthetic textile fibres 22 13
\ b ) Of cotton 22 13
c) Of other textile materials 22 13
61.05 Handkerchiefs :
A. Of cotton 20 10
B. Of silk , of noil or of other waste silk 20 10
C. Of other textile materials 20 10
61.06 Shawls, scarves, mufflers ; mantillas , veils and the like :
A. Of silk or of noil or other waste silk 21 8
li B. Of synthetic textile fibres 21 8
ll C. Of regenerated textile fibres 21 8
D. Of wool or of fine animal hair 21 8
| E. Of cotton 21 8
ll F. Of other textile materials 21 8
( a ) See Annex .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
61.07 Ties, bow ties and cravats :
I A. Of silk or of noil or other waste silk 21 6,3
B. Of synthetic textile fibres 21 6,3
C. Of regenerated textile fibres 21 6,3
D. Of other textile materials 21 6,3
[61.08]
61.09 Corsets , corset-belts , suspender-belts , brassieres, braces , suspenders, garters and
the like ( including such articles of knitted- or crocheted fabric), whether or not
elastic :
A. Corselets 21 6,5
I B. Corsets 21 6,5
C. Girdles and panty-girdles 21 6,5
I D. Brassieres 21 6,5
E. Other , including parts of the products of heading No 61.09 21 6,5
61.10 Gloves, mittens, mitts , stockings, socks and sockettes , not being knitted or
crocheted goods 21 7,6
61.11 Made up accessories for articles of apparel ( for example, dress shields, shoulder
and other pads, belts , muffs, sleeve protectors , pockets ) 21 6,3
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CHAPTER 62
OTHER MADE UP TEXTILE ARTICLES
Notes
1 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken to apply to the articles of the kinds described therein only when made
up of any textile fabric ( other than felt and bonded fibre or similar bonded yarn fabrics ) or of the braids or
trimmings of heading No 58.07 , not being knitted or crocheted goods .
2 . The headings of this Chapter do not cover :
( a ) Goods falling within Chapter 58 , 59 or 61 ; or
( b ) Old clothing or other articles falling within heading No 63.01 .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
62.01 Travelling rugs and blankets :
A. Electrically heated 19 6,9
B. Other : ||
I. Of cotton 19 7,5
II . Of other textile materials : Il
a ) Of wool or of fine animal hair : Il
1 . Wholly of wool or of fine animal hair 19 14
2 . Other 19 14
\ b) Of synthetic textile fibres 19 14
I. c) Of regenerated textile fibres 19 14
d ) Of other textile materials 19 14
62.02 Bed linen, table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing
articles : l
li A. Net curtains : \
ll I. Of flax or ramie i 22 13
Il II . Of other textile materials 22 ■ 13
li B. Other :
I·l I. Bed linen :
ll a ) Of cotton 22 13
ll b ) Of flax or ramie : 22 13
II c) Of other textile materials 22 13
ll II . Table linen :
|| a ) Of cotton : \
ll 1 . Made with yarns of different colours 22 13
Il 2 . Printed . . . 22 13
II 3 . Other 22 13
li b) Of flax or ramie 22 13
II c) Of other textile materials ; 22 13
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
62.02 B. III . Toilet linen and kitchen linen :
(cont'd) a ) Of cotton : IlII
1 . Of terry towelling and similar terry fabrics 22 13
\ 2 . Other 22 13
b ) Of flax or ramie 22 13
c) Of other textile materials 22 13
IV . Curtains and other furnishing articles :
a ) Of cotton 22 13
\ b ) Of flax or ramie 22 13
c) Of other textile materials 22 13
62.03 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :
A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 : \
I. Used 11 5,3
II . Other :
a ) Of fabric weighing less than 310 g/m2 23 8,9
b ) Of fabric weighing not less than 310 g / m2 but not more than II
I 500 g/ m2 23 8,7
c ) Of fabric weighing more than 500 g/ m2 23 7,7
B. Of other textile materials : \
I. Used :" l\
\ a ) Of flax or of sisal 10 5,3
b) Other 19 6,2
\ II . Other : l
l a ) Of cotton . 19 7,2
li b ) Of fabric of synthetic textile fibres : I
li 1 . Made from polyethylene or polypropylene strip 19 7,2
2 . Other 19 7,2
c) Of fabric of other textile materials 19 7,2
62.04 Tarpaulins , sails , awnings , sunblinds , tents and camping goods :
|| A. Of cotton : 1
l.\ I. Tarpaulins , sails , awnings ( other than caravan awnings ) and sunblinds 19 14
II . Tents ( including caravan awnings ) 19 14
Il III . Pneumatic mattresses • 19 14
IV . Other camping goods www 19 14
B. Of other textile materials : ' l
I. Tarpaulins , sails , awnings ( other than caravan awnings ) and sunblinds :
II a ) Of synthetic textile fibres 19 14
b ) Of other textile materials 19 14
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
0//o
l 2 3 4
62.04
(cont 'd)
B. II . Tents ( including caravan awnings )
III . Pneumatic mattresses
IV . Other camping goods
19
19
19
14
14
14
62.05 Other made up textile articles ( including dress patterns):
A. Escape chutes , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Strips for the internal reinforcement of belts , of a width of - not less than
12 mm but not more than 102 mm , composed of two strips of fabric of
cotton or of regenerated textile fibres , which have been stuck together , the
edges of the narrower strip , which has been stiffened by impregnation with
synthetic resin , being covered by the folding over of the edges of the wider
strip
, 21
21
Free
5,3
G. Floor cloths , dish cloths , dusters and the like
D. Fans and hand screens
21
- 21
7,7
5,6
E. Other :
I. Laces ; watch straps
II . Other
21
21
6,3
6,3
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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CHAPTER 63
OLD CLOTHING AND OTHER TEXTILE ARTICLES : RAGS
i
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 .3 4
63.01 Clothing, clothing accessories, travelling rugs and blankets, household linen and
furnishing articles (other than articles falling within heading No 58.01 , 58.02 or
58.03 ), of textile materials , footwear and headgear of any material, showing
signs of appreciable wear and imported in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar bulk
packings:
\ A. Used clothing 18 5,3
B. Other 18 4,9
63.02 Used or new rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of
twine, cordage, rope or cables Free Free
r
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SECTION XII
FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUNSHADES, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF;
PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS;
ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
CHAPTER 64
FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE ; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Footwear , without applied soles , knitted or crocheted ( heading No 60.03 ) or of other textile fabric ( except felt
or bonded fibre or similar bonded yarn fabrics ) (heading No 62.05 );
(b ) Old footwear falling within heading No 63.01 ;
( c ) Articles of asbestos ( heading No 68.13 );
(d ) Orthopaedic footwear or other orthopaedic appliances , or parts thereof ( heading No 90.19 ); or
( e ) Toys and skating boots with skates attached ( Chapter 97 ).
2 . For the purposes of headings Nos 64.05 and 64.06 , the expression "parts" is to be taken not to include pegs , boot
protectors , eyelets , boot hooks , buckles , ornaments , braid , laces , pompons or other trimmings (which are to be
classified in their appropriate headings ) or buttons or other goods falling within heading No 98.01 .
3 . For the purposes of heading No 64.01 , the expression "rubber or artificial plastic material" is to be taken to include
any textile fabric coated or covered externally with one or both of those materials .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
64.01 Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or artificial plastic material . . 20 20
64.02 Footwear with outer soles of leather or composition leather; footwear ( other than­
footwear falling within heading No 64.01 ) with outer soles of rubber or artificial
plastic material :
A. Footwear with uppers of leather 20 8
B. Other 20 ( a )
64.03 Footwear with outer soles of wood or cork 18 5,8
( a ) See Annex .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
64.04 Footwear with outer soles of other materials 18 4,9
64.05 Parts of footwear, removable in-soles , hose protectors and heel cushions , of any
material except metal :
A. Assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components , but
without outer soles 18 5,8
B. Other 16 4,6
64.06 Gaiters, spats , leggings, puttees, cricket pads , shin-guards and similar articles ,
and parts thereof 19 6
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CHAPTER 65
HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Old headgear falling within heading No 63.01 ;
( b ) Hair nets of human hair ( heading No 67.04 );
( c ) Asbestos headgear ( heading No 68.13 ); (3r
( d ) Dolls' hats or other toy hats , or carnival articles of Chapter 97 .
2 . Heading No 65.02 is to be taken not to apply to hat-shapes made by sewing ( other than hat-shapes made by the
sewing in spirals of plaited or other strips ).
Rate of duty
Heading
number j Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
65.01 Hat-forms, hat bodies and hoods of felt, neither blocked to shape nor with made
brims ; plateaux and manchons ( including slit manchons), of felt :
A. Of fur felt or of felt of wool and fur 13 5,1
B. Other n 5,3
65.02 Hat-shapes , plaited or made from plaited or other strips of any material , neither
blocked to shape nor with made brims :
A. Of wood shavings or strips , straw , bark , esparto , aloe , Manila hemp ( abaca ),
sisal or other unspun vegetable fibres 8 Free
B. Of other materials 15 4,6
65.03 Felt hats and other felt headgear , being headgear made from the felt hoods and
plateaux falling within heading No 65.01 , whether or not lined or trimmed :
A. Not lined or trimmed :
I. Of fur felt or of felt of wool and fur 15 5,1
|| II . Other 15 5,3
Il B. Lined or trimmed :
I. Of fur felt or of felt of wool and fur 17 10
II . Other 17 6
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
65.04 Hats and other headgear, plaited or made from plaited or other strips of any
material, whether or not lined or trimmed :
A. Not lined or trimmed :
I. Of wood shavings or strips , straw, bark , esparto , aloe , Manila hemp
( abaca), sisal or other unspun vegetable fibres 11 Free
II . Of other materials 16 Free
B. Lined or trimmed 18 5,8
65.05 Hats and other headgear (including hair nets), knitted or crocheted , or made up
from lace, felt or other textile fabric in the piece (but not from strips ), whether or
not lined or trimmed 19 6
65.06 Other headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed 19 6
65.07 Head-bands , linings , covers, hat foundations, hat frames (including spring frames
for opera hats ), peaks and chinstraps, for headgear:
A. Head-bands - 12 3,8
B. Other 16 5,3
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CHAPTER 66
UMBRELLAS, SUNSHADES , WALKING-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Measure walking-sticks or the like ( heading No 90.16);
( b ) Firearm-sticks , sword-sticks , loaded walking-sticks or the like ( Chapter 93 ); or
( c) Goods falling within Chapter 97 ( for example , toy umbrellas and toy sunshades).
2 . Heading No 66.03 is to be taken not to apply to parts , trimmings or accessories of textile material , nor to covers ,
tassels , thongs , umbrella cases or the like , of any material . Such goods imported with , but not fitted to , articles
falling within heading No 66.01 or 66.02 are to be classified separately and are not to be treated as forming part of
those articles .
• Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
66.01 Umbrellas and sunshades ( including walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents , and
garden and similar umbrellas) 20 8
66.02 Walking-sticks ( including climbing-sticks and seat-sticks), canes, whips,
riding-crops and the like 17 4,9
66.03 Parts , fittings, trimmings and accessories of articles falling within heading
No 66.01 or 66.02 :
Il A. Handles and knobs 17 4,6
B. Frames , including frames mounted on shafts ( sticks ) 19 7,7
C. Other parts , fittings , trimmings and accessories 17 7,2
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CHAPTER 67
PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN;
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Straining cloth of human hair (heading No 59.17);
(b ) Floral motifs of lace , of embroidery or other textile fabric ( Section XI);
( c ) Footwear ( Chapter 64 );
(d ) Headgear (Chapter 65 );
( e ) Powder-puffs (heading No 96.05 ) or hair sieves ( heading No 96.06 ); or
(f) Toys , sports requisites or carnival articles ( Chapter 97 ).
2 . Heading No 67.01 is to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Goods ( for example , bedding) in which feathers or down constitute only filling or padding;
( b ) Articles of apparel and accessories thereto in which feathers or down constitute no more than mere trimming or
padding; or
( c) Artificial flowers or foliage or parts thereof or made up articles of heading No 67.02
3 . Heading No 67.02 is to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Articles of glass ( Chapter 70 );
( b ) Artificial flowers , foliage or fruit of pottery , stone , metal , wood or other materials , obtained in one piece by
moulding, forging, carving, stamping or other process , or consisting of parts assembled otherwise than by
binding , glueing or similar methods .
'
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
67.01 Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts
of feathers , down, and articles thereof (other than goods falling within heading
No 05.07 and worked quills and scapes ):
A. Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down ; feathers, parts of
feathers and down 15 5,1
B. Other . ; 22 5,8
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
67.02 Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit and parts thereof; articles made of artificial
flowers, foliage or fruit :
A. Artificial flowers , foliage or fruit and parts thereof:
I. Parts .18 7,2
II . Other 21 7,7
B. Articles made of artificial flowers , foliage or fruit 23 8,2
67.03 Human hair, dressed, thinned , bleached or otherwise worked; wool, other animal
hair and other textile materials , prepared for use in making wigs and the like:
A. Human hair , not further worked than dressed ... ! 9 3,5
B. Other 14 4,9
67.04 Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human or
animal hair or of textiles ; other articles of human hair ( including hair nets ) . . . 19 5,1
[67.05]
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SECTION XIII
ARTICLES OF STONE, OF PLASTER, OF CEMENT, OF ASBESTOS, OF MICA
AND OF SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE
CHAPTER 68
ARTICLES OF STONE, OF PLASTER, OF CEMENT, OF ASBESTOS, OF MICA AND OF SIMILAR MATERIALS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover : '
( a ) Goods falling within Chapter 25 ;
( b ) Coated or impregnated paper falling within heading No 48.07 ( for example , paper coated with mica powder or
graphite , bituminised or asphalted paper);
( c) Coated or impregnated textile fabric falling within Chapter 59 ( for example , mica-coated fabric , bituminised or
asphalted fabric);
( d ) Articles falling within Chapter 71 ;
( e ) Tools or parts of tools , falling within Chapter 82 ;
( f) Lithographic stones of heading No 84.34 ;
(g) Electrical insulators (heading No 85.25 ) or fittings of insulating material falling within heading No 85.26 ;
( h ) Dental burrs (heading No 90.17);
( ij ) Goods falling within Chapter 91 (for example , clocks and clock cases);
( k) Goods falling within heading No 95.08 , if made of materials specified in Note 2 ( b ) to Chapter 95 ;
( 1 ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 (for example , toys , games and sports requisites );
(m) Goods falling within heading No 98.01 (for example , buttons), No 98.05 ( for example , 'slate pencils ) or
No 98.06 ( for example , drawing slates); or
( n ) Works of art , collectors' pieces or antiques ( Chapter 99 ).
2 . In heading No 68.02 the expression "worked monumental or building stone" is to be taken to apply not only to the
varieties of stone referred to in headings Nos 25.15 and 25.16 but also to all other natural stone (for example ,
quartzite , flint , dolomite and steatite) similarly worked ; it is , however , to be taken not to apply to slate .
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
68.01 Road and paving setts , curbs and flagstones , of natural stone ( except slate ) . . . 4 2,2
68.02 Worked monumental or building stone, and articles thereof ( including mosaic
cubes ), other than goods falling within heading No 68.01 or within Chapter
69 :
A. Worked monumental or building stone :
I. Simply cut or sawn , with a flat or even surface :
a ) Calcareous stone or alabaster
b ) Other stone :
1 . Flint for lining grinders
2 . Other
II . Moulded or turned , but not otherwise worked :
a ) Calcareous stone or alabaster
b ) Other stone
III . Polished , decorated or otherwise worked , but not carved :
a ) Calcareous stone or alabaster
b) Other stone :
1 . Of
2 . Other
IV . Carved
10
6
8
12
10
15
13
13
14
5,3
Freq
3,2
. 4,4
3,8"-
5,1
' 5,6 .
Free
4,9
B. Mosaic cubes ; powder , granules and chippings , artificially coloured 14 Free
68.03 Worked slate and articles of slate , including articles of agglomerated slate .... 6 3,8
68.04 Hand polishing stones , whetstones , oilstones, hones and the like , and millstones,
grindstones , grinding wheels and the like (including grinding, sharpening,
polishing, trueing and cutting wheels , heads, discs and points), of natural stone
( agglomerated or not), of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives , or of
pottery, with or without cores, shanks, sockets , axles and the like of other
materials , but without frameworks; segments and other finished parts of such
stones and wheels , of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of agglomerated
natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery :
A. Hand polishing stones , whetstones , oilstones , hones and the like :
I. Of agglomerated abrasives
II . Other
11
8
3,5
3,2
B. Other :
I. Of agglomerated abrasives :
a ) Made of natural or synthetic diamonds
b ) Other :
II . Other
10
10
8
3,2
2
2,5
[ 68.05 ]
-
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
' %
1 2 3 4
68.06 Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven fabric , of
paper, of paperboard or of other materials , whether or not cut to shape or sewn
or otherwise made up 11 3,5
68.07 Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools ; exfoliated vermiculite , expanded
clays , foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles
of heat-insulating, sound-insulating, or sound-absorbing mineral materials , other
than those falling in heading No 68.12 or 68.13 or in Chapter 69 :
A. Slag wool , rock wool and similar mineral wools
B. Other
10
9
2
2,9
68.08 Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, of petroleum bitumen or
coal tar pitch ) 8 2,5
68.09 Panels , boards , tiles , blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre , of wood fibre,
of straw, of wood shavings or of wood waste ( including sawdust), agglomerated
with cement , plaster or with other mineral binding substance^ 14 4,4
68.10 Articles of plastering material :
A. Boards , sheets , panels , tiles and the like , not ornamented
B. Other
7
10
2,9
3,2
68.11 Articles of cement ( including slag cement), of concrete or of artificial stone
( including granulated marble agglomerated with cement), reinforced or not . . . 10 3,2
68.12 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like :
A. Building materials
B. Other
10
13
3,2
4,6
68.13 Fabricated asbestos and articles thereof (for example, asbestos board , thread and
fabric; asbestos clothing, asbestos jointing), reinforced or not, other than goods
falling within heading No 68.14 ; mixtures with a basis of asbestos and mixtures
with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate, and articles of such
mixtures :
,
A. Fabricated asbestos ( for example , carded fibres , dyed fibres )
B. Articles of asbestos :
I. Thread
II . Fabric
III . Other :
a ) For use in civil aircraft ( a )
b) Other . . .
10
13
17
17
17
5,3
/
8
10
Free
6,9
C. Mixtures with a basis of asbestos and mixtures with a basis of asbestos and
magnesium carbonate , and articles of such mixtures :
I. Mixtures
II . Articles : .
\
10
18
3.8
4.9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
68.14 Friction material ( segments, discs , washers, strips, sheets , plates, rolls and the
like) of a kind suitable for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of
asbestos, other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with
textile or other materials :
A. With a basis of asbestos or other mineral substances , for use in civil air­
craft ( a ) 20 Free
B. Other 20 5,3
68.15 Worked mica and articles of mica , including bonded mica splittings on a support
of paper or fabric (for example, micanite and micafolium):
li A. Sheets or splittings of mica 7 3,5
B. Plates , sheets or strips made from mica splittings or powder , whether or not
on a support 8 3,8
C. Other 10 5,3
68.16 Articles of stone or of other mineral substances ( including articles of peat), not
elsewhere specified or included :
li A. Unfired bricks made of chromite 14 5,6
B. Other 14 3
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions . ■
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CHAPTER 69
CERAMIC PRODUCTS
Notes
1 . The headings of this Chapter are to be taken to apply only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping .
Headings Nos 69.04 to 69.14 are to be taken to apply only to such products other than heat-insulating goods and
refractory goods .
2 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Goods falling within Chapter 71 ( for example , imitation jewellery);
( b ) Cermets falling within heading No 81.04 ;
(c) Electrical insulators ( heading No 85.25 ) or fittings of insulating material falling within heading No 85.26 ;
( d ) Artificial teeth ( heading No 90.19 );
( e ) Goods falling within Chapter 91 (for example , clocks and clock cases);
( f) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( for example , toys , games and sports requisites );
(g ) Smoking pipes , buttons or other articles falling within Chapter 98 ; or
(h ) Original statuary , collectors' pieces or antiques ( Chapter 99 ).
\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
I. HEAT-INSULATING AND REFRACTORY GOODS
69.01 Heat-insulating bricks, blocks, tiles and other heat-insulating goods of siliceous
fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths (for example , kieselguhr, tripolite or
diatomite):
A. Bricks weighing more than 650 kg/m 3 10
subject
to a min.
of 0,50 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
3,8
B. Other 10
subject
to a min.
of 0,50 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
5
69.02 Refractory bricks, blocks , tiles and similar refractory constructional goods, other
than goods falling within heading No 69.01 :
A. With a basis of magnesite , dolomite or chromite 10
Subject
to a min.
of 1,10 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
4
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1I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
69.02
(cont'd)
B. Other 10
subject
to a min.
of 0,70 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
4
69.03 Other refractory goods (for example, retorts , crucibles , muffles , nozzles, plugs,
supports , cupels , tubes , pipes, sheaths and rods), other than goods falling within
heading No 69.01 :
A. With a basis of graphite or other forms of carbon ......
B. With a basis of magnesite , dolomite or chromite
C. Other
18
12
14
8
8
8
II . OTHER CERAMIC PRODUCTS
69.04 Building bricks ( including flooring blocks , support or filler tiles and the like):
A. Common pottery 8 4
B. Other ; 10 3,8
69.05 Roofing tiles , chimney-pots, cowls, chimney-liners , cornices and other
constructional goods, including architectural ornaments :
|| A. Roofing tiles of common pottery 7 2,9
B. Other . . . 10 3,8
69.06 Piping, conduits and guttering ( including angles, bends and similar fittings):
II A. Common pottery 7 3,5
B. Other 16 8
69.07 Unglazed setts , flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles :
A. Tiles , cubes and similar articles for mosaics , whether or not rectangular ,
which are capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which does not
exceed 5 cm
B. Other :
I. Common pottery
II . Other
18
18
18
8
8
8
69.08 Glazed setts , flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles :
A. Tiles , cubes and similar articles for mosaics , whether or not rectangular ,
which are capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which does not
exceed 5 cm 18 9
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
69.08
(cont'd)
B. Other :
I. Common pottery
II . Other
18
18
8
9
69.09 Laboratory, chemical or industrial wares; troughs, tubs and similar receptacles of
a kind used in agriculture; pots , jars and similar articles of a kind commonly used
for the conveyance or packing of goods:
A. Porcelain or china
B. Other
21
16
6,9
5,1
69.10 Sinks, wash basins, bidets, water closet pans, urinals , baths and like sanitary
fixtures .'
t
20
subject
to a min.
of 8 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
10
69.11 Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
purposes, of porcelain or china ( including biscuit porcelain and parian):
A. White or single-coloured
B. Other
' 27
subject
to a min
of 13,60 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
27
subject
to a min.
of 28 ECU
per 100 kg
net
13,5
13,5
69.12 Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
purposes , of other kinds of pottery:
A. Common pottery
B. Stoneware
C. Earthenware or fine pottery :
I. White or single-coloured
15
17
21
subject
to a min.
of 13,60 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
5,1
6
10,5
II . Other 21
subject
to a min.
of 18 ECU
per 100 kg
net
10,5
D. Other 21 7,5
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Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
69.13 Statuettes and other ornaments, and articles of personal adornment; articles of
furniture:
A. Common pottery
B. Porcelain or china
16
22
subject
to a min. .
of 70 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
5
9
C. Other 20
subject
to a min.
of 35 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
9
69.14 Other articles:
A. Porcelain or china
B. Other
22
18
7,7
5,1
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CHAPTER 70
GLASS AND GLASSWARE
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Ceramic enamels ( heading No 32.08 );
( b ) Goods falling within Chapter 71 ( for example , imitation jewellery);
( c) Electrical insulators (heading No 85.25 ) or fittings of insulating material falling within heading No 85.26 ;
(d ) Hypodermic syringes , artificial eyes , thermometers , barometers , hydrometers , optically worked optical elements
or other articles falling within Chapter 90 ;
( e ) Toys , games , sports requisites , Christmas tree ornaments or other articles falling within Chapter 97 (excluding
glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 97); or
( f) Buttons , fitted vacuum flasks , scent or similar sprays or other articles falling within Chapter 98 .
2 . The reference in heading No 70.07 to "cast , rolled , drawn or blown glass ( including flashed or wired glass ) cut to
shape other than rectangular shape , or bent or otherwise worked (for example , edge worked or engraved), whether
or not surface ground or polished" is to be taken to apply to articles made from such glass , provided they are not
. framed or fitted with other materials .
3 . For the purposes of heading No 70.20 , the expression "wool" means :
( a) Mineral wools with a silica ( Si02 ) content not less than 60% by weight ;
( b ) Mineral wools with a silica (Si02 ) content less than 60% but with an alkaline oxide (K20 and / or Na20)
content of more than 5% by weight or a boric oxide (B203 ) content of more than 2% by weight .
Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading No 68.07 .
4 . For the purposes of the Tariff, the expression "glass" is to be taken to extend to fused quartz and fused silica .
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
70.01 Waste glass (cullet); glass in the mass (excluding optical glass):
A. Waste glass ( cullet) Free Free
B. Glass in the mass ( excluding optical glass):
I. Glass of the variety known as "enamel" glass 10 3,2
II . Other ; 9 2,9
[70.02]
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
% '
1 2 3 4
70.03 Glass in balls , rods and tubes , unworked (not being optical glass ): Ii
A. Glass of the variety known as "enamel" glass , in rods and tubes 10 3,2
B. Other 10 4,9
70.04 Unworked cast or rolled glass ( including flashed or wired glass), whether figured
or not , in rectangles :
'
A. Wired 10
subject
to a min.
of 1 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
5
subject
to a min.
of 0,50 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
B. Other 10
subject
to a min.
of 1,60 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
5
subject
to a min.
of 0,80 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
70.05 Unworked drawn or blown glass ( including flashed glass ), in rectangles . 10
subject
to a min.
of 1 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
6
subject
to a min.
of 0,60 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
70.06 Cast , rolled , drawn or blown glass ( including flashed or wired glass ), in
rectangles , surface ground or polished , but not further worked 10 3,8
70.07 Cast , rolled , drawn or blown glass ( including flashed or wired glass ) cut to shape
other than rectangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked (for example, edge
worked or engraved), whether or not surface ground or polished ; multiple-walled
insulating glass ; leaded lights and the like 20 5,3
70.08 Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass , shaped or not :
li A. Windscreens , not framed , for use in civil aircraft ( a ) 22 Free
B. Other 22 5,8
70.09 Glass mirrors (including rear-view mirrors ), unframed , framed or backed .... 22 6,5
70.10 Carboys, bottles, jars , pots , tubular containers and similar containers , of glass , of
a kind commonly used for the conveyance or . packing of goods; stoppers and
other closures, of glass 24 9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
70.11 Glass envelopes ( including bulbs and tubes) for electric lamps , electronic valves or
the like . 18 7
70.12 Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels :
A. Unfinished
B. Finished
21
25
6,3
12,5
70.13 Glassware ( other than articles falling in heading No 70.19) of a kind commonly
used for table, kitchen, toilet or office purposes , for indoor decoration , or for
similar uses , 24 12
70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass , not
optically worked nor of optical glass :
A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings :
I. Facetted glass , plates , balls , pear-shaped drops , flower-shaped pieces ,
pendants and similar articles for trimming chandeliers
II . Other ( for example , diffusers , ceiling lights , bowls , cups , lampshades ,
globes , tulip-shaped pieces )
B. Other
20
20
20
10
9
6,2
70.15 Clock and watch glasses and similar glasses ( including glass of a kind used for
sunglasses but excluding glass suitable for corrective lenses ), curved , bent ,
hollowed and the like; glass spheres and segments of spheres , of a kind used for
the manufacture of clock and watch glasses and the like 19 5,1
70.16 Bricks, tiles , slabs , paving blocks , squares and other articles of pressed or
moulded glass, of a kind commonly used in building; multi-cellular glass in
blocks, slabs , plates, panels and similar forms . 10
subject
to a min .
of 2 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
4
subject
to a min .
of 1,60 ECU
per 100 kg
gross
70.17 Laboratory, hygienic and pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or
calibrated ; glass ampoules:
A. Laboratory , hygienic and pharmaceutical glassware :
I. Of fused silica or fused quartz ;
II . Other
B. Glass ampoules
16
23
22
4,6
5,8
5,8
70.18 Optical glass and elements of optical glass , other than optically worked elements;
blanks for corrective spectacle lenses 12 5,8
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
70.19 Glass beads , imitation pearls , imitation precious and semi-precious stones,
fragments and chippings, and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, and
articles of glassware made therefrom ; glass cubes and small glass plates , whether
or not on a backing, for mosaics and similar decorative purposes ; artificial eyes of
glass, including those for toys but excluding those for wear by humans;
ornaments and other fancy articles of lamp-worked glass ; glass grains;
A. Glass beads , imitation pearls , imitation precious and semi-precious stones ,
and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares , not mounted , set or strung ,
but including ungraded goods temporarily strung for convenience of
transport ; glass grains :
I. Glass beads :
a ) Cut and mechanically polished
b ) Other :
II . Imitation pearls
Free
25
1,70 ECU
per kg net
4,1 ( a )
10
0,60 ECU
per kg net
III . Imitation precious and semi-precious stones :
a ) Cut and mechanically polished
b ) Other
Free
16
3,8 ( a )
6
IV . Other :
a ) Glass grains
b ) Other
17
19
5,6
6,5 ( a )
B. Artificial eyes
C. Articles of glassware made from fancy or decorative glass smallwares ....
D. Other
17
20
20
5,6
5,3
10
70.20 Glass fibre ( including wool), yarns , fabrics, and articles made therefrom :
A. Non-textile fibre and articles made therefrom '
B. Textile fibre , yarns , fabrics , and articles made therefrom
19
23
6,5
9,5
70.21 Other articles of glass 21 5,6
( a ) Exemption from the payment of duty in respect of goods falling within subheadings A I a ), A III a ) and A IV b ), within the limits of a total annual quota of
52 tonnes , to be granted by the competent authorities .
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SECTION XIV
PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS,
ROLLED PRECIOUS METALS, AND ARTICLES THEREOF;
IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN
CHAPTER 71
PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES , PRECIOUS METALS, ROLLED PRECIOUS METALS ,
AND ARTICLES THEREOF, IMITATION JEWELLERY
Notes
1 . Subject to Note 1 ( a ) to Section VI and except as provided below , all articles consisting wholly or partly :
( a ) Of pearls or of precious or semi-precious stones ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed), or
( b ) Of precious metal or of rolled precious metal ,
are to be classified within this Chapter and not within any other Chapter .
2 . ( a ) Headings Nos 71.12 , 71.13 and 71.14 do not cover articles in which precious metal or rolled precious metal is
present as minor constituents only , such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation ( for example , monograms ,
ferrules and rims), and paragraph ( b ) of the foregoing Note does not apply to such articles .
( b ) Heading No 71.15 does not cover articles containing precious metal or rolled precious metal (other than as
minor constituents ).
3 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Amalgams of precious metal , and colloidal precious metal ( heading No 28.49 );
( b ) Sterile surgical suture materials , dental fillings and other goods falling in Chapter 30 ;
(c) Goods falling in Chapter 32 ( for example , lustres );
(d ) Handbags and other articles falling within heading No 42.02 or 42.03 ;
( e ) Goods of heading No 43.03 or 43.04 ;
( f) Goods falling within Section XI ( textiles and textile articles);
( g) Footwear ( Chapter 64) and headgear ( Chapter 65 );
( h ) Umbrellas , walking-sticks and other articles falling within Chapter 66 ;
( ij ) Coin ( Chapter 72 or 99 );
(k ) Abrasive goods falling within headings Nos 68.04 and 68.06 or Chapter 82 , containing dust or powder of
precious or semi-precious stones (natural or synthetic); goods of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or
• semi-precious stones ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed ) - on a support of base metal ; machinery , mechanical
appliances and electrical goods , and parts thereof, falling within Section XVI , not being such articles wholly of
precious or semi-precious stones ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed );
7 . The expression "rolled 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 . The expression is also to be taken to cover base metal inlaid with precious metal .
8 . For the purposes of heading No 71.12 , the expression "articles of jewellery" means :
( a ) Any small objects of personal adornment ( gem-set or not ) ( for example , rings , bracelets , necklaces , brooches ,
ear-rings , watch-chains , fobs , pendants , tie-pins , 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 ( such as
cigarette cases , powder boxes , chain purses , cachou boxes ).
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( 1 ) Goods falling within Chapter 90 , 91 or 92 ( scientific instruments , clocks and watches , or musical
instruments);
( m ) Arms or parts thereof ( Chapter 93 );
( n ) Articles covered by Note 2 to Chapter 97 ;
( o ) Articles falling within headings of Chapter 98 other than headings Nos 98.01 and 98.12 ; or
(p ) Original sculptures and statuary ( heading No 99.03 ), collectors' pieces ( heading No 99.05 ) and antiques of an
age exceeding 100 years ( heading No 99.06 ), other than pearls or precious or semi-precious stones .
4 . ( a ) The expression "pearls" is to be taken to include cultured pearls .
( b ) The expression "precious metal" means silver , gold , plantinum and other metals of the platinum group .
(c) The expression "other metals of the platinum group" means iridium , osmium , palladium , rhodium and
ruthenium .
5 . For the purposes of this Chapter , any alloy ( including a sintered mixture and an intermetallic compound )
containing precious metal is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal if, and only 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 only 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 only as an alloy of gold ;
( c ) Other alloys containing 2 % or more , by weight , of silver are to be treated as alloys of silver .
For the purposes of this Note , metals of the platinum group are to be regarded as one metal and are to be treated as
though they were platinum .
6 . Except where the context otherwise requires , any reference in these Notes or elsewhere in the Tariff to precious
metal or to any particular precious metal is to be taken to include 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 rolled precious metal or to
base metal or non-metals coated or plated with precious metal .
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9 . For the purposes of heading No 71.13 , 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 .
10 . For the purposes of heading No 71.16 , the expression "imitation jewellery" means articles of jewellery within the
meaning of paragraph ( a ) of Note 8 above ( but not including buttons , studs , cuff-links or other articles of heading
No 98.01 or dress combs , hair-slides or the like of heading No 98.12), not incorporating pearls , precious or
semi-precious stones (natural , synthetic or reconstructed ) nor (except as plating or as minor constituents ) precious
metal or rolled precious metal , and composed :
( a ) Wholly or partly of base metal , whether or not plated with precious metal ; or
(b ) Of a least two materials ( for example , wood and glass , bone and amber , mother of pearl and artificial plastic
material ), no account being taken of materials ( for exafnple , necklace strings ) used only for assembly .
11 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
Additional Note
For the purposes of heading No 71.11 , the expression "goldsmiths ', silversmiths ' and jewellers ' sweepings, residues,
lemels, and other waste and scrap, of precious metal" means products fit only for the recovery of the metal orfor use in
the manufacture of chemicals .
I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
I. PEARLS AND PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES
71.01 Pearls , unworked or worked , but not mounted , set or strung (except ungraded
pearls temporarily strung for convenience of transport) Free Free
71.02 Precious and semi-precious stones, unworked , cut or otherwise worked , but not
mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for
convenience of transport):
A. Unworked or simply sawn , cleaved or bruted Free Free
B. Other :
I I. For industrial uses :
a ) Articles ofpiezo-electric quartz 5 2 ,9
I b ) Other 8 3,2
II . For other uses : Free Free
71.03 Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones , unworked , cut or
otherwise worked , but not mounted , set or strung ( except ungraded stones
temporarily strung for convenience of transport):
A. Unworked or simply sawn , cleaved or bruted 2 0,9
B. Other :
|| I. For industrial uses 8 3,2
II . For other uses 4 1,8
71.04 Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi-precious stones .... Free 1,4
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I\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
' %
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
II . PRECIOUS METALS AND ROLLED PRECIOUS METALS, II
UNWROUGHT, UNWORKED OR SEMI-MANUFACTURED II
71.05 Silver including silver gilt and platinum-plated silver, unwrought or semi­
manufactured :
A. Unwrought Free Free
71.06
B. Bars , rods , wire and sections ; plates , sheets and strips
C. Tubes , pipes and hollow bars
D. Foil of a thickness , excluding any backing , not exceeding 0,15 mm
E. Powder , purls , spangles , cuttings and other forms
Rolled silver, unworked or semi-manufactured :
A. Unworked
B. Semi-manufactured
4
7
13
13
10
13
1,8
2,9
5 '
3,8
3,8
4,6
71.07 Gold , including platinum-plated gold , unwrought or semi-manufactured : I\
A. Unwrought Free Free
II B. Bars , rods , wire and sections ; plates , sheets and strips 2 0,5
|| C. Tubes , pipes and hollow bars 4 1,8
|| D. Foil of a thickness , excluding any backing , not exceeding 0,15 mm 12 5,3
E. Powder , purls , spangles , cuttings and other forms 11 4,1
71.08 Rolled gold on base metal or silver, unworked or semi-manufactured 9 2,9
71.09 Platinum and other metals of the platinum group, unwrought or semi­
manufactured :
A. Platinum and platinum alloys :
II I. Powders Free Free
II . Other :
II a ) Unwrought Free Free
\\ b ) Semi-manufactured : I
II 1 . Bars , rods , wire and sections ; plates , sheets and strips 2 0,9
l 2 . Tubes , pipes and hollow bars 3 1,4
3 . Foil of a thickness , excluding any backing , not exceeding
0,15 mm 8 . 3,2
4 . Other 9 4
B. Other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof:
Il I. Powders . . . .' Free Free
Il II . Other : Il
Il a ) Unwrought . . .' Free Free
b ) Semi-manufactured 4 2
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 - 3 4
71.10 Rolled platinum or other platinum group metals , on base metal or precious metal ,
unworked or semi-manufactured 7 2,9
71.11 Goldsmiths', silversmiths' and jewellers' sweepings , residues , lemels , and other
waste and scrap , of precious metal Free Free
III . JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES
AND OTHER ARTICLES
71.12 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious
metal :
li A. Of precious metal 9 3,5
B. Of rolled precious metal 12 5,8
71.13 Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal
or rolled precious metal , other than goods falling within heading No 71.12 :
A. Of precious metal 9 3
B. Of rolled precious metal
i
12 3,8
71.14 Other articles of precious metal or rolled precious metal :
I A. Of precious metal 9 5,1
B. Of rolled precious metal 12 4,4
71.15 Articles consisting of, or incorporating, pearls , precious or semi-precious stones
( natural , synthetic or reconstructed):
•
I A. Articles consisting of, or incorporating , pearls : ||
I. Necklaces , bracelets and other articles , of pearls , simply strung without
fasteners or other accessories Free Free
I II . Other 14 4,9
B. Articles consisting of, or incorporating , precious or semi-precious stones
( natural , synthetic or reconstructed ):
I. Made wholly of natural precious or semi-precious stones :
a ) Necklaces , bracelets and other articles of natural precious or
semi-precious stones , simply strung without fasteners or other
accessories • Free Free
b ) Other • 9 > 5,1
II . Other 14 4,9
71.16 Imitation jewellery:
I A. Of base metal 22 8,5
B. Other 22 6,7
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CHAPTER 72 ■
COIN
Note
This Chapter does not cover collectors' pieces ( heading No 99.05 ).
Heading
number Description
Rate of duty
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
72.01 Coin . . . Free Free
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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 falling within heading
No 32.08 , 32.09 , 32.10 or 32.13 ;
( b ) Ferro-cerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading No 36.08 );
( c ) Headgear or parts thereof falling within heading No 65.06 or 65.07 ;
( d ) Umbrella frames and other goods of heading No 66.03 ;
( e ) Goods falling within Chapter 71 ( for example , precious metal alloys , rolled precious metal and imitation
jewellery);
( f) Articles falling within Section XVI ( machinery , mechanical appliances and electrical goods );
( g ) Assembled railway or tramway track ( heading No 86.10 ) or other articles falling within Section XVII (vehicles ,
ships and boats , aircraft );
( h ) Instruments or apparatus of base metal of a kind falling within Section XVIII , including clock and watch
springs ;
( ij ) Lead shot prepared for ammunition ( heading No 93.07 ) or other articles falling within Section XIX ( arms and
ammunition );
( k ) Articles falling within Chapter 94 ( furniture and mattress supports );
( 1 ) Hand sieves (heading No 96.06);
( m) Articles falling within Chapter 97 (for example , toys , games and sports requisites ); or
(n ) Buttons , pens , pencil-holders , pen nibs or other articles falling within Chapter 98 .
2 . Throughout the Tariff, the expression "parts of general use" means :
( a ) Goods described in headings. Nos 73.20 , 73.25 , 73.29 , 73.31 and 73.32 and similar goods of other base
metals ;
( b ) Springs and leaves for springs , of base metal , other than clock and watch springs ( heading No 91.11 ); and
( c ) Goods described in headings Nos 83.01 , 83.02 , 83.07 , 83.09 , 83.14 and frames and mirrors , of base metal , of
heading No 83.06 .
In Chapters 73 to 82 ( but not in heading No 73.29 ) references to parts of goods do not include references to parts
of general use as defined above .
Subject to the preceding paragraph and to the Note to Chapter 83 , the headings in Chapters 73 to 81 are to be
taken not to apply to any goods falling within Chapter 82 or 83 .
3 . Classification of alloys ( other than ferro-alloys and master alloys as defined in Chapters 73 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" is to be taken to include sintered mixtures of metal powders , heterogeneous
intimate mixtures obtained by melting (other than cermets ) and intermetallic compounds .
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4 . Unless the context otherwise requires , any reference in the Tariff to a base metal is to be taken to include a
reference to alloys which , by virtue of Note 3 above , are to be classified as alloys of that metal .
5 . 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 .
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 3 , it is
classified , and
( c) A cermet of heading No 81.04 is regarded as a single base metal .
6 . For the purposes of this Section , the expression "waste and scrap" means waste and scrap metal fit only for the
recovery of metal or for use in the manufacture of chemicals .
Additional Note
The classification of the goods of this Section shall not be affected by the application of a rough coating (for example,
of grease, oil, tar, red lead or graphite) clearly intended to protect them from rust or other oxidation .
CHAPTER 73
IRON AND STEEL AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Pig iron and cast iron ( heading No 73.01 ):
A ferrous product containing, by weight , 1,9 % or more of carbon , and which may contain one or more of the
following elements within the weight limits specified :
less than 15 % phosphorus ,
not more than 8 % silicon ,
not more than 6 % manganese , *
not more than 30 % chromium ,
not more than 40 % tungsten , -
and an aggregate of not more than 10 % of other ' alloy elements ( for example , nickel , copper , aluminium ,
titanium , vanadium , molybdenum).
However , the ferrous alloys known as "non-distorting tools steels", containing , by weight , 1,9 % or more of
carbon and having the characteristics of steel , are to be classified as steels , under their appropriate headings .
(ECSC) Molten pig iron shall be treated as solid pig iron .
( b ) I. Spiegeleisen ( heading No 73.01 ):
A ferrous product containing, by weight , more than 6 % but not more than 30 % of manganese and
otherwise conforming to the specification at ( a ) above .
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II . (ECSC) Haematite pig iron and cast iron (foundry or steel-making iron) (heading No 73.01 ):
A ferrous product which may contain, by weight, not more than 0,50 % of phosphorus as well as silicon
and manganese up to the maximum proportions specified in Note 1 (a).
III . (ECSC) Phosphoric iron (including ferro-phosphorus) (heading No 73.01 ):
A ferrous product which may contain, by weight, more than 0,50 % but less than 15 % of phosphorus as
well as silicon and manganese up to the maximum proportions specified in Note 1 (a).
Haematite pig iron and cast iron, and phosphoric iron may also contain, by weight, taken separately or
together, not more than:
0,30 % nickel, . •
•>
0,20 % chromium ,
0,30 % copper,
and 0, 1 0 % of each of the other alloy elements (for example, aluminium, titanium, vanadium, molybdenum,
tungsten).
Phosphoric iron containing, by weight, 15 % or more of phosphorus falls within heading No 28.55
(phosphides).
(c) Ferro-alloys (heading No 73.02):
Alloys of iron (other than master alloys as defined in Note 1 to Chapter 74) which are not usefully malleable
and are commonly used as raw material in the manufacture of ferrous metals and which contain , by weight ,
separately or together :
more than 8 % of silicon , or
more than 30 % of manganese , or
more than 30 % of chromium , or
more than 40 % of tungsten , or
a total of more than 10 % of other alloy elements ( aluminium , titanium , vanadium , copper , molybdenum ,
niobium or other elements , subject to a maximum content of 10 % in the case of copper),
and which contain , by weight , not less than 4 % in the case of ferro-alloys containing silicon , not less than 8 %
in the case of ferro-alloys containing manganese but no silicon or not less than 10 % in other causes , of the
element iron .
( d ) Alloy steel ( heading No 73.15 ):
Steel containing, by weight , one or more elements in the following proportions :
more than 2 % of manganese and silicon , taken together , or
2,00 % or more of manganese , or
2,00 % or more of silicon , or
0,50 % or more of nickel , or
0,50 % or more of chromium , or
0,10 % or more of molybdenum , or
0,10 % or more of vanadium , or
0,30 % or more of tungsten , or
0,30 % or more of cobalt , or
0,30 % or more of aluminium , or
" 0,40 % or more of copper , or
0,10 % or more of lead , or
0,12 % or more . of phosphorus , or
0,10 % or more of sulphur , or
0,20 % or more of phosphorus and sulphur , taken together , or
0,10 % or more of other elements , taken separately .
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( e ) High carbon steel ( heading No 73.15 ):
Steel containing , by weight , not less than 0,60 % of carbon and having a content , by weight , less than 0,04 %
of phosphorus and sulphur taken separately and less than 0,07 % of these elements taken together .
( f) Puddled bars and pilings ( heading No 73.06 ):
Products for rolling , forging or re-melting obtained either :
( i ) By shingling balls of puddled iron to remove the slag arising during puddling, or
( ii ) By roughly welding together by means of hot-rolling , packets of scrap iron or steel or puddled iron .
( g) Ingots ( heading No 73.06 ):'
Products for rolling or forging obtained by casting into moulds .
(ECSC) Molten steel shall be treated as steel of the corresponding kind in ingots .
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( h ) Blooms and billets ( heading No 73.07 ):
Semi-finished products , of rectangular section , of a cross-sectional area exceeding 1 225 mm2 and of such
dimensions that the thickness exceeds one quarter of the width .
( ij ) Slabs and sheet bars ( including tinplate bars ) (heading No 73.07):
Semi-finished products of rectangular section , of a thickness not less than 6 mm , of a width not less than 150
mm and of such dimensions that the thickness does not exceed one quarter of the width .
( k ) Coils for re-rolling ( heading No 73.08 ): \
Coiled semi-finished hot-rolled products , of rectangular section , not less than 1 ,5 mm thick, of a width
exceeding 500 mm and of a weight of not less than 500 kg per piece .
( 1 ) Universal plates (heading No 73.09 ):
Products of rectangular section , hot-rolled lengthwise in a closed box or universal mill , of a thickness exceeding
5 mm but not exceeding 100 mm , and of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1 200 mm .
( m ) Hoop and strip (heading No 73.12 ):
Rolled products with sheared or unsheared edges , of rectangular section , of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm , of
a width not exceeding 500 mm and of such dimensions that the thickness does not exceed one tenth of the
width , in straight strips , coils or flattened coils . (
(n ) Sheets and plates ( heading No 73.13 ):
Rolled products ( other than coils for re-rolling as defined in paragraph ( k ) above) of any thickness and , if in
rectangles , of a width exceeding 500 mm .
(ECSC) Such products include the special category of "electrical sheets and plates " which under a current of SO
cps and a magnetic flux of 1 tesla have a watt-loss per kg, calculated by the Epstein method, of:
— 2,1 watts or less, when their thickness does not exceed 0,20 mm;
— 3,6 watts or less , when their thickness is not less than 0,20 mm but less than 0,60 mm;
— 6 watts or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,60 mm but not greater than 1,50 mm .
Heading No 73.13 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to sheets or plates which have been cut to non-rectangular
shape , perforated , corrugated , channelled , ribbed , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby
assume the character of articles or of products falling within other headings .
(ECSC) For the purposes of applying subheadings, sheets and plates corrugated by any process shall be treated
as flat sheets and plates .
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( o ) Wire (heading No 73.14 ):
Cold-drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 13 mm . In the case of headings Nos 73.20 and 73.27 , however , the term "wire" is deemed to include
rolled products of the same dimensions .
(p ) Bars and rods ( including wire rod) (heading No 73.10):
Products of solid section which do not conform to the entirety of any of the definitions (h ), ( ij ), ( k ), ( 1 ), ( m), ( n )
and (o ) above, and which have cross-sections in the shape of circles , segments of circles , ovals , isosceles
triangles , rectangles , hexagons , octagons or quadrilaterals with only two sides parallel and the other sides
equal .
The expression also includes concrete reinforcing bars which apart from minor indentations , flanges , grooves or
other deformations produced during the rolling process correspond to the above definition .
(ECSC) "Wire rod" is a product of solid section obtained exclusively by hot-rolling, and which is hot-coiled.
The term covers only such products:
1 . Of round or square section of which the diameter or side does not exceed 13 mm;
2 . Of any other section, which do not conform to the definition of hoop and strip in Note 1 (m) above,
weighing not more than 1,330 kg per linear metre .
( q ) Hollow mining drill steel ( heading No 73.10):
Steel hollow bars of any cross-section , suitable for mining drills , of which the greatest external dimension
exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 50 mm , and of which the greatest internal dimension does not exceed one
third of the greatest external dimension . Other steel hollow bars are to be treated as falling within heading
No 73.18 .
( r) Angles , shapes and sections ( heading No 73.11 ):
Products , other than those falling within heading No 73.16 , which do not conform to the entirety of any of the
definitions (h ), ( ij ), ( k), ( 1 ), ( m ), (n ) and (o ) above , and which do not have cross-sections in the form of circles ,
segments of circles , ovals , isosceles triangles , rectangles , hexagons , octagons or quadrilaterals with only two
sides parallel and the other two sides equal , and which are not hollow .
( s ) (ECSC) Tinplate (headings Nos 73.12 and 73.13):
Hoop and strip and sheets and plates coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, 97 % or more of tin,
whether or not varnished.
2 . Headings Nos 73.06 to 73.14 are to be taken not to apply to goods of alloy or high carbon steel ( heading
No 73.15 ). -
3 . Iron and steel products of the kind described in any of the headings Nos 73.06 to 73.15 inclusive , clad with another
ferrous metal , are to be classified as products of the ferrous metal predominating by weight .
4 . Iron obtained by electrolytic deposition is classified according to its form and dimensions with the corresponding
products obtained by other processes .
5 . The expression "high-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel" ( heading No 73.19 ) means riveted , welded or
seamless circular steel tubes or pipes and bends therefor , of an internal diameter exceeding 400 mm and of a wall
thickness exceeding 10,5 mm .
Additional Note
For the purposes of this Chapter, products obtained by continuous casting and conforming to the definitions of\
Note 1 (p) or (r) of the present Chapter are to be regarded as "hot-rolled products ".
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73.01 Pig iron , cast iron and spiegeleisen , in pigs , blocks , lumps and similar forms : I
A. Spiegeleisen (ECSC) 3,2
B. Haematite pig iron and cast iron (ECSC) 3,2
C. Phosphoric pig iron and cast iron (ECSC) 4
D. Other pig iron and cast iron :
I. Containing , by weight , not less than 0,30 % but not more than 1 % of
titanium and not less than 0,50 % but not more than 1 % of vanadium
(ECSC)
II . Other (ECSC)
Free
3,2
73.02 Ferro-alloys :
A. Ferro-manganese : I
I. Containing more than 2 % by weight of carbon ( high carbon
ferro-manganese ) (ECSC)
II . Other 8
4
5,3
B. Ferro-aluminium , ferro-silico-aluminium and ferro-silico-mangano­
aluminium 7 4,9
C. Ferro-silicon 10 6.2(a )
D. Ferro-silico-manganese t 6 5,5 ( b )
E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium :
I. Ferro-chromium 8 8 ( c )
II . Ferro-silico-chromium 7 4,9
F. Ferro-nickel ". . . . 7 Free
G. Other. 7 4,9
73.03 Waste and scrap metal of iron or steel (ECSC) Free
Shot and angular grit , of iron or steel , whether or not graded ; wire pellets of iron73.04
10 3,2or steel
( a ) Exemption from the payment of duty within the limits of an annual quota of 12 600 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities .
( b ) Exemption from the payment of duty within the limits of an annual quota of 18 550 tonnes to be granted by the competent authorities .
(c ) Exemption from the payment of duty in respect of ferro-chromium containing not more than 0,10 % by weight of carbon and more than 30 % , but not more than 90 % , of
chromium , within the limits of an annual quota of 2 950 tonnes , to be granted by the competent authorities .
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73.05 Iron or steel powders; sponge iron or steel :
A. Iron or steel powders
B. Sponge iron or steel (ECSC)
8 3,2
2,5 ( a )
73.06 Puddled bars and pilings ; ingots , blocks , lumps and similar forms, of iron or steel
(ECSC) 2,5
73.07 Blooms, billets , slabs and sheet bars ( including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ;
pieces roughly shaped by forging, or iron or steel :
A. Blooms and billets :
I. Rolled (ECSC) 3,2
II . Forged 10 3,8
B. Slabs and sheet bars ( including tinplate bars ): I
I. Rolled (ECSCJ 3,2
II . Forged . . . 10 3,8
C. Pieces roughly shaped by forging ; . . . 10 3,2
73.08 Iron or steel coils for re-rolling:
A. Less than 1,50 m in width , intended for re-rolling ( b ) (ECSC) . . .
B. Other (ECSC)
3,8
4,4
73.09 Universal plates of iron or steel (ECSC) 4,4
73.10 Bars and rods ( including wire rod), of iron or steel , hot-rolled , forged , extruded ,
cold-formed or cold-finished , ( including precision-made); hollow mining drill
steel :
A. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded :
I. Wire rod (ECSC) .
II . Bars and rods (ECSC)
III . Hollow mining drill steel (ECSC)
4,9
4,4
3,8
B. Not further worked than forged 10 4,9
C. Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished 10 4,9
( a ) Autonomous total suspension for an indefinite period .
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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D. Clad or surface-worked ( for example , polished , coated ):
I. Not further worked than clad : *
a ) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) 3,8
| b ) Cold-formed or cold-finished 10 4,9
II . Other 10 4,9
73.11 Angles , shapes and sections , of iron or steel , hot-rolled , forged , extruded ,
cold-formed or cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel , whether or not drilled ,
punched or made from assembled elements :
A. Angles , shapes and sections :
I. Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) 4,4
II . Not further worked than forged 10 4,9
III . Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished 10 4,9
IV . Clad or surface-worked ( for example , polished , coated ):
a ) Not further worked than clad : I
1 . Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) 3,8
2 . Cold-formed or cold-finished 10 4,9
I b ) Other 10 4,9
B. Sheet piling (ECSC) 4,4
73.12 Hoop and strip, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled : '
A. Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC)
B. Not further worked than cold-rolled :
I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate (ECSC)
5,3
5,3
li II . Other v 10 5,3
|| C. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
|| I. Silvered , gilded or platinum-plated 10 5,3
II . Enamelled 10 5,3
|| III . Tinned : \
a ) Tinplate (ECSC) 4,9
b ) Other . . . '. 10 5,3
\\ IV . Zinc-coated or lead-coated 10 5,3
V. Other ( for example , copper-plated , artificially oxidised , lacquered ,
nickel-plated , varnished , clad , parkerised , printed ):
Il a ) Not further worked than clad : \
l.\ 1 . Hot-rolled (ECSC) 4,9
II 2 . Cold-rolled 10 5,3
|| b ) Other 10 5,3
D. Otherwise shaped or worked ( for example , perforated , chamfered , lap­
jointed ) 10 5,3
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73.13 Sheets and plates, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
A. "Electrical" sheets and plates :
I. With a watt-loss , regardless of thickness , of 0,75 watt or less (ECSC)
II . Other (ECSC)
4,4
4,9 •
B. Other sheets and plates :
I. Not further worked than hot-rolled , of a thickness of:
a ) 2 mm or more (ECSC)
b) Less than 2 mm (ECSC)
4,9
4,4
II . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of:
a ) 3 mm or more (ECSC)
b ) More than 1 mm but less than 3 mm (ECSC)
c ) 1 mm or less (ECSC)
4,9
4,4
5,3
III . Not further worked than burnished , polished or glazed (ECSC)
IV . Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
4,9
I a ) Silvered , gilded , platinum-plated or enamelled 10 . 4,9
l b ) Tinned :
1 . Tinplate (ECSC) 4,9
I 2 . Other (ECSC) 4,9
c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated (ECSC) 5,3
d ) Other ( for example , copper-plated , artificially oxidised , lacquered ,
nickel-plated-, varnished , clad , parkerised , printed ) (ECSC) 4,9
I V. Otherwise shaped or worked : I
a ) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes , but not further
worked :
li 1 . Silvered , gilded , platinum-plated or enamelled 10 4,9
\\ 2 . Other (ECSC) 4,9
b) Other , excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling 10 4,9
73.14 Iron or steel wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated 10 5,3
73.15 Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings Nos 73.06
to 73.14 :
A. High carbon steel :
I. Ingots , blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars :
I a ) Forged 9 3,5
|| b ) Other :
1 . Ingots (ECSC) 2,5
2 . Blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars (ECSC) 3,2
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A. II . Pieces roughly shaped by forging 10 3,2
III . Coils for re-rolling (ECSC) 3,8
IV . Universal plates (ECSC) 4,4
V. Bars and rods ( including wire rod ) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles , I
shapes and sections : ll
a ) Not further worked than forged 10 5,3
i
b ) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded : l.I
1 . Wire rod (ECSC) 4,9
2 . Other (ECSC) 4,4
c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished 10 5,3 '
I d ) Clad or surface-worked ( for example , polished , coated ): \
\ 1 . Not further worked than clad : II
aa) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) 3,8
bb ) Cold-formed or cold-finished 10 4,9
2 . Other 10 5,3
VI . Hoop and strip : \
'
a ) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) 4,9
b ) Not further worked than cold-rolled 10 5,3
li c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated : I
|| 1 . Not further worked than clad :
|| aa ) Hot-rolled (ECSC) 4,9
ll bb ) Cold-rolled 10 5,3
2 . Other
d) Otherwise shaped or worked ( for example , perforated , chamfered ,
lap-jointed )
10
10
5,3
5,3
VII ; Sheets and plates :
Il a ) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) 4,9
li b) Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of:
Il 1 . 3 mm or more (ECSC) 4,9
II 2 . Less than 3 mm (ECSC) 5,3
\\ c) Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC) .... 4,9
li d ) Otherwise shaped or worked :
Il 1 . Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes , but not further I
Il worked (ECSC) . . 4,9
2 . Other , excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling 10 4,9
VIII . Wire , whether or not coated , but not insulated 10 5,3
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73.15 B. Alloy steel :
(cont'd) I. Ingots , blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars : li
a ) Forged 8 3,8
b ) Other : II
1 . Ingots :
aa ) Waste or scrap in ingot form (ECSC) Free
- ' bb ) Other (ECSC) 2,5
2 . Blooms , billets , slabs and sheet' bars (ECSC) 3,2
' - II . Pieces roughly shaped by forging 10 3,8
III . Coils for re-rolling (ECSC) 6
IV. Universal plates (ECSC) 6
V. Bars and rods ( including wire rod ) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles , li
li shapes and sections :
I a ) Not further worked than forged . 9 6
|| b ) Not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded : ||
Il 1 . Wire rod (ECSC) 6
Il 2 . Other (ECSC) 6
|| c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished 10 6 ,
|| d ) Clad or surface-worked ( for example , polished , coated):
1 . Not further worked than clad
aa ) Hot-rolled or extruded (ECSC) 5
bb) Cold-formed or cold-finished 10 6 .
2 . Other 10 6
VI . Hoop and strip :
-
li a ) Not further worked than hot-rolled (ECSC) 6
b ) Not further worked than cold-rolled 10 6
Il c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
Il 1 . Not further worked than clad :
aa ) Hot-rolled (ECSC) 6
II bb ) Cold-rolled 10 6
II 2 . Other ' 10 6
Il d) Otherwise shaped or worked ( for example , perforated , chamfered ,
lap-jointed) - 10 6
VII . Sheets and plates :
a ) "Electrical" sheets and plates :
1 . With a watt-loss , regardless of thickness , of 0,75 watt or less
(ECSC)
2 . Other (ECSC)
6
6
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B. VII . b ) Other sheets and plates :
1 . Not further worked than hotrrolled (ECSC)
2 . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of:
aa ) 3 mm or more (ECSC)
bb ) Less than 3 mm (ECSC)
3 . Polished , clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated (ECSC) : . .
4 . Otherwise shaped or worked :
aa ) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes , but not
further worked (ECSC)
6
6
6
6
6
bb ) Other , excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling 10 6
VIII . Wire , whether or not coated , but not insulated 10 6
73.16 Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel , the following:
rails , check-rails , switch blades, crossings ( or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods,
rack rails , sleepers , fish-plates, chairs , chair wedges, sole plates ( base plates), rail
clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialised for joining or fixing rails :
A. Rails :
I. Current-conducting , with parts of non-ferrous metal '. 18 5,8
l II . Other : Il
a ) New (ECSC) . 4,4
b ) Used (ECSC) ; 2,5
B. Check-rails (ECSC) 3,8
C. Sleepers (ECSC) 3,8
I D. Fish-plates and sole plates : \l
I. Rolled (ECSC) 3,8
I II . Other 15 5,1
E. Other 14 4,9
73.17 Tubes and pipes, of cast iron 13 5,8
73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron ( other than of cast iron) or steel ,
excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits :
A. Tubes and pipes , with attached fittings , suitable for conducting gases or
liquids , for use in civil aircraft ( a ) 14 Free
ll B. Other :
I. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness , unworked , seamless , of circular
cross-section , solely for the manufacture of tubes and pipes with other
cross-sections and wall-thicknesses ( b ) 14 9
II . Straight and of uniform wall-thickness , other than those falling in B I
above , of a maximum length of 4,50 m , of alloy steel containing by
weight not less than 0,90 % but not more than 1,15 % of carbon , not
less than 0,50 % but not more than 2 % of chromium and not more
than 0,50 % of molybdenum 14 9
III . Other 14 10
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
( b ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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73.19 High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel , whether or not reinforced 13 9
Tube and pipe fittings ( for example, joints , elbows , unions and flanges), of iron73.20
or steel . 14 6,2
73.21 Structures and parts of structures ( for example, hangars and other buildings,
bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates , towers, lattice masts , roofs , roofing
frameworks, door and window frames, shutters, balustrades , pillars and
columns), of iron or steel ; plates , strip, rods , angles, shapes , sections, tubes and
the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel 14 4,1
73.22 Reservoirs , tanks , vats and similar containers, for any material (other than
compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel , of a capacity exceeding 300 litres ,
whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
equipment 15 3,8
73.23 Casks, drums, cans , boxes and similar containers, of sheet or plate iron or steel ,
of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods, of a
capacity :
A. Qf 50 litres or more 15 4,4
B. Of less than 50 litres 17 4,9
73.24 Containers, of iron or steel , for compressed or liquefied gas 17 4,9.
73.25 Stranded wire , cables, cordage, ropes , plaited bands , slings and the like, of iron
or steel wire , but excluding insulated electric cables :
A. With fittings attached , or made up into articles for use in civil aircraft ( a ) . 17 Free
B. Other 17 5,6
73.26 Barbed iron or steel wire ; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and
loosely twisted double wire, of kinds used for fencing, of iron or steel 15 9
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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73.27 Gauze , cloth , grill , netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials , of
iron or steel wire; expanded metal , of iron or steel :
A. Gauze , cloth , grill , netting , fencing , reinforcing fabric and similar materials 15 6,2
B. Expanded metal 15 5,1
[ 73.28]
73.29 Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel 16 4,6
73.30 Anchors and grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel 18 5,8
73.31 Nails , tacks, staples , hook-nails , corrugated nails , spiked cramps , studs , spikes
and drawing pins, of iron or steel , whether or not with heads of other materials ,
but not including such articles with heads of copper:
A. Carding tacks for textile carding machines 13 3,8
B. Other 16 4,6
73.32 Bolts and nuts ( including bolt ends and screw studs ), whether or not threaded or
tapped , screws ( including screw hooks and screw rings), rivets , cotters ,
cotter-pins and similar articles, of iron or steel ; washers ( including spring
washers) of iron or steel :
A. Not threaded or tapped :
I. Screws , nuts , rivets and washers , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes ,
sections or wire , of solid section , of a shank thickness or hole diameter
not exceeding 6 mm 16 4,9
II II . Other 16 6,2
l.I B. Threaded or tapped : l
I. Screws and nuts , turned from bars , rods , angles shapes , sections or wire ,
of solid section , of a shank thickness or hole diameter not exceeding
6 mm \ 17 5,3
II . Other ' 17 6,7
73.33 Needles for hand sewing ( including embroidery), hand carpet needles and hand
knitting needles , bodkins , crochet hooks , and the like, and embroidery stilettos ,
of iron or steel :
|| A. Sewing needles , darning needles and embroidery needles 19 5,1
B. Other 15 4,4
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description
/
Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
73.34 Pins (excluding hatpins and other ornamental pins and drawing pins), hairpins ,
curling grips and the like, of iron or steel 19 5,1
73.35 Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel 17 4,9
73.36 Stoves ( including stoves with subsidiary boilers for central heating), ranges ,
cookers, grates, fires and other space heaters , gas-rings , plate warmers with
burners, wash boilers with grates or other heating elements, and similar
equipment, of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated , and
parts thereof, of iron or steel 17 4,9
73.37 Boilers (excluding boilers of heading No 84.01 ) and radiators, for central heating,
not electrically heated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel ; air heaters and hot air
distributors (including those which can also distribute cool or conditioned air),
not electrically heated , incorporating a motor-driven fan or blower, and parts
thereof, of iron or steel 17 5,6
73.38 Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for indoor
use, and parts of such articles and ware , of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot
scourers and scouring or polishing pads , gloves and the like, of iron or steel :
A. Sanitary ware (excluding parts thereof) for use in civil aircraft ( a ) 17 Free
\ B. Other : \
|| I. Sinks and wash basins and parts thereof, of stainless steel 17 5,1
II . Other 17 5,6
[ 73.39]
73.40 Other articles or iron or steel :
li A. Of cast iron 14 4,1
B. Other .' 18 5,3
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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CHAPTER 74
COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . For the purposes of heading No 74.02, the expression "master alloys" means alloys (except copper phosphide
(phosphor copper) containing more than 8 % by weight of phosphorus ) containing with other alloy elements more
than 10 % by weight of copper , not usefully malleable and commonly used as raw material in the manufacture of
other alloys or as de-oxidants , de-sulphurising agents or for similar uses in the metallurgy of non-ferrous metals .
( Copper phosphide (phosphor copper ) containing more than 8 % by weight of phosphorus falls within heading
No 28.55 and not within this Chapter .)
2 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Wire ( heading No 74.03 ):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 6 mm .
( b ) Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections (heading No 74.03 ):
Rolled , extruded , drawn or forged products of solid section , of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 6 mm and which , if they are flat , have a thickness exceeding one-tenth of the width . Also cast or
sintered products , of the same forms and dimensions , which have been subsequently worked after production
( otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of
articles or of products falling within other headings .
Wire-bars and billets with their ends tapered or otherwise worked simply to facilitate their entry into machines
for converting them into , for example , wire rod or tubes , are however to be taken to be unwrought copper of
heading No 74.01 .
(c) Wrought plates , sheets and strip ( heading No 74.04 ):
Flat-surfaced , wrought products (coiled or not), of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm , and of which the thickness exceeds 0,15 mm but does not exceed one-tenth of the width .
Heading No 74.04 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to such products , whether or not cut to shape , perforated ,
corrugated , ribbed , channelled , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby assume the character of
articles or of products falling within other headings .
3 . Heading No 74.07 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tubes , pipes and hollow bars which have been polished or
coated , or which have been shaped or worked , such as bent , coiled , threaded , drilled , waisted , cone-shaped or
finned . Heading No 74.08 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tube and pipe fittings which have been similarly
treated .
I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
74.01 Copper matte; unwrought copper (refined or not); copper waste and scrap . . . Free Free
74.02 Master alloys Free Free
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
74.03 Wrought bars , rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper wire :
A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel 9 5
B. Other 10 6
74.04 Wrought plates , sheets and strip, of copper :
A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel 10 6,5
B. Other 10 6
74.05 Copper foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated, coated , printed ,
or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ), of a thickness (excluding any
backing) not exceeding 0,15 mm :
A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel
B. Other
10
12
6,5 ..
6,5
74.06 Copper powders and flakes :
li A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel 2 0,5
l.'l B. Other : II
ll I. Lamellar powders and flakes 14 6,2
II . Other 3 1,4
74.07 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor , of copper; hollow bars of copper 13 6
74.08 Tube and pipe fittings ( for example, joints , elbows, sockets and flanges), of
copper:
li A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel 13 5
B. Other 15 6,5
[ 74.09]
74.10 . Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes , plaited bands and the like, of copper wire ,
but excluding insulated electric wires and cables :
Il A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel 16 6,5
B. Other 13 6,5
74.11 Gauze, cloth , grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials
( including endless bands), of copper wire; expanded metal , of copper . 12 6,5
[74.12]
•
[ 74.13]
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[74.14]
74.15 Nails , tacks, staples, hook-nails , spiked cramps, studs, spikes and drawing pins ,
of copper, or of iron or steel with heads of copper; bolts and nuts ( including bolt
ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded or tapped , screws ( including
screw hooks and screw rings), rivets , cotters , cotter-pins and similar articles , of
copper; washers ( including spring washers ) of copper :
A. Nails , tacks , staples , hook-nails , spiked cramps , studs , spikes and drawing
13 6,5
B. Screws , nuts , rivets and washers , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , •
sections or wire , of solid section , of a shank thickness or hole diameter not
exceeding 6 mm 14 3,5
I C. Other :
I. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel .... 13 3,8
II . Other 14 4,9
74.16 Springs, of copper:
A. Of copper alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel 16 6,5
B. Other 17 6,5
74.17 Cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes , not
electrically operated, and parts thereof, of copper:
A. Liquid fuel pressure stoves and parts thereof 15 6,5
B. Other 15 6,5
74.18 Other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for
indoor use, and parts of such articles and ware, of copper 17 4,9
74.19 Other articles of copper
/
18 4,9
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CHAPTER 75
NICKEL AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Wire ( heading No 75.02 ):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 6 mm .
(b ) Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections (heading No 75.02 ):
Rolled , extruded , drawn or forged products of solid section , of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 6 mm and which , if they are flat , have a thickness exceeding one-tenth of the width . Also cast or
sintered products , of the same forms and dimensions , which have been subsequently machined (otherwise than
by simple trimming or de-scaling).
(c) Wrought plates , sheets and strip ( heading No 75.03 ):
Flat-surfaced , wrought products ( coiled or not), of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm , and of which the thickness does not exceed one-tenth of the width .
Heading No 75.03 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to such products , whether or not cut to shape , perforated ,
corrugated , ribbed , channelled , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby assume the character of
articles or of products falling within other headings .
2 . Heading No 75.04 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tubes , pipes , hollow bars and tube and pipe fittings which
have been polished or coated , or which have been shaped or worked , such as bent , coiled , threaded , drilled ,
waisted , cone-shaped or finned .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
75.01 Nickel mattes, nickel speiss and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy;
unwrought nickel (excluding electro-plating anodes); nickel waste and scrap - . . Free Free
75.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles, shapes and sections , of nickel ; nickel wire 9 4 '4
75.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip , of nickel ; nickel foil; nickel powders and
flakes :
A. Plates , sheets , strip and foil . . 10 4,9
B. Powders and flakes 2 0,5
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\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
75.04 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of nickel; hollow bars, and tube and pipe
fittings ( for example, joints , elbows, sockets and flanges), of nickel :
A. Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor ; hollow bars 12 5,3
B. Tube and pipe fittings 13 3,8
75.05 Electro-plating anodes, of nickel , wrought or unwrought, including those
produced by electrolysis : I
A. Not prepared beyond casting 5 3,2
B. Other 8 3,8
75.06 Other articles of nickel :
A. Nails , tacks , staples , hook-nails , spiked cramps , studs , spikes and the like ;
bolts , nuts , screws and similar articles ; washers and spring washers :
I. Screws , nuts , rivets and washers , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes ,
sections or wire , of solid section , of a shank thickness or hole diameter
not exceeding 6 mm 13 3,5
li II . Other 13 3,8
B. Other 16 4,6
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CHAPTER 76
ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Wire ( heading No 76.02 ):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 6 mm .
(b ) Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections (heading No 76.02):
Rolled , extruded , drawn of forged products of solid section , of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 6 mm and which , if they are flat , have a thickness exceeding one-tenth of the width . Also cast or
sintered products , of the same forms and dimensions , which have been subsequently machined ( otherwise than
by simple trimming or de-scaling).
(c) Wrought plates , sheets and strip ( heading No 76.03 ):
Flat-surfaced , wrought products ( coiled or not), of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm , and of which the thickness exceeds 0,20 mm but does not exceed one-tenth of the width .
Heading No 76.03 is to be taken to apply , inter alia, to such products , whether or not cut to shape , perforated ,
corrugated , ribbed , channelled , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby assume the character of
articles or of products falling within other headings .
2 . Heading No 76.06 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tubes , pipes and hollow bars which have been polished or
coated , or which have been shaped or worked , such as bent , coiled , threaded , drilled , waisted , cone-shaped or
finned . Heading No 76.07 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tube and pipe fittings which have been similarly
treated .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
76.01 Unwrought aluminium; aluminium waste and scrap: I
A. Unwrought 10 6
B. Waste and scrap : l
|| I. Waste : \I
a ) Turnings , shavings , chips , milling waste , sawdust and filings ; waste
of coloured , coated or bonded sheets and foil , of a thickness
( excluding any backing) of 0,20 mm or less Free 2,2
b ) Other ( including factory rejects ) 5 3,2
II . Scrap Free Free
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
76.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ; aluminium
15 10
76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium 15 10
76.04 Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated , coated ,
printed , or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ), of a thickness
( excluding any backing) not exceeding 0,20 mm 17 ■ 10
76.05 Aluminium powders and flakes :
Il A. Lamellar powders and flakes 21 6,3
B. Other 10 5,3 .
76.06 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor , of aluminium; hollow bars of aluminium :
'
A. Tubes and pipes , with attached fittings , suitable for conducting gases or
liquids , for use in civil aircraft ( a ) 19 Free
B. Other 19 10
76.07 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints , elbows, sockets and flanges ), of
aluminium 20 7
76.08 Structures and parts of structures ( for example, hangars and other buildings,
bridges and bridge-sections, towers , lattice masts , roofs , roofing frameworks ,
door and window frames , balustrades, pillars and columns), of aluminium ;
plates, rods, angles , shapes , sections , tubes and the like, prepared for use in
structures, of aluminium 19 7
76.09 Reservoirs , tanks , vats and similar containers , for any material ( other than
compressed or liquefied gas), of aluminium , of a capacity exceeding 300 litres ,
whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
equipment 19 7 -
76.10 Casks , drums , cans, boxes and similar containers ( including rigid and collapsible
tubular containers), of aluminium, of a description commonly used for the
conveyance or packing of goods :
ll A. Rigid and collapsible tubular containers 19 7
B. Other . 19 7
76.11 Containers , of aluminium, for compressed or liquefied gas 21 7
76.12 Stranded wire, cables , cordage, ropes , plaited bands and the like, of aluminium
wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables 19 7
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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llll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[ 76.13 ]
.
[76.14]
76.15 Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor
use , and parts of such articles and ware, of aluminium 20 7
76.16 Other articles of aluminium :
I A. Cops , pirns , bobbins and similar supports for the spinning and weavingindustries 12 7
I B. Spools , reels and similar supports for photographic and cinematographic filmor for tapes , films and the like falling within heading No 92.12 16 7
I C. Nails , tacks , staples , hook-nails , spiked cramps , spikes and the like ; bolts ,nuts , screws and similar articles ; washers and spring washers :
I. Screws , nuts , rivets and washers , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes ,
sections or wire , of solid section , of a shank thickness or hole diameter
not exceeding 6 mm
II . Other •
16
16
7
1
I D. Other . . . 19 1
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CHAPTER 77
MAGNESIUM AND BERYLLIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF
llII Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
77.01 Unwrought magnesium ; magnesium waste ( excluding shavings of uniform size)
and scrap:
ll A. Unwrought 10 5,3
B. Waste and scrap :
I. Waste [
II . Scrap
5
Free
3,5
Free
77.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections, of magnesium ; magnesium wire ;
wrought plates , sheets and strip, of magnesium; magnesium foil ; raspings and
shavings of uniform size , powders and flakes , of magnesium ; tubes and pipes and
blanks therefor, of magnesium; hollow bars of magnesium ; other articles of
magnesium 14 5,3
[77.03]
77.04 Beryllium , unwrought or wrought, and articles of beryllium :
A. Unwrought ; waste and scrap
B. Wrought beryllium and articles of beryllium
3
8
1 .X
3,8 1
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CHAPTER 78
LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Wire ( heading No 78.02 ):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 6 mm .
( b ) Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections (heading No 78.02 ):
Rolled , extruded , drawn or forged products of solid section , of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 6 mm and which , if they are flat , have a thickness exceeding one-tenth of the width . Also cast or
sintered products , of the same forms and dimensions , which have been subsequently machined ( otherwise than
by simple trimming or de-scaling).
( c) Wrought plates , sheets and strip ( heading No 78.03 ):
Flat-surfaced , wrought products (coiled or not), of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm , of which the thickness does not exceed one-tenth of the width , and which are of a weight exceeding
1,7 kg/ m2 .
Heading No 78.03 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to such products , whether or not cut to shape , perforated ,
corrugated , ribbed , channelled , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby assume the character of
articles o'r of products falling within other headings .
2 . Heading No 78.05 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tubes , pipes , hollow bars and tube and pipe fittings which
have been polished or coated , or which have been shaped or worked , such as bent , coiled , threaded , drilled ,
waisted , cone-shaped or finned .
llIl Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
78.01 Unwrought lead ( including argentiferous lead); lead waste and scrap:
A. Unwrought :
I I. For refining , containing 0,02 % or more by weight of silver ( bullionlead) ( a ) . . 4,5 ( b ) Free
II . Other 4,5
subject
to a min.
of 1,1 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
3,5
I B. Waste and scrap Free Free
78.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes: and sections, of lead; lead wire 10 8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b) The rate of duty is reduced to 2 % .
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|||| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
78.03 Wrought plates , sheets and strip, of lead 10 8
78.04 Lead foil ( whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated , coated , printed , or
backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight ( excluding any
backing) not exceeding 1,7 kg/m2 ; lead powders and flakes:
A. Lead foil :
I. Backed
II . Other
15
10
8
8
B. Lead powders and flakes
J
5 2,2
78.05 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of lead ; hollow bars, and tube and pipe
fittings ( for example , joints , elbows, sockets , flanges and S-bends), of lead . . 13 9
78.06 Other articles of lead :
A. Containers with an anti-radiation lead covering , for the transport or storage
of radio-active materials (EURATOM)
B. Other
12
17
6
8
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CHAPTER 79
ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Wire ( heading No 79.02 ):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 6 mm .
(b ) Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections (heading No 79.02):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section , of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm and which , if they are flat , have a thickness exceeding one-tenth of the width . Also cast or sintered
products , of the same forms and dimensions , which have been subsequently machined ( otherwise than by simple
trimming or de-scaling).
(c) Wrought plates , sheets and strip (heading No 79.03 ):
Flat-surfaced , wrought products (coiled or not), of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm , and of which the thickness does not exceed one-tenth of the width .
Heading No 79.03 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to such products , whether or not cut to shape , perforated ,
corrugated , ribbed , channelled , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby assume the character of
articles or of products falling within other headings .
2 . Heading No 79.04 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tubes , pipes , hollow bars and tube and pipe fittings which
have been polished or coated , or which have been shaped or worked , such as bent , coiled , threaded , drilled ,
waisted , cone-shaped or finned .
IIl Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
79.01 Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap:
A. Unwrought
B. Waste and scrap
4,5
subject to
a min.
of 1,1 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
Free
3,5
Free
79.02 Wrought bars , rods, angles , shapes and sections , of zinc; zinc wire 10 8
79.03 Wrought plates , sheets and strip, of zinc; zinc foil; zinc powders and flakes:
A. Plates , sheets , strip and foil
B. Powders ( including dust) and flakes
10
7
8
4,4
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|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
79.04 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor , of zinc; hollow bars, and tube and pipe
fittings (for example, joints , elbows, sockets and flanges ), of zinc 14 8
[79.05]
i
79.06 Other articles of zinc: \
A. Gutters , roof capping , skylight frames and other fabricated building
components 14 7
B. Other 16 7
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CHAPTER 80
TIN AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Notes
1 . In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
( a ) Wire ( heading No 80.02 ):
Rolled , extruded or drawn products of solid section of any cross-sectional shape , of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 6 mm .
( b ) Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections ( heading No 80.02 ):
Rolled , extruded , drawn or forged products of solid section , of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 6 mm and which , if they are flat , have a thickness exceeding one-tenth of the width . Also cast or
sintered products , of the same forms and dimensions , which have been subsequently machined (otherwise than
by simple trimming or de-scaling).
( c) Wrought plates , sheets and strip ( heading No 80.03 ):
Flat-surfaced , wrought products (coiled or not ) of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds
6 mm , of which the thickness does not exceed one-tenth of the width , and which are of a weight exceeding
1 kg / m2 .
Heading No 80.03 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to such products , whether or not cut to shape , perforated
corrugated , ribbed , channelled , polished or coated , provided that they do not thereby assume the character of
articles or of products falling within other headings .
2 . Heading No 80.05 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to tubes , pipes , hollow bars and tube and pipe fittings which
have been polished or coated , or which have been shaped or worked , such as bent , coiled , threaded , drilled ,
waisted , cone-shaped or finned .
Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous ■
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
80.01 Unwrought tin ; tin waste and scrap Free Free
80.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles, shapes and sections , of tin ; tin wire : 8 3,2
80.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of tin 8 2,5
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\| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
80.04 Tin foil ( whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated , coated , printed , or
backed with paper or other reinforcing material ), of a weight (excluding any
backing) not exceeding 1 kg/ m 2 ; tin powders and flakes :
A. Foil :
-
\\ I. Backed 12 4,4
II II . Other 10 3,8
B. Powders and flakes 7 2,9
80.05 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of tin ; hollow bars , and tube and pipe
fittings ( for example , joints , elbows , sockets and flanges ), of tin : \
ll A. Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor; hollow bars 10 3,8
B. Tube* and pipe fittings 14 4.9
80.06 Other articles of tin «. 16 5,3
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CHAPTER 81
OTHER BASE METALS EMPLOYED IN METALLURGY AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Note
Heading No 81.04 is to be taken to apply only to the following base metals :
bismuth , cadmium , cobalt , chromium , gallium , germanium , hafnium , indium , manganese , niobium ( columbium ),
rhenium , antimony , titanium , thorium , thallium , uranium depleted in U 235 , vanadium , zirconium .
The heading also covers cobalt mattes , cobalt speiss and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy , and
cermets .
\\ Rate of duty •
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
81.01 Tungsten ( wolfram), unwrought or wrought , and articles thereof:
A. Unwrought ( including bars not further prepared than sintered and powders );
waste and scrap
B. Bars ( other than bars not further prepared than sintered ), rods , angles ,
shapes , sections , wire , filaments , plates , sheets , strip and foil . . . .
C. Other
6
10
13
8
10
81.02 Molybdenum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
A. Unwrought ( including bars not further prepared than sintered and powders );
waste and scrap :
I. Powders
II . Other
B. Bars ( other than bars not further prepared than sintered ), rods , angles ,
shapes , sections , wire , filaments , plates , sheets , strip and foil
C. Other
i
6
6
10
13
5
8
10
81.03 Tantalum , unwrought or wrought , and articles thereof.:
A. Unwrought ( including bars not further prepared than sintered and powders );
waste and scrap
B. . Bars ( other than bars not further prepared than sintered ), rods , angles ,
shapes , sections , wire , filaments , plates , sheets , strip and foil
C. Other
4
8
11
2,5
4,4
5 ,8
81.04 Other base metals , unwrought or wrought , and articles thereof; cermets ,
unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
A. Bismuth :
I. Unwrought ; waste and scrap
II . Other
B. Cadmium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other
Free
9
5
9
Free
3,5
4
6
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II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
81.04
(cont'd)
C. Cobalt :
I. Unwrought ; waste and scrap
II . Other
Free
7
Free
3,8
D. Chromium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap :
a ) Chromium alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel .
b ) Other
II . Other
Free
6
8
Free
5
7
E. Germanium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other
6
10
4,5
7
F. Hafnium ( celtium):
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other
4
9
3,5
7,5
G. Manganese :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap ; .
II . Other
7
10
4,5
6,5
H. Niobium (columbium):
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other .
6
10
5
9
IJ . Antimony :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other
, 8
10 8
K. Titanium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap 1
II . Other :
a ) Tubes and pipes , with attached fittings , suitable for conducting gases
or liquids , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
b ) Other
6
10
10
5
Free
L. Vanadium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap "
II . Other
4
9
2,2
5,1
M. Uranium depleted in U 235
N. Thorium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap (EURATOM)
II . Other :
a ) Bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , wire , plates , sheets , strip and
foil (EURATOM)
b) Other (EURATOM)
7
Free
Free
2
2,9
Free
1,4
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
81.04
(cont'd)
0 . Zirconium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other ;
6
10
5
9
P. Rhenium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other
6
10
5
9
Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium :
I. Unwrought; waste and scrap
II . Other
4
10
2,2
3,8
R. Cermets :
I. Unwrought ; waste and scrap
II . Other
. 4
12
7,5 .
7,5
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CHAPTER 82
TOOLS , IMPLEMENTS , CUTLERY , SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . Apart from blow lamps , portable forges , grinding wheels with frameworks , manicure and chiropody sets , and
goods classified in headings Nos 82.07 and 82.15 , the present Chapter covers only articles with a blade , working
edge , working surface or other working part of:
( a ) Base metal ;
( b ) Metal carbides ;
( c ) Precious or semi-precious stones ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed ) on a support of base metal ; or
( d ) Abrasive materials on a support of , base metal , provided that the articles have cutting teeth , flutes , grooves , or
the like , of base metal , which retain their identity and function after the application of the abrasive .
2 . Parts of base metal of the articles falling in the headings of this Chapter are to be classified with the articles of
which they are parts , except parts separately specified as such and tool-holders for hand tools ( heading No 84.48 ).
However , parts of general use as defined in- Note 2 to Section XV are in all cases excluded from this Chapter .
Cutting plates for electric hair clippers are to be classified in heading No 82.13 and blades and heads for electric
shavers are to be classified in heading No 82.11 .
3 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith .. Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
82.01 Hand tools , the following : spades , shovels , picks , hoes , forks and rakes ; axes , bill
hooks and similar hewing tools ; scythes , sickles , hay knives , grass shears, timber
wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry . . 15 4,4
82.02 Saws ( non-mechanical ) and blades for hand or machine saws ( including toothless
saw blades ):
A. Saws ( non-mechanical ):
I. Back saws ; rectangular-framed rip saws
11 . Other
15
15
4,9
5,8
B. Saw blades :
I. Bandsaw blades
II . Chain saw blades . . . .
III . Other
15 .
16
16
5,8
4
6,2
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Il\ Rate of duty
' Heading
number Description . Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
82.03 Hand tools , the following : pliers ( including cutting pliers), pincers , tweezers ,
tinmen's snips , bolt croppers and the like; perforating punches ; pipe cutters ;
spanners and wrenches ( but not including tap wrenches ); files and rasps :
A. Files and rasps
B. Other
13
15
3.8
4.9
82.04 Hand tools , including glaziers' diamonds , not falling within any other heading of
this Chapter; blow lamps , anvils ; vices and clamps , other than accessories for ,
and parts of, machine tools ; portable forges ; grinding wheels with frameworks
( hand or pedal operated ) 16 4,6
82.05 Interchangeable tools for hand tools , for machine tools or for power-operated
hand tools ( for example , for pressing , stamping, drilling, tapping , threading ,
boring, broaching , milling, cutting, turning , dressing , morticing or screw
driving), including dies for wire drawing , extrusion dies for metal , and rock
drilling bits with a working part of:
A. Base metal
B. Metal carbides
C. Diamond or agglomerated diamond
D. Other materials
12
13
9
12
4,6
4,6
5,1
4,4
82.06 Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances 13 3,8
82.07 Tool-tips and plates , sticks and the like for tool-tips , unmounted , of sintered
metal carbides ( for example , carbides of tungsten , molybdenum or vanadium ) . 14 4,9
82.08 Coffee-mills , mincers , juice-extractors and other mechanical appliances , of a
weight not exceeding 10 kg and of a kind used for domestic purposes in the
preparation , serving or conditioning of food or drink 17 4,9
82.09 Knives with cutting blades , serrated or not ( including pruning knives ), other than
knives falling within heading No 82.06 , and blades therefor :
A. Knives
B. Knife blades . . .•
17
17
( a )
12
[ 82.10]
( a ) See Annex .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
' %
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
82.11
13
17
16
12
17
3.8
4 ' 9
4.9 .
4,6
4,9
8
5,6
82.12 17
Razors and razor blades ( including razor blade blanks , whether or not in
strips ):
A. Razors :
I. Open blade
II . Other
B. Blades and cutters :
I. Safety razor blades
II . Other
C. Other parts
Scissors ( including tailors' shears ), and blades therefor
Other articles of cutlery (for example , secateurs, hair clippers , butchers' cleavers ,
paper knives ); manicure and chiropody sets and appliances ( including nail files )
Spoons , forks, fish-eaters , butter knives , ladles , and similar kitchen or
tableware :
A. Of stainless steel
B. Other
Handles of base metal for articles falling within heading No 82.09, 82.13
or 82.14
82.13
16
82.14
19
19
17
8
5,1
82.15
19
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CHAPTER 83
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
Note
In this Chapter a reference to parts of articles is in no case to be taken as applying to cables , chains , nails , bolts , nuts ,
screws , springs or other articles of iron or steel of a kind described in heading No . 73.25 , 73.29 , 73.31 , 73.32 or
73.35 , nor to similar articles of other base metals ( Chapters 74 to 81 inclusive ).
||I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
83.01 Locks and padlocks (key , combination or electrically operated ), and parts
thereof, of base metal ; frames incorporating locks , for handbags , trunks or the
like , and parts of such frames , of base metal ; keys for any of the foregoing
articles , of base metal 17 5,6
83.02 Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind suitable for furniture , doors ,
staircases , windows , blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks , caskets and the like
( including automatic door closers ); base metal hat-racks , hat-pegs , brackets and
the like :
l
A. Fittings and mountings ( including hinges and automatic door closers ), for use
in civil aircraft ( a ) 17 Free
B. Other 17 4,9
83.03 Armoured or reinforced safes ; strong-boxes , strong-rooms, strong-room linings
and strong-room doors , and cash and deed boxes and the like, of base metal . 17 5,6
83.04 Filing cabinets , racks , sorting boxes , paper trays , paper rests and similar office
equipment, of base metal , other than office furniture falling within heading
No 94.03 16 5,3
83.05 Fittings for loose-leaf binders , for files or for stationery books , of base metal ;
letter clips , paper clips , staples , indexing tags , and similar stationery goods , of
base metal 19 5,1
83.06 Statuettes and other ornaments of a kind used indoors, of base metal ;
photograph , picture and similar frames, of base metal ; mirrors of base metal :
\\ A. Statuettes and other ornaments of a kind used indoors 18 Free
B. Other 19 6
83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal , and parts thereof, of base metal
( excluding switches , electric lamp holders , electric lamps for vehicles , electric .
battery or magneto lamps , and other articles falling within Chapter 85 except
heading No 85.22):
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other 1
18
18
Free -,
4,9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions ..
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
83.08 Flexible tubing and piping, of base metal :
A. With fittings attached , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
17
17
Free
4,9
83.09 Clasps , frames with clasps for handbags and the like , buckles , buckleclasps ,
hooks , eyes , eyelets , and the like , of base metal , of a kind commonly used for
clothing, travel goods , handbags or other textile , or leather goods ; tubular rivets
and bifurcated rivets , of base metal ; beads and spangles , of base metal 16 4,6
[83.10]
83.11 Bells and gongs, non-electric, of base metal , and parts thereof of base metal . . 18 Free
[83.12]
83.13 Stoppers , crown corks , bottle caps , capsules , bung covers , seals and plombs , case
corner protectors and other packing accessories , of base metal :
A. Capsules of aluminiuqi or lead :
I. Capsules lof aluminium of a maximum diameter of 21 mm , with or
without an internal rubber seal , but not combined with other materials
II . Other
B. Other
18
18
18
4,9
6,5
4,9
83.14 Sign-plates , name-plates , numbers , letters and other signs of base metal 19 v 5,1
83.15 Wire , rods , tubes , plates , electrodes and similar products , of base metal or of
metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material , of a kind used for soldering,
brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods , of
agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal spraying:
A. Welding electrodes cored with iron or steel and coated with refractory
material . . .
B. Other
15
15
6,2
5,1
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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SECTION XVI ..
MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES;
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Section does not cover :
( a ) Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting , of artificial plastic material of Chapter 39 , or of
vulcanised rubber ( heading No 40.10); or other articles of a kind used in machinery or mechanical or
electrical appliances or for other industrial purposes , of unhardened vulcanised rubber ( heading No 40.14);
(b ) Articles of leather or of composition leather ( heading No 42.04) or of furskin (heading No 43.03 ), of a kind
used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other industrial purposes ;
(c) Bobbins , spools , cops , cones , cores , reels and similar supports , of any material ( for example , Chapter 39 , 40 ,
44 or 48 or Section XV);
(d ) Perforated cards of paper or paperboard for Jacquard or similar machines , falling within heading No
48.21 ;
( e ) Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts of textile material ( heading No 59.16 ) or other articles of textile
material of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant (heading No 59.17);
( f) Precious or semi-precious stones (natural , synthetic or reconstructed ) of heading No 71.02 or 71.03 , or
articles wholly of such stones of heading No 71.15 ;
( g) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal ( Section XV), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials (which are generally classified in heading No 39.07);
(h ) Endless belts of metal wire or strip ( Section XV);
( ij ) Articles falling within Chapter 82 or 83 ;
(k ) Vehicles , aircraft , vessels and associated transport equipment of Section XVII ;
( 1 ) Articles falling within Chapter 90 ;
(m) Clocks , watches and other articles falling within Chapter 91 ;
(n ) Interchangeable tools of heading No 82.05 and brushes of a kind used as parts of machines of heading
N No 96.01 ; similar interchangeable tools are to be classified according to the constituent material of their
working part ( for example , in Chapter 40 , 42 , 43 , 45 or 59 , or heading No 68.04 or 69.09); or
(o ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 .
2 . Subject to Note 1 to this Section , Note 1 to Chapter 84 and Note 1 to Chapter 85 , parts of machines (not being
parts of the articles described in headings Nos 84.64 , 85.23 , 85.24 , 85.25 and 85.27 ) are to be classified according
to the following rules :
(a ) Goods of a kind described in any of the headings of Chapters 84 and 85 (other than headings Nos 84.65 and
85.28 ) are in all cases to be classified in their respective headings .
( b ) Other parts , if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine , or with a number of
machines falling within the same heading ( including a machine falling within heading No 84.59 or 85.22) are
to be classified with the machines of that kind or in heading No 84.38, 84.48 or 84.55, as appropriate.
However , goods which are equally suitable for use principally with the goods of headings Nos 85.13 and 85.15
are to be classified in heading No 85.13 .
(c) All other parts are to be classified in heading No 84.65 or 85.28 .
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3 . Unless the headings otherwise require , composite machines consisting of two or more machines fitted together to
form a whole and other machines adapted 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 . Motors and transmission , conveyor or elevator belts , for machinery or appliances to which they are fitted , or if
packed separately for convenience of transport , which are clearly intended to be fitted to or mounted on a common
base with the machine or appliance with which they are imported , are to be classified under the same heading as
such machinery or appliances . The weight of such motors and transmission, conveyor or elevator belts is to be
included in the weights specified in the Tariff.
5 . For the purposes of these Notes , the expression "machine" means any machine , apparatus or appliance of a kind
falling within Section XVI .
Additional Notes
1 . Tools necessary for the assembly or maintenance of machines are to be classified with those machines if imported
with them . Interchangeable tools imported with machines are also to be classified therewith if they form part of the
normal equipment of the machines and are normally sold with them .
2 . Should the Customs so require, the; declarant shall produce, in support of his declaration, an illustrated document
(for example, instructions, prospectus, a page from a catalogue, a photograph) giving the normal description of the
machine, its uses and essential characteristics and, in respect of a disassembled machine, an assembly plan and a list
of the contents of the various packages .
3 . The provisions of General Rule A 2 (a) are also applicable, at the request of the declarant and subject to conditions
stipulated by the competent authorities, to machines imported in split consignments .
4 . Cases, boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Section are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases, boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
5 . Tractors coupled, even by means of special devices, to machines and mechanical appliances of this Section are in all
cases to be classified separately (heading No 87.01 ).
CHAPTER 84
BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES ; PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Millstones , grindstones and other articles falling within Chapter 68 ;
( b ) Appliances and machinery ( for example , pumps) and parts thereof, of ceramic material ( Chapter 69 );
( c) Laboratory glassware of heading No 70.17 ; machinery and appliances and parts thereof, of glass ( heading
No 70.20 or 70.21 );
(d ) Articles falling within heading No 73.36 or 73.37 and similar articles of other base metals ( Chapters 74 to 81 );
or
( e ) Tools for working in the hand of heading No 85.05 or electro-mechanical domestic appliances of heading
No 85.06
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2 . Subject to the operation of Notes 3 and 4 to Section XVI , a machine or appliance which answers to a description in
one or more of the headings Nos 84.01 to 84.21 and at the same time to a description in one or other of the
headings Nos 84.22 to 84.60 , is to be classified under the appropriate heading of the former group and not the
latter .
Heading No 84.17 is , however , to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Germination plant , incubators and brooders ( heading No 84.28 );
( b ) Grain dampening machines (heading No 84.29);
( c ) Diffusing apparatus for sugar juice extraction (heading No 84.30);
(d ) Machinery for the heat-treatment of textile yarns , fabrics or made up textile articles ( heading No 84.40); or
( e ) Machinery or plant , designed for a mechanical operation , in which a change of temperature , even if necessary ,
is subsidiary .
Heading No 84.19 is to be taken not to apply to :
( a ) Sewing machines for closing bags or similar containers ( heading No 84.41 ); or
( b ) Office machinery of heading No 84.54 .
3 . (A) For the purposes of heading No 84.53 , the expression "automatic data processing machines" means :
( a ) Digital machines having storages capable of storing not only the processing program or programs and the
data to be processed but also a program for translating the formal programming language in which the
programs are written into machine language . These machines must have a main storage which is directly
accessible for the execution of a program and which has a capacity at least sufficient to store those parts of
the processing and translating programs and the data immediately necessary for the current processing
run . They must also be able themselves , on the basis of the instructions contained in the initial program ,
to modify , by logical decision , its execution during the processing run ;
( b ) Analogue machines capable of simultating mathematical models and comprising at least : analogue
elements , control elements and programming elements ;
( c) Hybrid machines consisting of either a digital machine with analogue elements or an analogue machine
with digital elements .
( B ) Automatic data processing machines may be in the form of systems consisting of a variable number of
separately-housed units . A unit , is to be regarded as being a part of the complete system if it meets all the
following conditions :
( a ) it is connectable to the central processing unit either directly or through one or more other units ;
(b ) it is specifically designed as part of such a system ( it must , in particular , unless it is a power supply unit ,
be able to accept or deliver data in a form ( code or signals) which can be used by the system).
Such units imported separately are also to be classified in heading No 84.53 .
4 . Heading No 84.62 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to polished steel balls , the maximum and minimum diameters
of which do not differ from the nominal diameter by more than 1 % or by more than 0,05 mm , whichever is
less .
Other steel balls are to be classified under heading No 73.40 .
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5 . 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 .
Subject to Note 2 to this Chapter and Note 3 to Section XVI , a machine whose principal purpose 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 heading No 84.59 . Heading No 84.59 is also to be taken to cover 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 .
Additional Notes
1 . For the purposes of subheading 84.06 A , the expression "aircraft engines " shall apply only to engines designed for
fitting with an airscrew or rotor.
2 . For the purposes of subheading 84.45 C VI a), the expression "micrometric adjusting system " shall mean any device
allowing the determination or setting to at least 1 /100th (0,01 ) mm of the movement of an important element of a
machine, such as the table, the spindle, or the grinding head.
3 . For the purposes of subheading 84.45 C VII, the expression "jig boring machines " shall be taken to apply only to
machine-tools which:
(a) Carry out one or more machining operations on the coordinate principle; and
(b) Are of such precision that any error in the travel of the work holder table and of the tool holder does not exceed
0,005 mm .
4. (EURATOM ) The term "nuclear reactors" (subheading 84.59 B) covers all the apparatus and appliances inside the
area screened off by a biological shield, including, where appropriate, the shield itself; it also includes apparatus
and appliances forming a whole with the parts contained inside the screen (inter alia, control rods and their
operating mechanisms, provided these form a whole with the control rods or with other parts inside the screen).
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.01 Steam and other vapour generating boilers ( excluding central heating hot water
boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers 14 5,5
84.02 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading No 84.01 ( for example,
economisers , superheaters, soot removers , gas recoverers and the like);
condensers for vapour engines and power units 14 5,5
84.03 Producer gas and water gas generators, with or without purifiers ; acetylene gas
generators ( water process) and similar gas generators , with or without purifiers 14 4,1
[ 84.04 ]
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
% '
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.05 Steam or other vapour power units , whether or not incorporating boilers .... 13 5
84.06 Internal combustion piston engines :
A. Aircraft engines as defined in Additional Note 1 to this Chapter :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other , of a power of:
a ) 300 kW or less
b ) More than 300 kW
B. Outboard motors of a cylinder capacity of:
I. 325 cm 3 or less
II . More than 325 cm 3
C. Other engines :
I. Spark ignition engines of a cylinder capacity of:
a ) 250 cm 3 or less :
1 . For use in civil aircraft ( a )
2 . Other
15(b )
15 ( b )
10(b )
18
18
22
22
Free
4,4
3,2
10
7
Free
5,8
•
b ) More than 250 cm 3 :
1 . For the industrial assembly of:
Agricultural walking tractors of subheading 87.01 A ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of persons , including vehicles
designed for the transport of both passengers and goods , with a
seating capacity of less than 15 ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods or materials , with an
engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2 800 cm 3 ,
Special purpose motor vehicles of heading No 87.03 ( c)
2 . Other :
aa ) For use in civil aircraft ( a )
bb ) Other
18
18
18
4,9.
Free
6,9
II . Compression ignition engines :
a ) Marine propulsion engines (c)
b ) Other :
1 . For the industrial assembly of:
Agricultural walking tractors of subheading 87.01 A ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of persons , including vehicles
designed for the transport of both passengers and goods , with a
seating capacity of less than 15 ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods or materials , with an
engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2 500 cm 3 ,
Special purpose motor vehicles of heading No 87.03 ( c )
2 . Other
8
18
18
5,3 ( d )
4,9
6,9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
( b ) Duty temporarily suspended in respect of engines intended to be fitted in aircraft imported duty free or built within the Community . This suspension is subject to compliance
with formalities and conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(c ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( d ) See Annex .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
% .
1 2 3 4
84.06
(cont'd)
D. Parts :
I. Of- engines for use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Of other engines :
a ) For aircraft '
b ) Other
12 ( b )
12(b )
l£
Free
3.8
4.9
84.07 Hydraulic engines and motors ( including water wheels and water turbines ):
A. Hydraulic engines and motors , and parts thereof, for use in civil aircraft
( a )
B. Other hydraulic engines and motors
C. Other
15
15
15
Free
6
6
84.08 Other engines and motors :
A. Reaction engines :
I. Turbo-jets :
a ) For use in civil aircraft ( a )
b ) Other , developing a thrust of:
1 . 24 525 N or less
2 . More than 24 525 N
II . Other ( for example , ram-jets , pulse-jets , rocket engines ):
a ) For use in civil aircraft ( a ) ;
b ) Other
12(b)
12(b )
12(b )
12(b)
12 ( b )
Free
4,4
3,8
Free
4,4
B. Gas turbines :
I. Turbo-propellers :
a ) For use in civil aircraft ( a )
b ) Other , developing a power of:
1 . 1 100 kW or less .
2 . More than 1 100 kW
II . Other :
a ) For use in civil aircraft ( a )
b ) Other
C. Other engines and motors :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
12(b )
15(b)
12(b)
14
14
14
14
Free
5,1
3,8
Free
5,5
Free
7
D. Parts :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Of reaction engines or of turbo-propellers
b ) Other
14
12(b )
14
Free
3,8
5,5
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preiliminary Provisions .
( b ) Duty temporarily suspended in respect of engine parts , engines and turbines intended to be fitted in aircraft imported duty free or built within the Community. This
suspension is subject to compliance with formalities and conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.09 Mechanically propelled road rollers 13 3,8
84.10 Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) (or liquids, whether or not
fitted with measuring devices; liquid elevators of bucket , chain , screw, band and
similar kinds :
A. Delivery pumps fitted , or designed to be fitted , with a measuring device .
B. Other pumps :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other:
a ) Pumps
b ) Parts
C. Liquid elevators of bucket , chain , screw , band and similar kinds
15
12
12
12
14
4,6
Free
4
4
4,1
84.11 Air pumps , vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and
turbo pumps and compressors, and free-piston generators for gas turbines ); fans ,
blowers and the like:
A. Pumps and compressors :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Pumps (hand or foot operated ) for inflating pneumatic tyres and the
like
b ) Other pumps and compressors
c) Parts
B. Free-piston generators for gas turbines
C. Fans , blowers and the like :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
12
16
12
12
10
13
13
Free
4,4
4,4
4,4
3,2
Free
4,6
84.12 Air conditioning machines, self-contained, comprising a motor-driven fan and
elements for changing the temperature and humidity of air:
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
12
12
Free
5,3
( a ) • Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.13 Furnace burners for liquid fuel ( atomisers), for pulverised solid fuel or for gas ;
mechanical stokers , mechanical grates , mechanical ash dischargers and similar
appliances 14 4,1
84.14 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens , non-electric :
A. Specially designed for the separation of irradiated nuclear fuels , for the
treatment of radio-active waste or for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels
(EURATOM)
B. Other
11
14
4,1
4,1
84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other):
A. Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment ( excluding parts thereof), for use in
civil aircraft ( a )
, B. Evaporators and condensers , excluding those for domestic refrigerators . . .
C. Other :
I. Refrigerators of a capacity of more than 340 litres
II . Other
13
13
13
13
Free
3
3
3,8
84.16 Calendering and similar rolling machines (other than metal-working and
metal-rolling machines and glass-working machines) and cylinders therefor . . . 13
i
3,8
84.17 Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically
heated , for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of
temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising,
pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling,
not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes ; instantaneous
or storage water heaters , non-electrical :
A. Machinery and equipment for the manufacture of the products mentioned in
subheading 28.51 A (EURATOM)
B. Machinery and equipment specially designed for the separation of irradiated
nuclear fuels , for the treatment of radio-active waste or for the recycling of
irradiated nuclear fuels (EURATOM)
C. Heat exchange units :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
D. Percolators and other appliances for making coffee and other hot drinks :
I. Electrically heated
II . Other
E. Medical and surgical sterilising apparatus :
I. Electrically heated
II . Other
F. Other :
I. Water heaters , non-electric
II . Other
11
11
11
11
18
12
17
14
15
14
4,1
4,1
Free
3.5
5.8
4,4
5.6
4.9
4,4
4,1
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B, of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.18 Centrifuges: filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus ( other than filter
tunnels , milk strainers and the like ), for liquids or gases :
A. For the separation of uranium isotopes (EURATOM)
B. Specially designed for the separation of irradiated nuclear fuels , for the
treatment of radio-active waste or for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels
(EURATOM) . .
C. Other :
I. Machinery and apparatus (excluding parts thereof), for use in civil
aircraft ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Centrifuges :
1 . Clothes-dryers , electrically operated , each of a dry linen
capacity not exceeding 6 kg
2 . Other
b ) Machinery and apparatus ( other than centrifuges ) for filtering or
purifying liquids or gases
5
11
15
18
13
15
3,5
4,1
Free
5.3
3,8
4.4
84.19 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers ; machinery for
filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles , cans , boxes , bags or other
containers ; other packing or wrapping machinery ; machinery for aerating
beverages ; dish washing machines :
A. Dish washing machines , electrically operated , with or without provision for
drying :
I. Domestic dish washing machines •
II . Other
B. Other
18
18
13
4,9
3,5
• 3,5
84.20 Weighing machinery ( excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better)
including weight-operated counting and checking machines ; weighing machine
weights of all kinds 15 4,4
84.21 Mechanical appliances ( whether or not hand operated ) for projecting , dispersing
or spraying liquids or powders ; fire extinguishers ( charged or not); spray guns
and similar appliances ; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting
machines :
A. Fire extinguishers , charged or not ( excluding parts thereof), for use in civil
aircraft ( a )
B. Other
12
12
Free
4,4
84.22 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery , telphers and conveyors ( for
example , lifts , hoists , winches , cranes , transporter cranes , jacks , pulley tackle ,
belt conveyors and teleferics), not being machinery falling within heading No
84.23 :
A. Machines and apparatus ( excluding parts thereof), for use in civil
aircraft ( a ) 14 Free
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section 11 , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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%
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B. Other :
J. . Machinery and mechanical appliances specially designed for dealing with
highly radio-active substances (EURATOM)
II . Self-propelled cranes on wheels , not capable of running on rails
III . Rolling-mill machinery : roller tables for feeding and removing products ;
tilters and manipulators for ingots , balls , bars and slabs
IV . Other '
8
14
14
14
3,2
5,8
5,6
4,1
84.23
/
Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting machinery , stationary or
mobile, for earth , minerals or ores ( for example, mechanical shovels , coal-cutters ,
excavators , scrapers , levellers and bulldozers ); pile-drivers ; snow-ploughs , not
self-propelled ( including snow-plough attachments ):
A. Excavating , levelling , tamping , boring and extracting machinery for earth ,
minerals or ores :
I. Self-propelled , track-laying or wheeled , not capable of running on rails :
a ) Scrapers
b) Other machinery
c) Parts
II . Other :
a ) Boring and sinking machinery
b ) Other
B. Pile-drivers ; snow-ploughs , not self-propelled ( including snow-plough
attachments)
15
15
15
9
14
15
5,8
6,5
5.8
2.9
4,1
5,1
84.24 Agricultural and horticultural machinery for soil preparation or cultivation ( for
example, ploughs , harrows , cultivators-, seed and fertiliser distributors); lawn and
sports ground rollers 11 3,5
84.25 Harvesting and threshing machinery : straw and fodder presses : hay or grass
mowers : winnowing and similar cleaning machines for seed , grain or leguminous
vegetables and egg-grading and other grading machines for agricultural produce
( other than those of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry falling within
heading No 84.29) ' 11 3,5
84.26 Dairy machinery ( including milking machines) 11 4,1
84.27 Presses , crushers arid other machinery, of a kind used in wine-making,
cider-making, fruit juice preparation or the like 12 4
84.28 Other agricultural , horticultural , poultry-keeping and bee-keeping machinery;
germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry
incubators and brooders ■ 12 3,8
84.29 Machinery of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry, and other
machinery ( other than farm type machinery ) for the working of cereals or dried
leguminous vegetables . 13 4,6
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.30 Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind used in
the following food or drink industries : bakery, confectionery, chocolate
manufacture, macaroni, ravioli or similar cereal food manufacture , the
preparation of meat , fish , fruit or vegetables ( including mincing or slicing
machines ), sugar manufacture or brewing 13 3,8
84.31 Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard :
A. For. making paper or paperboard 12 3,8
Il B. Other 14 4,1
84.32 Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines 11 3,5
84.33 Paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds; other machinery for making
up paper pulp, paper or paperboard 13 3,8
84.34 Machinery, apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting;
machinery, other than the machine-tools of heading No 84.45 , 84.46 or 84.47 ,
for preparing or working printing blocks , plates or cylinders ; printing type ,
impressed flongs and matrices , printing blocks , plates and cylinders ; blocks ,
plates , cylinders and lithographic stones , prepared for printing purposes ( for
example , planed , grained or polished):
A. Type-founding or type-setting machines :
I. For founding and setting ( for example , linotypes , monotypes , inter­
types )
II . Other
6
13
2,2
4,1
B. Blocks , plates , cylinders and other similar articles , other than lithographic
stones 16 4,9
C. Other 14 4,1
84.35 Other printing machinery; machines for uses ancillary to printing:
A. Printing machinery :
I. Cylinder letterpress printing machines , printing only one side of the sheet
at each pass :
a ) Single-revolution machines
b ) Two-revolution machines
II . Rotary presses . . :
III . Other
12
10
11
11
3
3
3
. 3
|| B. Machines for uses ancillary to printing 13 3
84.36 Machines for extruding man-made textiles ; machines of a kind used for
processing natural or man-made textile fibres ; textile spinning and twisting
machines; textile doubling, throwing and reeling ( including weft-winding)
machines 12 3,8
84.37 Weaving machines , knitting machines and machines for making gimped yarn ,
tulle , lace , embroidery , trimmings , braid or net ; machines for preparing yarns for
use on such machines , including warping and warp sizing machines :
|| A. Weaving machines 11 3,5
|| B. Knitting machines 13 4,4 ■
C. Machines for making gimped yarn , tulle , lace , embroidery , trimmings , braid
or net 10 3,2
D. Machines for preparing yarns for use on the above machines , including
warping and warp sizing machines 13 3,8
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.38 Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading No 84.37 ( for example ,
dobbies , jacquards , automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms);
parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of
the present heading or with machines falling within heading No 84.36 or 84.37
( for example , spindles and spindle flyers , card clothing, combs , extruding
nipples , shuttles , healds and heald-lifters and hosiery needles) 12 3,8
84.39 Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt in the piece or in shapes ,
including felt-hat making machines and hat-making blocks 13 3,8
84.40 Machinery for washing , cleaning, drying, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing or
coating textile yarns , fabrics or made-up textile articles ( including laundry and
dry-cleaning machinery ); fabric folding, reeling or cutting machines ; machines of
a kind used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying
the paste to the base fabric of other support ; machines of a type used for printing
a repetitive design , repetitive words or overall colour on textiles , leather ,
wallpaper , wrapping paper, linoleum or other materials , and engraved or etched
plates , blocks or rollers therefor:
A. Ironing machines and presses , electrically heated 16 4,6
B. Clothes-washing machines , each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 6 kg ;
domestic wringers :
I. Electrically operated 19 5,1
ll II . Other 12 3,8
C. Other 13 3,8
84.41 Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines ; sewing
machine needles :
A. Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines :
I. Sewing machines ( lock-stitch only ), with heads of a weight not exceeding
16 kg without motor or 17 kg including the motor ; sewing machine heads
( lock-stitch only ), of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor or
17 kg including the motor :
a ) Sewing machines having a value ( not including frames , tables or
furniture ) of more than 65 ECU each 12 6
|| b ) Other 12 —
II . Other sewing machines and other sewing machine heads 12 4,4
|| III . Parts ; furniture specially, designed for sewing machines 12 5,8
B. Sewing machine needles 14 4,9
84.42 Machinery ( other than sewing machines) for preparing, tanning or working hides ,
skins or leather ( including boot and shoe machinery ) 13 4,1
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number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
13
84.43
84.44
84.45
11
13
11
11
8
8
Converters , ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines , of a kind used in
metallurgy and in metal foundries
Rolling mills and rolls therefor:
A. Rolling mills specially designed for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels
(EURATOM)
. B. Other
Machine-tools for working metal or metal carbides, not being machines falling
within heading No 84.49 or 84.50 :
A. Specially designed for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels ( for example
sheathing , unsheathing , shaping):
I. Automated by coded information (EURATOM )
II . Other (EURATOM ) !
B. Machine-tools operating by electro-erosion or other electrical processes ;
ultrasonic machine-tools :
I. Automated by coded information
II . Other
C. Other machine-tools :
I. Lathes :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
II . Boring machines :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
III . Planing machines :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
IV . Shaping machines , sawing machines and cutting-off machines ,
broaching machines and slotting machines :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
V. Milling machines and drilling machines :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
VI . Sharpening , trimming , grinding , honing and lapping , polishing or
finishing machines and similar machines operating by means of grinding
wheels , abrasives or polishing products :
a ) Fitted with a micrometric adjusting system within the ( meaning of
Additional Note 2 to this Chapter :
1 . Automated by coded information
2 . Other
b ) Other :
1 . Automated by coded information
2 . Other
VII . Jig boring machines :
a ) Automated by coded information \ . . .
b ) Other .
10
10
8
8
8
8
3.8
4,1
4.9
6,5
4.1
4.4
2.5
5
4,9
4.4
3
5,3
4,9
3.8
2.2
5,5 .
5,3
5
4.9
2.5
2,2
3,8
2,2
6
6
12
12
10
10
4
4
6
6
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.45
(cont'd)
C. VIII . Gear-cutting machines:
a ) For cutting cylindrical gears :
1 . Automated by coded information
2 . Other
b ) For cutting other gears :
1 . Automated by coded information
2 . Other
IX . Presses , other than those falling within subheadings 84.45 C X and C
XI :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
X. Bending , folding , flattening , shearing , punching and notching
machines :
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
XI . Forging machines and stamping machines : '
a ) Automated by coded information
b ) Other
XII . Other
10
10
6
6
12
12
8
8
6
6
9
5.3
4,9
3.8
3^5
5,5
5
4
2,5
4.4
2.5
4.9
84.46 Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete , asbestos-cement and like
mineral materials or for working glass in the cold , other than machines falling
within heading No 84.49 13 3,8
84.47 Machine-tools for working wood , cork , bone , ebonite (vulcanite), hard artificial
plastic materials or other hard carving materials , other than machines falling
within heading No 84.49 11 5,8
84.48 Accessories and parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines
falling within headings Nos 84.45 to 84.47 , including work and tool holders,
self-opening dieheads , dividing heads and other appliances for machine-tools;
tool holders for any type of tool or machine-tool for working in the hand .... 8 2,9
84.49 Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic or with self-contained non­
electric motor • 13 3 '
84.50 Gas-operated welding, brazing, cutting and surface tempering appliances 12 , 3,8
84.51 Typewriters, other than typewriters incorporating calculating mechanisms;
cheque-writing machines :
A. Typewriters
B. Cheque-writing machines
16
13
4,6
3,8
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number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.52 Calculating machines; accounting machines, cash registers , postage-franking
machines , ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a
calculating device :
A. Electronic calculating machines 14 12
I B. Other 12 4,1
84.53 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof: magnetic or optical
readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and
machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included :
I A. Automatic data processing machines , and units thereof, for use in civilaircraft ( a ) 11 Free
I B. Other 11 4,9
84.54 Other office machines ( for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines,
addressing machines, coin-sorting machines, coin-counting and wrapping
machines , pencil-sharpening machines , perforating and stapling machines):
ll A. Addressing machines and address plate embossing machines 16 4,6
I B. Other 15 4,4
84.55 Parts and accessories (other than covers , carrying cases and the like ) suitable for
use solely or principally with machines of a kind falling within heading No 84.51 ,
84.52 , 84.53 or 84.54 :
Il A. Address plates 18 4,9
I B. Parts and accessories for electronic calculating machines falling withinsubheading 84.52 A 14 6,3
I C. Other 12 4
84.56 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating , washing, crushing, grinding or
mixing earth , stone , ores or other mineral substances , in solid ( including powder
and paste ) form ; machinery for agglomerating, moulding or shaping solid mineral
fuels , ceramic paste , unhardened cements , plastering materials or other mineral
products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry moulds of
*
13 3
84.57 Glass-working machines ( other than machines for working glass in the cold );
machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic and
similar tubes and valves :
•
I A. Glass-working machines ( other than machines for working glass in thecold ) 11 3,5
B. Machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic
and similar tubes and valves 12 3,8
84.58 Automatic vending machines ( for example , stamp , cigarette , chocolate and food
machines), not being games of skill or chance 13 3,8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.59 Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual functions , not falling
within any other heading of this Chapter:
A. For the manufacture of the products mentioned in subheading 28.51 A
(EURATOM)
B. Nuclear reactors (EURATOM)
C. Specially designed for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels ( for example ,
sintering of radio-active metal oxides , sheathing) (EURATOM)
D. Rope or cable making machinery , including electric wire and cable making
machines :
I. Stranding , twisting , cabling and similar machines and appliances
II . Other machines and appliances ( for example , reinforcing , taping ,
insulating and the like for the preparation , coating , finishing of ropes and
cables )
E. Other : v
I. The following goods , for use in civil aircraft ( a ):
Hydropneumatic spherical batteries ;
Mechanical actuators for thrust reversers ;
Toilet units , specially designed ;
Air humidifiers and dehumidifiers ;
Servo-mechanisms , non-electric ;
Hydraulic servo-motors , non-electric ;
Non-electric starter motors ;
Pneumatic starters for jet engines ;
Windscreen wipers , non-electric ;
Propeller regulators , non-electric
II . Other ...
11
10
11
■ 12
14
15
15
4.1
6.2
4,1
3.8
4.9
Free
4*4
84.60 Moulding boxes for metal foundry; moulds of a type used for metal ( other than
ingot moulds), for metal carbides , for glass , for mineral materials (for example ,
ceramic pastes , concrete or cement) or for rubber or artificial plastic materials . 13 3,8
84161 Taps, cocks , valves and similar appliances, for pipes , boiler shells , tanks , vats
and the like, including pressure reducing valves and thermostatically controlled
valves :
A. Pressure reducing valves
B. Other
15
16
4,4
4,6
84.62 Ball , roller or needle roller bearings 18 9
84.63 Transmission shafts , cranks , bearing housings, plain shaft bearings , gears and
gearing ( including friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable speed gears),
flywheels , pulleys and pulley blocks , clutches and shaft couplings :
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a ) 16 Free
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
84.63
(cont 'd)
B. Other :
I. Housings for hall , roller or needle roller bearings , whether or not
incorporating bearings
II . Other
16
16
7
4,9
84.64 Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material ( for
example, asbestos , felt and paperboard) or of laminated metal foil ; sets or
assortments of gaskets and similar joints , dissimilar in composition , for engines ,
pipes, tubes and the like , put up in pouches , envelopes or similar packings :
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
14
14
!
Free
4,1
84.65 Machinery parts , not containing electrical connectors, insulators , coils , contacts
or other electrical features and not falling within any other heading of this
Chapter:
A. Parts of base metal , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , sections or wire ,
of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm . .
B. Other .
15
15
3,5
4,4
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Electrically warmed blankets , bed pads , foot-muffs and the like ; electrically warmed clothing, footwear and ear
pads and other electrically warmed articles worn on or about the person ;
( b ) Articles of glass of heading No 70.11 ; or
( c) Electrically heated furniture of Chapter 94 .
2 . Heading No 85.01 is to be taken not to apply to goods described in heading No 85.08 , 85.09 or 85.21 , other than
metal tank mercury arc rectifiers which remain classified in heading No 85.01 .
3 . Heading No 85.06 is to be taken to apply only to the following electro-mechanical machines of types commonly
used for domestic purposes :
( a ) Vacuum cleaners , floor polishers , food grinders and mixers , fruit juice extractors and fans , of any weight ;
(b ) Other machines provided the weight of such other machines does not exceed 20 kg .
The heading does not , however , apply to dish washing machines ( heading No 84.19), centrifugal and other clothes
washing machines (heading No 84.18 or 84.40 ), roller and other ironing machines ( heading No 84.16 or 84.40),
sewing machines ( heading No 84.41 ) or to electro-thermic appliances (heading No 85.12).
4 . For the purposes of heading No 85.19 , "printed circuits" are to be taken to be circuits obtained by forming on an
insulating base , by any printing process ( for example , embossing , plating-up , etching) or by the "film circuit"
technique , conductor elements , contacts or other printed components ( for example , inductances , resistors ,
capacitors ) alone or interconnected according to a pre-established pattern , other than elements which can produce,
rectify , modulate or amplify an electrical signal ( for example , semi-conductor elements).
The ..term "printed circuits" does not cover circuits combined with elements other than those obtained during the
printing process . Printed circuits may , however , be fitted with non-printed connecting elements .
Thin- or thick-film circuits comprising passive and active elements obtained during the same technological process
are to be classified in heading No 85.21 .
5 . For the purposes of heading No 85.21 :
( A ) "Diodes , transistors and similar semi-conductor devices" are to be taken to be those devices the operation of
which depends on variations in resistivity on the application of an electric field ;
( B ) "Electronic microcircuits" are to be taken to be :
( a ) Microassemblies of the "fagot" module , moulded module , micromodule and similar types , consisting of
discrete , active or both active and passive miniaturised components which are combined , and
interconnected ;
•( b ) Monolithic integrated circuits in which the circuit elements ( diodes , transistors , resistors , capacitors ,
interconnections , etc .) are created in the mass ( essentially ) and on the surface of a semi-conductor material
(doped silicon , for example) and are inseparably associated ;
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(c) Hybrid integrated circuits in which passive and active elements , some obtained by thin- or thick-film technology
(resistors , capacitors , interconnections , etc .), others by semi-conductor technology ( diodes , transistors ,
monolithic integrated circuits , etc .), are combined , to all intents and purposes indivisibly , on a single insulating
substrate ( glass , ceramic , etc .). These circuits may also include miniaturised discrete components .
For the classification of the articles defined in this Note , heading No 85.21 shall take precedence over any other
heading in the Tariff which might cover them by reference to , in particular , their function .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators , motors , converters
( rotary or static), transformers , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus , inductors :
A. The following goods , for use in civil aircraft ( a ):
Generators , converters ( rotary or static ), transformers , rectifiers and
rectifying apparatus , inductors ;
Electric motors of an output of not less than 0,75 kW but less than
150 kW
B. Other machines and apparatus :
I. Generators , motors , ( whether or not equipped with speed reducing ,
changing or step-up gear ) and rotary converters :
a ) Synchronous motors of an output of not more than 18 watts ....
b ) Other
II . Transformers , static converters , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ;
inductors
C. Parts
12
14
12
16 .
15
Free
' 8,5
5
6,5
4,4
85.02 Electro-magnets ; permanent , magnets and articles of special materials for
permanent magnets , being blanks of such magnets ; electro-magnetic and
permanent magnet chucks , clamps , vices and similar work holders ;
electromagnetic clutches and couplings ; electro-magnetic brakes ; electro-magnetic
lifting heads 15 4,4
85.03 Primary cells and primary batteries 20 . 8,9
85.04 Electric accumulators :
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other :
I. Lead-acid accumulators
II . Other accumulators
Ill Parts :
a ) Wooden separators
b ) Other
20
20
17
10
17
Free
6,2
5.1
3.2
5,6
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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l Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
85.05 Tools for working in the hand , with self-contained electric motor 14 4,5
85.06 Electro-mechanical domestic appliances , with self-contained electric motor:
A. Vacuum cleaners and floor polishers
B. Other
19
19
4
5,1
85.07 Shavers and hair clippers , with self-contained electric motor :
A. Shavers
B. Hair clippers
13
14
i
4,6
4,1
85.08 Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal combustion engines
( including ignition magnetos , magneto-dynamos , ignition coils , starter motors ,
sparking plugs and glow plugs); generators ( dynamos and alternators) and
cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines :
A. For use in civil aircraft , excluding parts of such goods ( a )
B. Other :
1 . Starter motors , generators and cut-outs
II . Ignition magnetos , including magneto-dynamos and magnetic flywheels
III . Glow plugs
IV . Other
18
14
18
21
20
Free
5,6
4,9
6,3
5,8
85.09 Electrical lighting and signalling equipment and electrical windscreen wipers ,
defrosters and demisters , for cycles or motor vehicles :
A. Lighting equipment , other than equipment of heading No 85.08
B. Sound signalling equipment
C. Other
17
14
15
4,9
5
5
85.10 Portable electric battery and magneto lamps , other than lamps falling within
heading No 85.09 :
A. Miners' safety lamps
B. Other
15
18
5.1
7.2
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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ll|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
85.11 Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces, ovens and induction and dielectric
heating equipment; electric or laser-operated welding, brazing, soldering or
cutting machines and apparatus :
A. Furnaces , ovens , induction and dielectric heating equipment :
I. Specially designed for the separation of irradiated nuclear fuels , for the
treatment of radio-active waste or for the recycling of irradiated nuclear
fuels (EURATOM)
II . Other
B. Electric or laser-operated welding , brazing , soldering or cutting machines and
apparatus
11
14
15
4,1
4,1
5,1
85.12 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric
soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus; electric hair dressing
appliances (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers , curling tong heaters) and
electric smoothing irons; electro-thermic domestic appliances; electric heating
resistors , other than those of carbon:
A. Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters :
I. For use in civil aircraft , excluding parts of such goods ( a )
II . Other
B. Electric soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus :
I. For use in civil aircraft , excluding parts of such goods ( a )
II . Other
\
C. Electric hair dressing appliances ( for example , hair dryers , hair curlers ,
curling tong heaters ) N. .
D. Electric smoothing irons
E. Electro-thermic domestic appliances :
I. Electric cooking stoves , ranges , ovens and food warmers (excluding parts
thereof), for use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
F. Electric heating resistors
• 20
20
21
21
19
20
19
19
18
Free
5,3
Free
5,6
6
6
Free
5,1
4,9
85.13 Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus (including such apparatus for
carrier-current line systems):
A. Apparatus for carrier-current line systems
B. Other
16
15
4,6
7,5
85.14 Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric
amplifiers :
A. For use in civil aircraft , excluding parts of such goods ( a )
B. Other
18
18
Free
4,9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions.
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus;
radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus
( including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers ) and television
cameras; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote
control apparatus :
A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ;
radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus
( including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and
television cameras :
I. Transmitters :
a ) Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic apparatus , for use in civil
aircraft ( a )
b ) Other
II . Transmitter-receivers :
a ) Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic apparatus , for use in civil
aircraft ( a ) -.
b ) Other
III . Receivers , whether or not incorporating sound recorders or
reproducers :
a ) Radio receivers and radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic apparatus ,
for use in civil aircraft ( a )
b ) Other :
1 . Pocket receivers for calling or paging ,.
2 . Other
IV . Television cameras
18
18
20
20
22
22
22
17
Free
4,9
Free
6,5
Free
12
14
4,9
B. Other apparatus :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a ) "
II . Other
16
' 16
Free
6,2
C. Parts :
I. Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces
fastened or joined together , for apparatus falling within subheading
85.15 B I and for use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
a ) Cabinets and cases :
1 . Of wood
2 . Of other materials
b ) Parts of base metal , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , sections
or wire , of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not
exceed 25 mm
c) Other
22
16
20
22
22
Free
4,6
5,3
5,8
7,2
85.16 Electric traffic control equipment for railways , roads or inland waterways and
equipment used for similar purposes in port installations or upon airfields .... 15 4,4
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description . Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 .4
85.17 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus ( such as bells , sirens, indicator
panels , burglar and fire alarms), other than those of heading No 85.09 or
85.16 :
A. For use in civil aircraft , excluding parts of such goods ( a )
B. Other
15
15 ( b !
Free
4,4 ( c )
85.18 Electrical capacitors, fixed or variable :
A. Fixed capacitors , other than electrolytic
B. Other
17
17
4,9
7
85.19 Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits , for the protection
of electrical circuits , or for making connections to or in electrical circuits ( for
example, switches, relays, fuses, lightning arresters, surge suppressors, plugs,
lampholders and junction boxes); resistors, fixed or variable ( including
potentiometers), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits; switchboards
( other than telephone switchboards) and control panels :
A. Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits , for the
protection of electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical
circuits
B. Resistors , fixed or variable ( including potentiometers ), other than heating
resistors
C. Printed circuits
D. Switchboards and control panels
16
16
15
14 .
4,6
5,3
6,2
4,1
85.20 Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red and
ultra-violet lamps); arc lamps :
A. Filament lamps for lighting :
I. Sealed beam lamps for use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other ;
B. Other lamps
C. Parts
15
15
18
15
Free
6
4,9
5,1
85.21 Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode valves and tubes ( including vapour
or gas filled valves and tubes , cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes and
mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes); photocells ; mounted piezo-electric
crystals ; diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices; light emitting
diodes; electronic microcircuits :
A. Valves and tubes :
I. Rectifying valves and tubes
II . Television camera tubes; image converter or intensifier tubes ;
photomultipliers
III . Cathode-ray tubes for television sets
20
17
19
5,3
4,9
15
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section 11 , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
( b) The autonomous duty applicable to signalling apparatus against burglary , fire and similar situations (excluding their components and parts), originating in the United States
of America , is set at 9,7 % . It shall apply until 28 February 1986 .
(c ) Signalling apparatus against burglary , fire and similar situations (excluding their components and parts), originating in the United States of America , does not receive the
benefit of this conventional duty . This measure shall apply until 28 February 1986 .
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I\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
% '
1 2 3 4
85.21
(cont'd)
A. IV . Phototubes (photoemissive cells) ;
V. Other
B. Photocells , including photo-transistors
C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals
D. Diodes , transistors and similar semi-conductor devices ; light emitting diodes ;
electronic microcircuits :
I. Wafers not yet cut into chips
II . Other
E. Parts :
16
19
16
20
21
21
15
4,6
5,1
4,6
8
9
17
5,8
85.22 Electrical appliances and apparatus, having individual functions, not falling
within any other heading of this Chapter:
A. For the manufacture of the products mentioned in subheading 28.51 A
(EURATOM)
B. Specially designed for the separation of irradiated nuclear fuels , for the
treatment of radio-active waste or for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels
(EURATOM)
C. Other :
I. Flight recorders , for use in civil aircraft ( a)
II . Other appliances and apparatus
III . Parts :
a ) Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or
pieces fastened or joined together, for flight recorders , for use in civil
aircraft ( a )
b ) Other
11
11
13
13
. 13
13
4,1
4,1
Free
7
Free
7
85.23 Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) electric wire, cable, bars, strip and
the like ( including co-axial cable), whether or not fitted with connectors:
A. Ignition wiring sets and wiring sets , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
17
17
Free
6,5
85.24 Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon electrodes and other
carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes :
A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations -
B. Heating resistors , other than those falling within heading No 85.12
C. Other
9
14
12
5,8
4,1
5,3
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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I Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
85.25 Insulators of any material :
A. Of ceramic materials
B. Of artificial plastic materials or of glass fibre
C. Of other materials
19
19
19
10
7,7
6,2
85.26 Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings
wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal
incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, but not including
insulators falling within heading No 85.25 :
A. Of ceramic materials or of glass
B. Of hardened rubber or of bituminous materials . . .
C. Of artificial plastic materials ;
D. Of other materials
17
14
19
16
10
4,9
7,5
6,2
Electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating85.27
14 4,9material
85.28 Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not being goods falling within any of
the preceding headings of this Chapter 14 4,1
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SECTION XVII
VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS
AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
Notes
1 . This Section does not cover articles falling within heading No 97.01 , 97.03 or 97.08 , or bobsleighs , tobogganis and
the like falling within heading No 97.06 .
2 . Throughout this Section the expressions "parts" and "parts and accessories" are to be taken not to apply to the
following articles whether or not they are identifiable as for the goods of this Section :
( a ) Joints , washers and the like (classified according to their constituent material or in heading No 84.64);
( b ) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials (which are generally classified in heading No 39.07);
( c) Articles falling within Chapter 82 ( tools);
( d ) Articles falling within heading No 83.11 ;
( e ) Machines and mechanical appliances and other articles falling within headings Nos 84.01 to 84.59 , 84.61 or
84.62 and parts of engines and motors falling within heading No 84.63 ;
( f) Electrical machinery and equipment ( Chapter 85 );
( g) Articles falling within Chapter 90 ;
(h ) Clocks ( Chapter 91 );
( ij ) Arms ( Chapter 93 );
( k ) Brushes of a kind
3 . References in Chapters 86 to 88 to parts or accessories are to be taken not to apply to parts or accessories which are
not suitable for use solely or principally with the articles of those Chapters . A part or accessory which answers to a
description in two or more of the headings of those Chapters is to be classified under that heading which
corresponds to the principal use of that part or accessory .
4 . Flying machines specially constructed §o that they can also be used as road vehicles are classified as flying machines .
Amphibious motor vehicles are classified as motor vehicles .
5 . Air-cushion vehicles are to be classified within this Section with the vehicles to which they are most akin as
follows :
( a ) In Chapter 86 if designed to travel on a guide-track (hovertrains);
(b ) In Chapter 87 if designed to travel over land or over both land and water ;
( c) In Chapter 89 if designed to travel over water , whether or not able to land on beaches or landing-stages or also
able to travel over ice .
Parts and accessories of air-cushion vehicles are to be classified in the same way as those of vehicles falling within
the heading in which the air-cushion vehicles are classified under the above provisions .
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Hovertrain track fixtures and fittings arc to be classified as railway track fixtures and fittings , and traffic control
equipment for hovertrain transport systems as traffic control equipment for railways .
Additional Notes
1 . Subject to the provisions of Additional Note 3 to Chapter 89, tools and articles necessary for the maintenance or
repair of vehicles, aircraft or vessels are to be classified with those vehicles, aircraft or vessels if imported with
them . Other accessories imported with vehicles, aircraft or vessels are also to be classified therewith if they form
part of the normal equipment of the vehicles, aircraft or vessels and are normally sold with them .
2 . The provisions of General Rule A 2 (a) are also applicable, at the request of the declarant and subject to conditions
stipulated by the competent authorities, to goods falling within headings Nos 86.10, 88.05, 89.03 and 89.05
imported in split consignments .
CHAPTER 86
RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING-STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF; RAILWAY
AND TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND FITTINGS;
TRAFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS ( NOT ELECTRICALLY POWERED)
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete , or concrete guide-track sections for hovertrains ( heading
No 44.07 or 68.11 );
(b ) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel falling within heading No 73.16 ; or
( c) Electrically powered signalling apparatus falling within heading No 85.16 .
2 . Heading No 86.09 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to : )
( a ) Axles , wheels , metal tyres , hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels ;
( b ) Frames , underframes and bogies ;
( c ) Axle boxes ; brake gear ;
(d ) Buffers for rolling-stock ; coupling gear and corridor connections ;
( e ) Coachwork .
3 . Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above , heading No 86.10 is to be taken to apply , inter alia , to :
( a ) Assembled track , turntables , platform buffers , loading gauges ;
(b ) Semaphores , mechanical signal discs , level crossing control gear , signal and point controls , whether or not they
are fitted for electric lighting .
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IIll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[ 86.01 ]
86.02 Electric rail locomotives , battery operated or powered from an external source of
electricity 14 4,9
86.03 Other rail locomotives ; tenders 13 3,8
. 86.04 Mechanically propelled railway and tramway coaches , vans and trucks , and
mechanically propelled track inspection trolleys :
A. Electric railway and tramway coaches , vans and trucks ( powered from an
external source of electricity )
B. Other .
14
13
4,9
4,6
86.05 Railway and tramway passenger coaches and luggage vans ; hospital coaches,
prison coaches , testing coaches , travelling post office coaches and other special
purpose railway coaches 13 5
86.06 Railway and tramway rolling-stock, the following: workshops, cranes and other
service vehicles 13 3,8
86.07 Railway and tramway goods vans, goods wagons and trucks :
A. Specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active material
(EURATOM)
B. Other
10
14
3,8
5
86.08 Containers specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of
transport :
A. Containers with an anti-radiation lead covering , for the transport of
radio-active materials (EURATOM)
B. Other
10
15
3,8
4,4
86.09 Parts of railway and tramway locomotives and rolling-stock :
A. Bogies , bissel-bogies and the like , and parts thereof
B. Brakes and parts thereof
C. Axles , assembled or not ; wheels and parts thereof
D. Axle-boxes and parts thereof
E. Other
13
11
15
15
14
3,8
4,5
6
7,5
4,1
86.10 Railway and tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical equipment, not
electrically powered, for signalling to or controlling road , rail or other vehicles ,
ships or aircraft; parts of the foregoing fixtures, fittings or equipment . 13 4,4
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CHAPTER 87
VEHICLES, OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING-STOCK, AND PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . For the purposes of this Chapter , tractors are deemed to be vehicles constructed essentially for hauling or pushing
another vehicle , appliance or load , whether or not they contain subsidiary provision for the transport , in
connection with the main use of the tractor , of tools , seeds , fertilisers or other goods .
2 . Motor chassis fitted with cabs are to be treated as falling within heading No 87.02 and not within heading
No 87.04 .
3 . Headings Nos 87.10 and 87.14 are to be taken not to apply to children's cycles which are not fitted with ball
bearings nor to children's cycles which , though fitted with ball bearings , are not constructed like normal cycles .
Such children's cycles are to be treated as falling within heading No 97.01 .
Additional Note
The headings of this Chapter are to be taken not to apply to railway or tramway rolling-stock designed solely for
running on rails .
Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
87.01 Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether or not
fitted with power take-offs , winches or pulleys :
A. Agricultural walking tractors , with either a spark ignition or a compression
ignition engine , of a cylinder capacity of:
I. 1 000 cm3 or less
II . More than 1 000 cm 3 i
B. Agricultural tractors ( excluding walking tractors ) and forestry tractors ,
wheeled
C. Other :
I. Wheeled , for semi-trailers
II . Other
12
18
20
20
20
4.4
5,8
8.5
20
11
87.02 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, goods or materials ( including sports
motor vehicles , other than those of heading No 87.09):
A. For the transport of persons , including vehicles designed for the transport of
both passengers and goods :
I. With either a spark ignition or a compression ignition engine :
a ) Motor coaches and buses :
1 . With either a spark ignition engine of a cylinder capacity of
2 800 cm 3 or more or a compression ignition engine of a
cylinder capacity of 2 500 cm3 or more
2 . Other
b ) Other
II . With other engines
B. For the transport of goods or materials :
I. Motor lorries specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active
• materials (EURATOM)
f I
29
29
29
25
10
20
11
10
12,5
5,3
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
87.02
(cont'd)
B. II . Other :
a ) With either a spark ignition or a compression ignition engine :
1 . Motor lorries with either a spark ignition engine of a cylinder
capacity of 2 800 cm 3 or more or a compression ignition engine of
a cylinder capacity of 2 500 cm 3 or more :
aa ) Dumpers of a cylinder capacity :
11 . Of less than 10 000 cm 3
22 . Of 10 000 cm3 or more .
bb ) Other
2 . Other :
aa ) Dumpers
bb ) Other
b ) With other engines '
28
28
28
22
28
25
17
17 -
22
6
11
10
87.03 Special purpose motor lorries and vans ( such as breakdown lorries , fire-engines ,
fire-escapes , road sweeper lorries, snow-ploughs, spraying lorries , crane lorries,
searchlight lorries , mobile workshops and mobile radiological units), but not
including the motor vehicles of heading No 87.02 25 6,2
87.04 Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles falling within heading
No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03 :
A. Chassis for tractors falling within subheading 87.01 B or C ; chassis for motor
vehicles falling within heading No 87.02 , fitted with either a spark ignition
engine of a cylinder capacity of 2 800 cm 3 or more or a compression ignition
engine of a cylinder capacity of 2 500 cm 3 or more :
I. For motor lorries , motor coaches and buses
II . Other
B. Other :
I. For motor vehicles for the transport of persons , including vehicles
designed for the transport of both passengers and goods , with a seating
capacity of less than 15
II . Other -
29
29
29 N
29
20
9,3
6,5
11
87.05 Bodies ( including cabs), for the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 ,
87.02 or 87.03 :
A. For the industrial assembly of:
Agricultural walking tractors falling within subheading 87.01 A ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of persons , including vehicles designed for
the transport of both passengers and goods , with a seating capacity of less
than 15 ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods or materials , with either a spark
ignition engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2 800 cm 3 or a-compression
ignition engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2 500 cm 3 ,
Special purpose motor lorries and vans of heading No 87.03 ( a )
B. Other . .
24
24
6,9
8,9
[ a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
87.06
C
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 ,
87.02 or 87.03 :
A. For the industrial assembly of:
Agricultural walking tractors falling within subheading 87.01 A ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of persons , including vehicles designed for
the transport of both passengers and goods , with a seating capacity of less
than 15 ,
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods of materials , with either a spark
ignition engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2 800 cm 3 or a compression
ignition engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2 500 cm3 ,
Special purpose motor lorries and vans of heading No 87.03 ( a )
B. Other :
I. Wheel centres in star form , cast in one piece , of iron or steel
II . Other
19
19
19
4,9
4,9
6,9
87.07 Works trucks , mechanically propelled, of the types used in factories, warehouses ,
dock areas or airports for shoft distance transport or handling of goods (for
example, platform trucks, fork-lift trucks and straddle carriers); tractors of the
those used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles :
A. Trucks specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active materials
(EURATOM)
B. Straddle carriers
C. Other trucks ; tractors :
I. Fitted with self-actuated lifting equipment
II . Other -
D. Parts
10
20
16
22
20
3.8
5,1
4.9
6
5,3
87.08 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles , motorised, whether or not fitted
with weapons, and parts of such vehicles :
A. Tanks and parts thereof
B. Other armoured fighting vehicles and parts thereof
5
10
3,5
3,8
87.09 Motor-cycles, auto-cycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or
without side-cars ; side-cars of all kinds 26 9
87.10 Cycles ( including delivery tricycles), not motorised 21 17
87.11 Invalid carriages, whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically
propelled . . . 18 4,9
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
0//o
Conventional
O//o
1 2 3 4
87.12 Parts and accessories of articles falling within heading No 87.09 , 87.10 or
87.11 :
A. Of motor-cycles .
B. Other
24
20
6
8
87.13 Baby carriages and parts thereof 18 4,9
87.14 Other vehicles ( including trailers ), not mechanically propelled , and parts
thereof:
A. Animal-drawn vehicles
B. Trailers and semi-trailers :
I. Specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active materials
(EURATOM)
II . Other
C. Other vehicles :
I. Specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active materials
(EURATOM)
II . Other
D. Parts
14
10
20
10
14
15
4,9
5,3
5.3
3,8
4,1
4.4
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CHAPTER 88
AIRCRAFT AND PARTS THEREOF; PARACHUTES; CATAPULTS AND
SIMILAR AIRCRAFT LAUNCHING GEAR; GROUND FLYING TRAINERS
Additional Note
For the purpose of subheading 88 . 02 B, the, expression "unladen weight" shall mean the weight of the machine in
normal flying order, excluding the weight of the crew and offuel and equipment except permanently-fitted items of
equipment.
ll Rate of duty
> Heading
number Description Autonomous
% •
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
88.01 Balloons and airships :
I A. Civil balloons and airships ( a ) 18 Free
B. Other 18 9
88.02 Flying machines , gliders and kites; rotochutes :
*
A. Not mechanically propelled :
I. Civil gliders ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Kites and rotochutes
b ) Other
V
18
18
18
Free
4,9
7
B. Mechanically propelled :
I. Helicopters :
a ) Civil helicopters ( a )
b ) Other , of an unladen weight :
1 . Not exceeding 2 000 kg
2 . Exceeding 2 000 kg
II . Other :
a ) Civil aircraft ( a ) '
b ) Other , of an unladen weight :
1 . Not exceeding 2 000 kg
2 . Exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg
3 . Exceeding 15 000 kg
12
15
12
12
15
14
12
Free
15
5
Free
12
5,5
5
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
88.03 Parts of goods falling within heading No 88.01 or 88.02 :
A. Of balloons or airships :
I. For use in civil balloons or airships ( a )
II . Other
B. Other :
, I. For use in civil flying machines and gliders ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Of kites and rotochutes
b) Other
17
17
12(b)
12
12(b)
Free
8,5
Free
3,8
5
88.04 Parachutes and parts thereof and accessories thereto 15 5,8
88.05 Catapults and similar aircraft launching gear; ground flying trainers; parts of any
of the foregoing articles :
A. Catapults and similar aircraft launching gear ; parts thereof
B. Ground flying trainers ; parts thereof:
I. For civil use ( a )
II . Other
17
13
13
5,6
Free
v3,8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subje« to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions.
( b ) Duty temporarily suspended in respect of articles intended to be fitted in aircraft imported duty free or built within the Community . This suspension is subject to
compliance with formalities and conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CHAPTER 89
SHIPS , BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES
Note
A hull , unfinished or incomplete vessel ,.assembled , unassembled or disassembled , or a complete vessel unassembled or
disassembled , is to be classified within heading No 89.01 if it does not have the essential character of a vessel of a
particular kind .
Additional Notes
1 . Subheadings 89.01 B I and 89.02 B I are to be taken to apply only to vessels, designed as sea-going, having a hull of
an overall length (excluding any projecting parts) of not less than 12 m . However, fishing boats and lifeboats,
designed as sea-going, shall be considered as sea-going vessels regardless of their length .
2 . Subheading 89.03 A is to be taken to apply only to vessels, floating docks and floating or submersible drilling or
production platforms, designed as sea-going.
3 . For the purposes of heading No 89.04, the expression "ships, boats and other vessels for breaking up" includes the
following articles when imported in vessels for breaking up, ort condition that they have formed part of the normal
equipment of such vessels :
. — spare parts (such as propellers), whether or not in a new condition;
— movable articles (furniture, kitchen equipment, tableware, etc .) showing clear evidence of use.
ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
89.01 Ships, boats and other vessels not falling within any of the following headings of
this Chapter:
A. Warships
B. Other :
I. Sea-going vessels
II . Other :
a ) Weighing 100 kg or less each
b ) Other
Free
Free
13
8
Free
Free
3,8
2,5
• 89.02 Vessels specially designed for towing ( tugs ) or pushing other vessels :
A. Tugs
B. Pusher craft :
I. Sea-going
II . Other
Free
Free
8
Free
Free
2,5
89.03 Light-vessels , fire-floats , dredgers of all kinds, floating cranes , and other vessels
the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function ; floating docks ;
floating or submersible drilling or production platforms :
A. Sea-going
B. Other . . '
Free
8
Free
3,2
89.04 Ships , boats and other vessels for breaking up ( a ) Free Free
89.05 Floating structures other than vessels (for example, coffer-dams, landing stages ,
buoys and beacons) 10 4,9
( a ) Entry under this heading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
No L 331 / 352 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 85
SECTION XVIII
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING,
CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;
SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS; TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS
OR REPRODUCERS; PARTS THEREOF
CHAPTER 90
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC , CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION ,
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS : PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Articles of a kind used in machines , appliances , instruments or apparatus , of unhardened vulcanised rubber ,
falling within heading No 40.14 , of leather or of composition leather , falling within heading No 42.04 , or of
textile material ( heading No 59.17 );
( b ) Refractory goods of heading No 69.03 ; laboratory , chemical or industrial wares of heading No 69.09 ;
( c) Glass mirrors , not optically worked , falling within heading No 70.09 , and mirrors of base metal or. of precious
metal , not being optical elements , falling within heading No 83.06 or Chapter 71 ;
( d ) Goods falling within heading No 70.07 , 70.11 , 70.14 , 70.15 , 70.17 or 70.18 ;
( e ) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal (Section XV) or similar goods of artificial
plastic materials ( which are generally classified in heading No 39.07 );
( f) Pumps incorporating measuring devices , of heading No 84.10 ; weight-operated counting and checking
machinery , and separately imported weights for balances ( heading No 84.20 ); lifting and handling machinery of
heading No 84.22 ; fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine-tools , of heading No 84.48 , including
fittings with optical devices for reading the scale ( for example , "optical" dividing heads) but not those which are
in themselves essentially optical instruments ( for example , alignment telescopes ); valves and other appliances of
heading No 84.61 ;
( g ) Searchlights and spotlights , of a kind used on motor vehicles of heading No 85.09 , and radio navigational aid
or radar apparatus of heading No 85.15 ;
( h ) Cinematographic sound recorders , reproducers and re-recorders , operating solely by a magnetic process
( heading No 92.11 ); magnetic sound-heads ( heading No 92.13 );
( ij ) Articles of Chapter 97 ;
( k ) Capacity measures , which are to be classified according to the material of which they are made ; or
( 1 ) Spools , reels or similar supports (which are to be classified according to their constituent material , for example ,
in heading No 39.07 or Section XV).
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2 . Subject to Note 1 above, parts or accessories which are suitable for use solely or principally with machines ,
appliances , instruments or apparatus falling within any heading of this Chapter are to be classified as follows :
( a ) Parts or accessories constituting in themselves machines , appliances , instruments or apparatus ( including optical
elements of heading No 90.01 or 90.02 ) of any particular heading of. the present Chapter or of Chapter 84 , 85
or 91 (other than headings Nos 84.65 and 85.28 ) are to be classified in that heading;
( b ) Other parts or accessories are to be classified in heading No 90.29 if they answer to the terms of that heading;
otherwise they are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the machine , appliance , instrument or apparatus
itself.
3 . Heading No 90.05 is to be taken not to apply to astronomical telescopes of a kind unsuitable for terrestrial
observation (heading No 90.06 ), or to telescopic sights for fitting to firearms , periscopic telescopes for fitting to
submarines or tanks , or to telescopes for machines , appliances , instruments or apparatus of this Chapter ; such
telescopic sights and telescopes are to be classified in heading No 90.13 .
4 . Measuring or checking optical instruments , appliances or machines which , but for this Note , could be classified
both in heading No 90.13 and in heading No 90.16 , are to be classified in heading No 90.16 .
5 . Heading No 90.28 is to be taken to apply , and apply only , to :
( a ) Instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities ;
(b ) Machines , appliances , instruments or apparatus of a kind described in heading No 90.14 , 90.15 , 90.16 , 90.22 ,
90.23 , 90.24 , 90.25 or 90.27 (other than stroboscopes), the operation of which depends on an electrical
phenomenon which varies according to the factor to be ascertained or automatically controlled ;
( c) Instruments or apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha , beta , gamma , X-ray , cosmic or similar radiations ;
and
(d ) Automatic regulators of electrical quantities , and instruments or apparatus for automatically controlling
non-electrical quantities the operation of which depends on an electrical phenomenon varying according to the
factor to be controlled .
6 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
Additional Notes
1 . Heading No 90. 1 8 does not cover simple filter masks which, although covering only the mouth and the nose, serve
as protection against toxic chemical products, dust, smoke and fog and which are intended to be used once only
(for example, heading No 59.03).
2 . The expression "electronic instruments and apparatus " in subheading 90.28 A means instruments and apparatus
which incorporate one or more articles of heading No 85.21 ; but for the purposes of the foregoing, no account
shall be taken of articles of heading No 85.21 which have solely the function of rectifying current or which are
included in the power pack of instruments or apparatus .
II Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
90.01 Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements , of any material , unmounted ,
other than such elements of glass not optically worked; sheets or plates,' of
polarising material :
A. , Lenses , prisms , mirrors and other optical elements :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
B. Sheets or plates of polarising material "
17
17
18
Free
7,5
5,8
90.02 Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material , mounted,
being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus , other than such elements
of glass not optically worked :
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
17
17
Free
10
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
0/
/o
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
90.03 Frames and mountings and parts thereof, for spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes ,
goggles and the like 19 5,1
90.04 Spectacles , pince-nez, lorgnettes, goggles and the like, corrective , protective or
other 19 6
90.05 Refracting telescopes (monocular and binocular), prismatic or not 20 7,2
90.06 Astronomical instruments ( for example , reflecting telescopes, transit instruments
and equatorial telescopes ), and mountings therefor, but not including instruments
for radio-astronomy 17 6,9
90.07
■
Photographic cameras ; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other
than discharge lamps of heading No 85.20 :
A. Photographic cameras
B. Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs :
I. Electrically ignited photographic flashbulbs , flashcubes and similar
articles
II . Other
18
18
16
7.2
4,9
5.3
90.08 Cinematographic cameras, projectors, sound recorders and sound reproducers
but not including re-recorders or film editing apparatus ; any combination of these
articles :
A. Cameras and sound recorders, combined or not
B. Projectors and sound reproducers , combined or not
16
19
6,2
6,5
90.09 Image projectors ( other than cinematographic projectors); photographic ( except
cinematographic) enlargers and reducers . 18 6,3
90.10 Apparatus and equipment of a kind used in photographic or cinematographic
laboratories , not falling within any other heading in this Chapter; photo-copying
apparatus ( whether incorporating an optical system or of the contact type) and .
thermo-copying apparatus; screens for projectors :
A. Photo-copying apparatus incorporating an optical system
B. Thermo-copying apparatus
C. Other
18
15
15
7,2
4,4
4,9
90.11
!
Microscopes and diffraction apparatus , electron and proton 15 5,8
90.12 Compound optical microscopes , whether or not provided with means for
photographing or projecting the image 18 10
90.13 Optical appliances and instruments (but not including lighting appliances other
than searchlights or spotlights), not falling within any other heading of this
Chapter; lasers , other than laser diodes 18 6,5
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lil Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
90.14 Surveying ( including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, navigational ,
meteorological , hydrological and geophysical instruments; compasses ;
rangefinders :
A. Compasses :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other compasses
III . Parts :
a ) For gyroscopic compasses , for use in civil aircraft ( a ) . . .
b ) Other
B. Other :
I. Optical air navigational instruments :
a ) For use in civil aircraft , excluding parts of such goods ( a )
b ) Other
II . Other air navigational instruments ( including automatic pilots ), for use
in civil aircraft ( a )
III . Other
17 .
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
Free
5
Free
5
Free
5,6
Free
5,6
90.15 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better, with or without their weights 18 5,8
90.16 Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments, drafting
machines, pantographs, drawing sets , slide rules , disc calculators and the like;
measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines,' not falling within
any other heading of this Chapter ( for example, micrometers, callipers , gauges,
measuring rods , balancing machines); profile projectors :
A. Drawing , marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments , drafting
machines , pantographs , slide rules , disc calculators and the like
B. Measuring or checking instruments , appliances and machines ; profile
projectors
16
15
5,3
5,8
90.17 Medical , dental , surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances ( including
electro-medical apparatus and ophthalmic instruments) 16 5,3
90.18 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing
apparatus ; artificial respiration , ozone therapy , oxygen therapy , aerosol therapy
or similar apparatus; breathing appliances ( including gas masks and similar
respirators):
A. Gas masks and similar respirators ( excluding parts thereof), for use in civil
aircraft ( a )
B. Other
16
16
Free
4,6
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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I|| Rate of duty
Heading
number
J
Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
90.19 Orthopaedic appliances , surgical belts , trusses and the like; splints and other
. fracture appliances; artificial limbs, eyes , teeth and other artificial parts of the
body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried , or implanted
in the body , to compensate for a defect or disability :
A. Artificial limbs , eyes , teeth and other artificial parts of the body :
I. Artificial teeth and dental fittings 17 4,9
Il II . Artificial eyes 14 4,1
II III . Other 16 6,2
B. Hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried , or implanted in
the body , to compensate for a defect or disability :
!! I. Hearing aids 12 3,8
II II . Other 13 ' 5,3
C. Other 15 5,8
90.20 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of the radiations from radio-active
substances ( including radiography and radiotherapy apparatus ); . X-ray
generators; X-ray tubes; X-ray screens; X-ray high tension generators ; X-ray
control panels and desks; X-ray examination or treatment tables , chairs and the
16 4,6
90.21 Instruments, apparatus or models , designed solely for demonstrational purposes
( for example, in education or exhibition), unsuitable for other uses 12 3,8
90.22 Machines and appliances for testing mechanically the hardness, strength ,
compressibility , elasticity and the like properties of industrial materials (for
example , metals , wood , textiles , paper or plastics ) 15 4,4
90.23 Hydrometers and similar instruments; thermometers, pyrometers , barometers,
hygrometers , psychrometers , recording or not; any combination of these
instruments :
ll A. Thermometers :
ll I. For use in civil aircraft ( a ) 21 Free
\\ II . Other :
Il a ) Mercury or other liquid-filled thermometers , for direct reading .... 21 6,9
ll b) Other 17 4
ll B. Hygrometers and psychrometers 14 5
C. Hydrometers and similar instruments , with or without thermometers ; optical
pyrometers 17 6,3
D. Other 17 4
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
'%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
90.24 Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling
the flow , depth , pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for
automatically controlling temperature ( for example , pressure gauges ,
thermostats , level gauges, flow meters, heat meters , automatic ovendraught
regulators ), not being articles falling within heading No 90.14;
A. For use in civil aircraft ( a ) ,
B. Other :
I. Pressure gauges
II . Thermostats ^
III . Other
16
18
15
16
Free
5
5
5,8
90.25 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis ( such as
polarimeters , refractometers , spectrometers , gas analysis apparatus ); instruments
and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity , porosity, expansion , surface
tension or the like ( such as viscometers , porosimeters , expansion meters );
instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat , light or
sound ( such as photometers ( including exposure meters ), calorimeters);
microtomes , 16 6,2
Gas , liquid and electricity supply or production meters ; calibrating meters90.26
15 5therefor
90.27 Revolution counters , production counters , taximeters, mileometers , pedometers
and the like , speed indicators ( including magnetic speed indicators) and
tachometers (other than articles falling within heading No 90.14);
stroboscopes : i
A. Revolution counters , production counters , taximeters and other counters .
B. Speed indicators and tachometers :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
C. Stroboscopes
16
18
18
14
4
Free
5,8
5,6
90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling
instruments and apparatus :
A. Electronic instruments and apparatus :
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Telecommunications (cross-talk meters , gain measuring instruments ,
nepermeters , distortion factor meters , psophometers and the like);
For measuring or detecting ionising radiations ;
Other measuring apparatus with self-balancing recording device ;
Other apparatus for measuring electrical quantities
b ) Other
B. Other
I. For use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other
16
16
16
• 16
16
Free
11
7,2
Free
4,6
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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ll|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
% '
1 2 3 4
90.29 Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with one or more of the
articles falling within heading No 90.23 , 90.24 , 90.26 , 90.27 or 90.28 :
A. Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the electronic
instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A :
I. For instruments or apparatus for use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other .
16
16
Free
7,2
B. Other :
I. For the instruments or apparatus of subheadings 90.23 A , 90.27 B ,
90.28 B or of heading No 90.24 , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
II . Other :
a ) Parts of base metal , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , sections
or wire , of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not
exceed 25 mm
b ) Other
16
16
16
Free
4,6
5,1
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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CHAPTER 91
CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 .« For the purposes of headings Nos 91.02 and 91.07 , the expression "watch movements" means movements
regulated by a balance-wheel and hairspring or by any other system capable of determining intervals of time , not
exceeding 12 mm in thickness when measured with the plate , the bridges and any additional outer plates .
2 . Headings Nos 91.07 and 91.08 are to be taken not to apply to spring-operated or weight-operated motors not
fitted , nor adapted to be fitted , with escapements ( heading No 84.08 ).
3 . This Chapter does not cover parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal ( Section XV),
or similar goods of artificial plastic materials ( which are generally classified in heading No 39.07 ). The Chapter
also excludes weights , clock or watch glasses , watch chains or straps , parts of electrical equipment , ball bearings or
bearing balls . Clock and watch springs are to be classified as clock or watch parts ( heading No 91.11 ).
4 . Except as provided in Notes 2 and 3 , movements and other parts suitable for use both in clocks or watches and in
other articles ( for example , precision instruments) are to be taken as falling within this Chapter and not within any
other Chapter .
5 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
91.01 Pocket-watches , wrist-watches and other watches , including stop-watches .... 13
subject
to a min.
of 0,50 ECU
each
' 5,1
subject
to a min.
of 0,30 ECU
each and a
max. of 0,80
ECU each
91.02 Clocks with watch movements ( excluding clocks of heading No 91.03 ):
A. Electric or electronic : ■
I. With balance-wheel and hairspring
II . Other
B. Other
15
14
13
6,3
6,2
5,8
91.03 Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type , for vehicles , aircraft or
vessels :
A. Clocks with clock movements measuring less than 4,5 cm in width and clocks
• with watch movements , for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other
13
' 13
Free
5,8
91.04 Other clocks:
A. Electric or electronic
B. Other •
14
13
6,2
5,8
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary Provisions .
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Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
-%
1 2 3 4
t
91.05 Time of day recording apparatus ; apparatus with clock or watch movement
( including secondary movement) or with synchronous motor, for measuring ,
recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time 15 6,3
91.06 Time switches with clock or watch movement ( including secondary movement) or
with synchronous motor 14 6,2
91.07 Watch movements ( including stop-watch movements), assembled :
A. With balance-wheel and hairspring
B. Other
14
subject to
a min. of
0,40 ECU
each
14
6,2
subject to
a min. of
0,17 ECU
each
6,2
91.08 Clock movements , assembled :
A. Clock movements , assembled , without dials or hands , or with dials or hands
whether or not assembled thereon , constructed or designed to operate for
over 47 hours without rewinding , having more than one jewel , for use in civil
aircraft ( a ) :
B. Other
14
14
Free
6,2
91.09 Watch cases and parts of watch cases 9 4,6
91.10 Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts
thereof 14 5,1
91.11 Other clock and watch parts :
A. Watchmakers' jewels ( precious and semi-precious stones , natural , synthetic ,
reconstructed or imitation ), neither mounted nor set
B. Springs , including hairsprings
C. Watch movements , unassembled :
I. With balance-wheel and hairspring
II . Other ;
D. Clock movements , unassembled :
E. Rough watch movements
F. Other
8
12
14
subject to
a min. of
0,40 ECU
each
14
14
11
11
4.1
5,6
6.2
subject to
a min. of
0,17 ECU
cach
' 6,2
6,2
7,5
5,1
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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CHAPTER 92
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ; SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS ; TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND
RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS ; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Film wholly or partly sensitised for photographic or photo-electric recording or such film exposed , whether or
not developed ( Chapter 37 );
( b ) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal ( Section XV), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials (which are generally classified in heading No 39.07);
( c ) Microphones , amplifiers , loudspeakers , head-phones , switches , stroboscopes and other accessory instruments ,
apparatus or equipment falling within Chapter 85 or 90 , for use with but not incorporated in or housed in the
same cabinet as instruments of the present Chapter ; sound recorders or reproducers combined with a radio or
television receiver ( heading No 85.15 );
( d ) Brushes ( for cleaning musical instruments ) falling within heading No 96.01 ;
( e ) Toy instruments ( heading No 97.03 );
( f) Collectors' pieces or antiques ( heading No 99.05 or 99.06 ); or
( g ) Spools , reels or similar supports ( which are to be classified according to their constituent material , for example ,
in heading No 39.07 or Section XV).
2 . Bows and sticks and similar devices used in playing the musical instruments of headings Nos 92.02 and 92.06 ,
imported with such instruments in numbers normal thereto and clearly intended for use therewith , are to be
classified in the same heading as the relative instruments .
Perforated music rolls ( heading No 92.10 ) and gramophone records and the like ( heading No 92.12 ) imported with
an instrument are to be treated as separate articles and not as forming a part of such instrument .
3 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
92.01 Pianos ( including automatic pianos , whether or not with keyboards );
harpsichords and other , keyboard stringed instruments ; harps but not including
aeolian harps :
. A. Pianos ( including automatic pianos , whether or not with keyboards ):
I. Upright pianos
II . Other . .
22
20
5,8
6,2
B. Other . 18 4,9
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\\ Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
92.02 Other string musical instruments 21 6,3
92.03 Pipe and reed organs, including harmoniums and the like 20 5,3
92.04 Accordions , concertinas and similar musical instruments ; mouth organs 15 7,5
92.05 Other wind musical instruments 18 4,9
92.06 Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals ,
castanets) 18 6,3
92.07 Electro-magnetic, electrostatic, electronic and similar musical instrumetns (for
example, pianos, organs, accordions) 19 6
92.08 Musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for
example , fairground organs , mechanical street organs , musical boxes , musical
saws); mechanical singing birds; decoy calls and effects of all kinds; mouth-blown
sound signalling instruments ( for example, whistles and boatswains' pipes ):
A. Musical boxes
B. Other
14
14
4,4
4,9
[92.09]
92.10 Parts and accessories of musical instruments, including perforated music rolls and
mechanisms for musical boxes ; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all
kinds :
A. Mechanisms for musical boxes
B. Musical instrument strings
C. Other
18
17
18
3,2
. 4 > 9
5
92.11 Gramophones , dictating machines and other sound recorders or reproducers ,
including record-players and tape decks , with or without sound-heads; television
image and sound recorders or reproducers :
A. Sound recorders or reproducers :
I. Sound recorders
II . Sound reproducers :
a ) Sound reproducers with laser optical reading system
b ) Other
III . Combined sound recorders and reproducers :
a ) Using magnetic tapes on reels excluding cassettes , and allowing
sound recording or reproduction either at a single speed of 1 9 cm per
second or at several speeds if those comprise only 1 9 cm per second
and lower speeds
b ) Other
B. Television image and sound recorders or reproducers
19
19
19
16
16
13
5,1
19
9,5
Free
7
8
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Il|| Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
92.12 Gramophone records and other sound or similar recordings ; matrices for the
production of records , prepared record blanks, film for mechanical sound
recording, prepared tapes , wires , strips and like articles of a kind commonly used
for sound or similar recording:
A. Prepared for recording , but not recorded
B. Recorded :
I. Wax recordings , discs , matrices and other intermediate forms , excluding
magnetically recorded tapes :
a ) For the production of records
b ) Other
II . Other :
a ) Records :
1 . For teaching languages
2 . Other
b) Other recording media ( tapes , wires , strips and like articles ):
1 . Magnetically recorded for the scoring of cinematograph film
2 . Other
17
11
> 17
9
17 .
2,35 ECU
per 100 m
19
4,9
. 3,5
5,6
M.
4,9
0,74 ECU
per 100 m
5,i
92.13 Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.11 :
A. Sound-heads and parts thereof
B. Needles ; diamonds , sapphires and other precious or semi-precious stones
( natural , synthetic or reconstructed ), whether or not mounted
C. Parts of base metal , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , sections or wire ,
of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm . .
D. Other
20
13
18
18
6,3
3.8
4.9
5,8
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SECTION XIX
ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS THEREOF
CHAPTER 93
ARMS AND AMMUNITION ; PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Goods falling within Chapter 36 ( for example , percussion caps , detonators , signalling flares);
( b ) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base , metal ( Section XV ), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials ( which are generally classified in heading No 39.07 );
( c ) Armoured fighting vehicles ( heading No 87.08 );
( d ) Telescopic sights and other optical devices suitable for use with arms , unless mounted on a firearm or imported
with the firearm on which they are designed to be mounted ( Chapter 90 );
( e ) Bows , arrows , fencing foils or toys falling within Chapter 97 ; or
( f) Collectors' pieces or antiques ^heading No 99.05 or 99.06 ).
2 . In heading No 93.07 , the reference to "parts thereof' is to be taken not to include radio or radar apparatus of
heading No 85.15 .
3 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
ll - Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 ' 3 4
93.01 Side-arms ( for example , swords , cutlasses and bayonets ) and parts thereof and
scabbards and sheaths therefor 8 3,2
93.02 Revolvers and pistols , being firearms :
A. 9 mm calibre and higher - 9 5,1
\ B. Other 16 6,7
93.03 Artillery weapons, machine-guns, sub-machine-guns and other military firearms
and projectors ( other than revolvers and pistols ) Free Free
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
93.04 Other firearms , including Very pistols , pistols and revolvers for firing blank
ammunition only, line-throwing guns and the like :
A. Sporting and target shooting guns , rifles and carbines
B. Other
18
16
6,3
5,3
93.05 Arms of other descriptions , including air , spring and similar pistols , rifles and
guns 16 6
93.06 Parts of arms , including gun barrel blanks , but not including parts of sidearms :
A. Of arms of heading No 93.03
B. Of other arms :
I. Roughly shaped gun stock blocks
II . Other parts :
a ) Of arms of heading No 93.02
b ) Other
Free
10
15
18
Free
3.8
. -5,1
4.9 •.
93.07 Bombs , grenades, torpedoes , mines , guided weapons and missiles and similar
munitions of war, and parts thereof; ammunition and parts thereof, including
cartridge wads; lead shot prepared for ammunition :
A. For revolvers and pistols falling within heading No 93.02 and ' for
sub-machine-guns falling within heading No 93.03
B. Other :
I. For military purposes :
a ) For weapons falling within heading No 93.03
b ) Other
II . Other :
a ) Sporting and target shooting cartridges
b ) Other
13
6
12
19
17
4,6
\
2.5
4,9
6
5.6
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SECTION XX
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
CHAPTER 94
FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF; BEDDING , MATTRESSES , MATTRESS SUPPORTS , CUSHIONS
AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
i
( a ) Pneumatic or water mattresses , pillows or cushions , falling within Chapter 39 , 40 or 62 ;
( b ) Standard lamps , table lamps , wall lamp brackets and other lighting fittings ; these are classified according to the
constituent material ( for example , in heading No 44.27 , 70.14 or 83.07 );
( c) Articles of stone , ceramic or any other material referred to in Chapter 68 or 69 , used as seats , tables or columns ,
of the kind used in parks , gardens or vestibules ( Chapter 68 or 69 );
( d ) Mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground ( for example , cheval-glasses ( swing-mirrors )) falling within
heading No 70.09 ;
( e ) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal ( Section XV), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials (which are generally classified in heading No 39.07); and safes falling within heading
No 83.03 ;
( f) Furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerators of heading No 84.15 ; furniture specially designed for
sewing machines ( heading No 84.41 );
( g) Furniture specially designed as parts of radio-gramophones , wireless sets or television sets ( heading
No 85.15 );
( h ) Dentists ' spittoons falling within heading No 90.17 ;
( ij ) Goods falling within Chapter 91 ( for example , clocks and clock cases);
( k ) Furniture specially designed as parts of gramophones , of dictating machines or of other sound reproducers or
recorders , falling within heading No 92.13 ; or
( 1 ) Toy furniture ( heading No 97.03 ), billiard tables and other furniture specially constructed for games ( heading
No 97.04 ) or for conjuring tricks ( heading No 97.05 ).
2 . The articles ( other than parts ) referred to in headings Nos 94.01 , 94.02 and 94.03 are to be classified in those
headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground .
This provision is , however , to be taken not to apply to the following which are still to be classified in the
abovementioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the
other :
( a ) Kitchen cabinets and similar cupboards ;
( b ) Seats and beds ;
( c) Unit bookcases and similar unit furniture .
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3 . ( a ) In this Chapter references to parts of goods do not include reference to sheets ( whether or not cut to shape but
not combined with other parts ) of glass ( including mirrors ) or of marble or other stone .
( b ) Goods described in heading No 94.04 , imported separately , are not to be classified in heading No 94.01 , 94.02
or 94.03 as parts of goods .
l Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
94.01 Chairs and other seats ( other than those falling within heading No 94.02 ),
whether or not convertible into beds , and parts thereof:
A. Chairs and other seats , not leather covered (excluding parts thereof), for use
in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other :
I. Specially designed for aircraft
II . Other
12
12
18
Free
4,4
5,6
94.02 Medical , dental , surgical or veterinary furniture ( for example, operating tables ,
hospital beds with mechanical fittings); dentists' and similar chairs with
mechanical elevating, rotating or reclining movements; parts of the foregoing
articles 17 4,9
94.03 Other furniture and parts thereof:
A. Furniture ( excluding parts thereof), for use in civil aircraft ( a )
B. Other furniture -.
18
18
Free
5,6
94.04 Mattress supports ; articles of bedding or similar furnishing fitted with springs or
stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of expanded , foam or sponge
rubber or expanded , foam or sponge artificial plastic material , whether or not
covered ( for example, mattresses, quilts , eiderdowns , cushions , pouffes and
pillows):
A. Articles of bedding or similar furnishing of expanded , foam or sponge
artificial plastic material , whether or not covered
B. Other
22
20
6,5
7
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . See also Section II , paragraph B , of the Preliminary
Provisions .
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CHAPTER 95
ARTICLES AND MANUFACTURES OF CARVING OR MOULDING MATERIAL
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Articles falling within Chapter 66 ( for example , parts of umbrellas , walking-sticks );
( b ) Articles falling within Chapter 71 ( for example , imitation jewellery );
( c ) Cutlery or other articles falling within Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding
materials ; the headings of the present Chapter apply , however , to separately imported handles or other parts of
such articles ;
( d ) Articles falling within Chapter 90 ( for example , spectacle frames);
( e ) Articles falling within Chapter 91 ( for example , clock or watch cases);
( f) Articles falling within Chapter 92 (for example , musical instruments and parts thereof);
( g ) Articles falling within Chapter 93 ( arms and parts thereof);
( h ) Articles falling within Chapter 94 ( furniture and parts thereof);
( ij ) Brushes , powder-puffs or other articles falling within Chapter 96 ;
( k ) Articles falling within Chapter 97 ( toys , games and sports requisites );
( 1 ) Articles falling within Chapter 98 ( for example , buttons , cuff-links , smoking pipes , combs ); or
( m ) Collectors' pieces or antiques ( Chapter 99 ).
2 . In heading No 95.08 , the expression "vegetable or mineral carving material '^ is to be taken to apply to :
( a ) Hard seeds , pips , hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving ( for example , corozo
and dom );
( b ) Jet ( and mineral substitutes for jet ), amber , meerschaum , agglomerated amber and agglomerated
meerschaum .
IIIl Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[ 95.01 ]
[ 95.02]
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
[ 95.03 ]
[ 95.04],
i
95.05 Worked tortoise-shell , mother of pearl , ivory , bone , horn , coral ( natural or
agglomerated ) and other animal carving material , and articles of those
materials :
A. Coral ( natural or agglomerated ), worked :
I. Combined with other materials
II . Other
B. Other :
I. Plates , sheets , rods , tubes , discs and similar forms , not polished or
otherwise worked
II . Other
15
7
8
17
5.1
2.5
3.2
5.6
[ 95.06]
[ 95.07]
95.08 Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of those materials ;
moulded or carved articles of wax , of stearin , of natural gums or natural resins
( for example , copal or rosin ) or of modelling pastes , and other moulded or carved
articles not elsewhere specified or included ; worked , unhardened gelatin ( except '
gelatin falling within heading No 35.03 ) and articles of unhardened gelatin :
A. Vegetable or mineral carving material in plates , sheets , rods , tubes , discs and
similar forms , not polished or otherwise worked
B. Other
5
12
2
4,4
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CHAPTER 96
BROOMS , BRUSHES , POWDER-PUFFS AND SIEVES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Articles falling within Chapter 71 ;
( b ) Brushes of a kind specialised for use in dentistry or for medical , surgical or veterinary purposes , falling within
heading No 90.17 ; or
( c ) Toys ( Chapter 97 ).
2 . In heading No 96.01 , the expression "prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making" is to be taken to apply
only to unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair , vegetable fibre or other material , which are ready for
incorporation without division in brooms or brushes , or which require only such further minor processes as glueing
or coating the butts , or trimming to shape at the top , to render them ready for such incorporation .
l Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
96.01 Brooms and brushes , consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials merely
bound together and not mounted in a head ( for example , besoms and whisks ),
with or without handles ; other brooms and brushes ( including brushes of a kind
used as parts of machines ); prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making;
paint rollers ; squeegees ( other than roller squeegees ) and mops :
A. Brooms and brushes , consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials merely
bound together and not mounted in a head ( for example , besoms and
whisks ), with or without handles ; prepared knots and tufts for broom or
brush making
B. Other :
I. Tooth brushes
II . Brushes of a kind used as parts of machines
III . Other
18
25
17
21
5.8
6,2
4.9
7,7
[ 96.02] I
[ 96.03 ]
[ 96.04 ]
96.05 Powder-puffs and pads for applying cosmetics or toilet preparations , of any
material 20 6,2
96.06 Hand sieves and hand riddles , of any material 20 5,3
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CHAPTER 97
TOYS , GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES ; PARTS THEREOF
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Christmas tree candles ( heading No 34.06 );
( b ) Fireworks or other pyrotechnic articles falling within heading No 36.05 ;
( c ) Yarns , monofil , cords or gut and the like for fishing , cut to length but not made up into fishing lines , falling
within Chapter 39 , heading No 42.06 or Section XI ;
( d ) Sports bags or other containers of heading No 42.02 or 43.03 ;
( e ) Sports clothing or fancy dress , of textiles , falling within Chapter 60 or 61 ;
( f) Textile flags or bunting , or sails for boats or land craft , falling within Chapter 62 ;
( g ) Sports footwear ( other than skating boots with skates attached ), cricket pads , shin-guards or the like , falling
within Chapter 64 , or sports headgear falling within Chapter 65 ;
( h ) Climbing sticks , whips , riding crops or the like ( heading No 66.02 ), or parts thereof ( heading No 66.03 );
( ij ) Unmounted glass eyes for dolls or other toys , falling within heading No 70.19 ;
( k ) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal ( Section XV ), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials ( which are generally classified in heading No 39.07 );
( 1 ) Articles falling within heading No 83.11 ;
( m ) Sports vehicles ( other than bobsleighs , toboggans and the like ) falling within Section XVII ;
( n ) Children 's cycles fitted with ball bearings and constructed like normal cycles ( heading No 87.10 );
( o ) Sports craft such as canoes and skiffs ( Chapter 89 ), or their means of propulsion ( Chapter 44 for such articles
made of wood );
(p ) Spectacles , goggles and the like , for sports and outdoor games ( heading No 90.04 );
( q ) Decoy calls and whistles ( heading No 92.08 );
( r ) Arms or other articles of Chapter 93 ; or
( s ). Racket strings , tents or other camping goods , or gloves ( classified , in general , according to the material of
which they are made ).
2 . The headings Ipf this Chapter are to be taken to include articles in which pearls , precious or semi-precious stones
( natural , synthetic or reconstructed ), precious metals or rolled precious metals constitute only minor
constituents .
3 . In heading No 97.02 , the term "dolls" is to be taken to apply to such articles as are representations of human
beings .
4 . Subject to Note 1 above , parts and accessories which are suitable for use solely or principally with articles falling
within any heading of this Chapter are to be classified with those articles .
»
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description ■ Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
97.01 Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children ( for example , toy bicycles and
tricycles and pedal motor cars ); dolls ' prams and dolls ' push chairs 21 10,5
97.02 Dolls :
A. Dolls ( dressed or undressed )
B. Parts and accessories
25
21
8
6,9
97.03 Other toys ; working models of a kind used for recreational purposes :
A. Of wood ■
B. Other
24
24
8,7
8
97.04 Equipment for parlour , table and funfair games for adults or children ( inbluding
billiard tables and pintables and table-tennis requisites ):
A. . Playing cards , including toy playing cards
B. Table-tennis bats , balls and nets . .
C. Other
23
21
21
5
5
. 5,6
97.05 Carnival articles ; entertainment articles ( for example , conjuring tricks and
novelty jokes ); Christmas tree decorations and similar articles for Christmas
festivities ( for example , artificial Christmas trees , Christmas stockings , imitation
yule logs , Nativity scenes and figures therefor) 22 6 ,2 .
97.06 Appliances , apparatus , accessories and requisites for gymnastics or athletics , or
for sports and outdoor games ( other than articles falling within heading
No 97.04):
A. Cricket and polo equipment
B. Tennis rackets
C. Other
19
19
19
Free
7,3
6
97.07 Fish-hooks , line fishing rods and tackle ; fish landing nets and butterfly nets ;
decoy "birds", lark mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites :
A. Fish-hooks , unmounted
B. Other
10
17
3.8
6.9
97.08 Roundabouts , swings , shooting galleries and other fairground amusements ;
travelling circuses , travelling menageries and travelling theatres
'
14 4,1
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CHAPTER 98
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Eyebrow and other cosmetic pencils ( heading No 33.06);
( b ) Buttons , studs , cuff-links or other articles of a kind described in heading No 98.01 or 98.12 , if made wholly or
partly of precious metal or rolled precious metal ( subject to the provisions of Note 2 ( a ) to Chapter 71 ) or if
containing pearls or precious or semi-precious stones ( natural ; synthetic or reconstructed ) ( Chapter 71 );
( c) Parts of general use , as defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base metal ( Section XV), or similar goods of
artificial plastic materials ( which are generally classified in heading No 39.07 );
( d ) Mathematical drawing pens ( heading No 90.16 ); or
( e ) Toys falling within Chapter 97 .
2 . Subject to Note 1 above , the headings in this Chapter are to be taken to apply to goods of the kind described
whether or not composed wholly or partly of precious metal or rolled precious metal or of pearls or precious or
semi-precious stones ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed ).
3 . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with such articles if
they are of a kind normally sold therewith . Cases , boxes and similar containers imported separately are to be
classified under their appropriate headings .
ll Rate of duty -
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
98.01 Buttons and button moulds , studs , cuff-links , and press-fasteners, including
snap-fasteners and press-studs ; blanks and parts of such articles :
A. Blanks and moulds
B. Buttons , studs , cuff-links and press-fasteners and parts thereof
13
18
6,2
7,2
98.02 Slide fasteners and parts thereof:
A. Slide fasteners with scoops of base metal ; parts thereof, of base metal . . .
B. Other
16
20
11,5
14
98.03 Fountain pens, stylograph pens and pencils ( including ball point pens and pencils )
and other pens , pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders , propelling
pencils and sliding pencils ; parts and fittings thereof, other than those falling
within heading No 98.04 or 98.05 ;
A. Fountain pens and stylograph pens and pencils ( including ball point , felt
tipped and fibre tipped pens and pencils )
B. Other pens , pen-holders ; propelling pencils and sliding pencils ; pencil-holders
and similar holders
C. Parts and fittings :
I. Parts of base metal , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , sections or
wire , of solid section
II . Other
22
19
17
17
7,2­
6
5,1
4,9
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Il Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4 '
98.04 Pen nibs and nib points :
A. Pen nibs :
I. Of gold
II . Of other material
B. Nib points
10
16
5
3,2
4,6
1.8
98.05 Pencils (other than pencils of heading No 98.03 ), pencil leads , slate pencils ,
crayons and pastels , drawing charcoals and writing and drawing chalks ; tailors'
and billiards chalks :
A. Pencils , pencil leads , slate pencils , crayons , pastels and drawing charcoals :
I. Pencils with "leads" encased in wood or in a rigid paper sheath
II . Other
B. Writing and drawing chalks ; tailors' and billiards chalks
17
14
10
5,6
4,9
3,8
98.06 Slates and boards , with writing or drawing surfaces , whether framed or not . . 17 5,6
98.07 Date , sealing or numbering stamps , and the like ( including devices for printing or
embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand ; hand-operated composing
sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks 16 4,6
98.08 Typewriter and similar ribbons , whether or not on spools ; ink-pads , with or
without boxes 16 5,3
Sealing wax ( including bottle-sealing wax ) in sticks , cakes or similar forms;
copying pastes with a basis of gelatin , whether or not on a paper or textile
98.09
12 4,4backing
98.10 Mechanical lighters and similar lighters , including chemical and electrical lighters ,
and parts thereof, excluding flints and wicks :
A. Parts of base metal , turned from bars , rods , angles , shapes , sections or wire ,
of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm - . .
B. Other
15
15
5,1
6,5
98.11 Smoking pipes ; pipe bowls , stems and other parts of smoking pipes ( including
roughly shaped blocks of wood or root); cigar and cigarette holders and parts
thereof:
A. Roughly shaped blocks of wood or root , for the manufacture of pipes . . .
B. Other
6
18
2,5
6,2
98.12 Combs, hair-slides and the like 22­ 5,8
[98.13 ]
98.14 Scent and similar sprays of a kind used for toilet purposes , and mounts and heads
therefor 20 6,2
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ll Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
98.15 Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels , complete with cases ; parts thereof,
other than glass inners :
I A. Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels , complete with cases , having acapacity not exceeding 0,75 litre 26 13
I B. Other 26 13
98.16 Tailors' dummies and other lay figures ; automata and other animated displays of
a kind used for shop window dressing 18 4,9
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SECTION XXI
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES , AND ANTIQUES
CHAPTER 99
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES , AND ANTIQUES
Notes
1 . This Chapter does not cover :
( a ) Unused postage , revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country to which they are destined
( heading No 49.07);
( b ) Theatrical scenery , studio back-cloths or the like , of painted canvas ( heading No 59.12); or
( c) Pearls or precious or semi-precious stones ( heading No 71.01 or 71.02 ).
2 . For the purposes of heading No 99.02 , the expression "original engravings , prints and lithographs" means
impressions produced directly , in black and white or in colour , of one or of several plates wholly executed by hand
by the artist , irrespective of the process or of the material employed by him , but not including any mechanical or
photo-mechanical process .
3 . Heading No 99.03 is to be taken not to apply to mass-produced reproductions or works of conventional
craftsmanship of a commercial character .
4 . ( a ) Subject to Notes 1 to 3 above , articles falling within headings of this Chapter are to be classified in whichever of
those headings is appropriate and not in any other heading of the Tariff.
( b ) Heading No 99.06 is to be taken not to apply to articles falling within any of the preceding headings of this
Chapter .
5 . Frames around paintings , drawings , pastels , engravings , prints or lithographs are to be treated as forming part of
those articles , provided they are of a kind and of a value normal to those articles .
Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
99.01 Paintings, drawings and pastels , executed entirely by hand ( other than industrial
drawings falling within heading No 49.06 and other than hand-painted or
hand-decorated manufactured articles ) Free Free
99.02 Original engravings , prints and lithographs Free Free
99.03 Original sculptures and statuary , in any material Free Free
/ .
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llIl Rate of duty
Heading
number Description Autonomous
%
Conventional
%
1 2 3 4
99.04 Postage , revenue and similar stamps ( including stamp-postmarks and franked
envelopes, letter-cards and the like), used , or if unused not of current or new issue
in the country to which they are destined Free Free
99.05 Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological , botanical , mineralogical ,
anatomical , historical , archaeological , paleontological , ethnographic or
numismatic interest Free Free
99.06 Antiques of an age exceeding 100 years Free Free

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ANNEX
HEADINGS OR SUBHEADINGS OF WHICH ONLY PART IS COVERED BY A GATT
CONCESSION OR IN WHICH DIFFERENT CONCESSIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
01.06 Other live animals :
ex C. Other :
— Hares , partridges and pheasants Free
03.01 Fish , fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen :
A. Freshwater fish :
IV . Other :
— Aquarium fish
— Other
Free
8
03.03 Crustaceans and molluscs , whether in shell or not, fresh ( live or dead), chilled, frozen , salted , in
brine or dried ; crustaceans, in shell , simply boiled in water :
A. Crustaceans :
ex I. Crawfish :
— Crawfish tails 25
04.04 Cheese and curd :
ex A. Emmentaler , Gruyère , Sbrinz , Bergkase and Appenzell , not grated or powdered :
— Of a minimum fat content of 45 % by weight , in the dry matter , matured for at least
three months ( a ):
— Whole cheeses ( b ) of a free-at-frontier value per 100 kg net weight of:
— Not less than 141,45 ECU , but less than 171,37 ECU ( excluding Appenzell )
(c ) (d ) 24,18 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
— Not less than 171,37 ECU ( excluding Bergkase ) ( c ) 9,07 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
— Pieces packed in vacuum or in inert gas :
— With rind on at least one side , of a net weight :
— Of not less than 1 kg but less than 5 kg and of a free-at-frontier value of
not less than 165,63 ECU but less than 205,52 ECU per 100 kg net
weight (excluding Appenzell ) (c ) (d ) 24,18 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(b ) The expression "whole cheeses" shall be taken to apply to whole cheeses of the following weights :
— Emmentaler : not less than 60 kg but not more than 130 kg ,
— Gruyère and Sbrinz : not less than 20 kg but not more than 45 kg ,
— Bergkase : not less than 20 kg but not more than 60 kg ,
— Appenzell : not less than 6 kg but not more than 8 kg.
(c ) The Community reserves the right to apply value limits lower than those specified in the text of the concessions .
With effect from 1 July 1970 the value limits shall be adapted automatically on the basis of changes in the factors determining the formation of prices for Emmentaler in the
Community .
Such adjustment shall be based on an increase or reduction of 14 ECU in the minimum value for any upward or downward movement of 1 ECU per 100 kg of the common
target price for milk in the Community .
( d ) The Community reserves the right to reduce customs duties autonomously from 24,18 ECU to 18,13 ECU subject to an increase of 6,05 ECU in the value limits .
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ANNEX
(cont 'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
04.04
(cont 'd)
ex A. — Not less than 1 kg and of a free-at-frontier value of not less than 205,52
ECU per 100 kg net weight ( excluding Bergkase ) ( a )
— Other , of a net weight of less than 450 g and of a free-at-frontier value of not
less than 229,70 ECU per 100 kg net weight ( other than Bergkase ) ( a ) ( b )
9,07 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
9,07 ECU
per 100 kg
net weight
Horns, antlers , hooves, nails , claws (excluding claws of tortoise-shell ) and beaks , unworked or
simply prepared but not cut to shape , and waste and powder of these products ; whalebone and
the like , unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, and hair and waste of these
ex 05.09
Freeproducts
05.15 . Animal products not elsewhere specified or included ; dead animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3 ,
unfit for human consumption :
ex A. Fish , crustaceans and molluscs :
— Fish roes ; salted cod roe for use as bait Free
09.10 Thyme, saffron and bay leaves ; other spices :
D. Ginger :
— In the form of whole roots , pieces or slices :
— For the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids ( c)
— Other
— Other
Free
17
Free
E. Turmeric ( curcuma ); fenugreek seed :
— Fenugreek seed , ground
— Other
2
Free
11.04 Flour of the dried leguminous vegetables falling within heading No 07.05 or of the fruits falling
within any heading in Chapter 8 ; flour and meal of sago and of roots and tubers falling within
heading No 07.06 :
ex A. Flour of the dried leguminous vegetables falling within heading No 07.05 :
— Of peas , beans or lentils 12
ex 12.01 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit , whole or broken , other than castor seeds Free
( a ) The Community reserves the right to apply value limits lower than those specified in the text of the concessions .
With effect from 1 July 1970 the value limits shall be adapted automatically on the basis of changes in the factors determining the formation of prices for Emmentaler in, the
Community .
Such adjustment shall be based on an increase or reduction of 14 ECU in the minimum value for any upward or downward movement of 1 ECU per 100 kg of the common
target price for milk in the Community .
( b ) Vacuum-packed pieces of a net weight of not more than 450 g qualify for the concession only if their packings bear at least the following particulars :
— description or the cheese,
— fat content ,
— packer responsible ,
— country of manufacture .
( c ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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ANNEX
(cont 'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
13.03 Vegetable saps and extracts ; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other
mucilages and thickeners , derived from vegetable products :
B. Pectic substances , pectinates and pectates :
ex I. Dry :
— Apple pectin 24
14.01 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting ( for example, cereal straw, cleaned ,
bleached or dyed , osier , reeds , rushes , rattans , bamboos, raffia and lime bark):
C. Other :
— Bamboos ; reeds and the like :
, — Raw or not further prepared than split
— Other
— Rattans ; rushes and the like :
— Raw or not further prepared than split
— Other
— Other
Free
1,5
Free
1,5
Free
14.02 Vegetable materials , whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of other material ,
of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example , kapok , vegetable hair and
eel-grass):
— Put up on a layer or between two layers of other material
— Other :
— Vegetable hair
— Kapok :
— Raw
— Other
— Other
1,5
1,5
Free
1
Free
14.05 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included :
— Raw vegetable materials of a kind used for dyeing or tanning
— Hard seeds , pips , hulls and nuts , of a kind used for carving ( for example , corozo and dom )
— Other :
— Put up on a layer or between two layers of other material
— Other
Free
Free
1,5
Free
15.04 Fats and oils , of fish and marine mammals, whether or not refined :
A. Fish-liver oil :
II . Other :
— Of halibut
— Of other fish
Free
6
15.07 Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude, refined or purified :
ex B. China-wood and oiticica oils : myrtle wax and Japan wax :
— China-wood and oiticica oils , crude
— Refined or purified oils , other than Japan wax
3
3
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ANNEX
(cont 'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
0/
/O
15.07
(cont 'd)
15.12
D. Other oils :
I. For technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs ( a ):
a ) Crude :
ex 3 . Other :
— Ground-nut, coconut , colza , linseed , rape seed , sunflower seed ,
illipe , karite , makore , touloucouna or babassu oils
b ) Other :
ex 2 . Other :
— Colza , linseed , rape seed , sunflower seed , illipe , karite , makore ,
touloucouna or babassu oils
II . Other :
b ) Other :
2 . Solid , other ; fluid :
ex aa ) Crude :
— Ground-nut , coconut , colza , cotton seed , mustard seed , rape
seed , soya bean or sunflower seed oils
ex bb ) Other :
— Ground-nut , cotton seed , soya bean or sunflower seed oils
— Other oils , excluding oils containing 50 % or more by weight of
free fatty acids and excluding palm kernel , illipe , coconut, colza ,
rape seed or copaiba oils
Animal or vegetable oils and fats , wholly or partly hydrogenated , or solidified or hardened by
any other process , whether or not refined , but not further prepared :
ex B. Other :
— Fats and oils of fish or marine mammals , hydrogenated , whether or not refined , but
not prepared
Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
B. Other :
III . Other :
b ) Other :
2 . Other :
aa ) Of sheep or goats :
11 . Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or
offal :
— Of sheep
— Of goats
22 . Other :
— Of sheep
— Of goats
Prepared or preserved fish , including caviar and caviar substitutes :
ex F. Bonito ( Sarda spp), mackerel and anchovies :
— Bonito and mackerel . .•
5
8
10
15
15
17
20
26
20
26
25
16.02
16.04
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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ANNEX
(cont'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
20.06 Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved , whether or not containing added sugar or spirit :
B. II . c ) Not containing added sugar , in immediate packings of a net capacity :
1 . Of 4,5 kg or more :
ex aa ) Apricots :
— In immediate packings of a net capacity of 4,5 kg or more but less
than 5 kg 23
ex bb ) Peaches ( including nectarines ) and plums :
— In immediate packings of a net capacity of 4,5 kg or more but less
than 5 kg 23
ex dd) Other fruits :
— In immediate packings of a net capacity of 4,5 kg or more but less
than 5 kg 23
l ex ee) Mixtures of fruit :
— In immediate packings of a net capacity of 4,5 kg or more but less
than 5 kg , 23
22.09 Spirits (other than thpse of heading No 22.08 ; liqueurs and other spirituous beverages;
compound alcoholic preparations (known as "concentrated extracts") for the manufacture of
beverages:
A. Spirits ( other than those of heading No 22.08 ), in containers holding :
ex I. Two litres or less :
— Of an alcoholic strength of 45,4 % vol or less 1,60 ECU
per hi per
% vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
ex II . More than two litres :
— Of an alcoholic strength of 45,4 % vol or less 1,60 ECU
per hi per
% vol
of alcohol
C. Spirituous beverages :
V. Other , in containers holding :
ex a ) Two litres or less :
— Liqueurs and brandy ( other than brandy made from stone fruit , seed fruit or
seed-fruit marc ), of an alcoholic strength of 45,4 % vol or less 1,60 ECU
per hi per
% vol
of alcohol
+ 10 ECU
per hi
ex b ) More than two litres :
— Liqueurs and brandy ( other than brandy made from stone fruit , seed fruit or
seed-fruit marc), of an alcoholic strength of 45,4 % vol or less 1,60 ECU
per hi per
% vol
of alcohol
. 25.32 Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included :
Il ex B. Other :
— Earth colours , whether or not calcined or mixed together :
ll — Not calcined or mixed 0,9
— Other . 2,9
— Other Free
No L 331 / 384 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 85
ANNEX
(cont'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
27.16 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt , on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen , on
mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch ( for example, bituminous mastics , cut-backs ):
— Bituminous mastics 2,5
ll — Other 0,9
28.50 Fissile chemical elements and isotopes; other radio-active chemical elements and radio-active
isotopes; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such elements or isotopes, whether or not
chemically defined ; alloys, dispersions and cermets, containing any of these elements , isotopes or
compounds :
A. Fissile chemical elements and isotopes ; compounds , alloys , dispersions and cermets , conta­
ining such elements or isotopes , including spent or irradiated nuclear reactor cartridges :
— Natural uranium :
— Crude ; waste and scrap (EURATOM)
— Worked :
— Bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , wire , sheets and strips (EURATOM)
— Other (EURATOM)
— Other (EURATOM)
\
Free
1,5
B. Other :
— Artificial radio-active isotopes (EURATOM)
— Compounds of artificial radio-active isotopes (EURATOM)
— Other
Free
Free
28.52 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of thorium, of uranium depleted in U 235 , of rare earth
metals , of yttrium or of scandium, whether or not mixed together :
ex A. Of thorium or of uranium depleted in U 235 , whether or not mixed together
(EURATOM), other than thorium salts Free
37.07 Cinematograph film, exposed and developed , whether or not incorporating sound track or
consisting only of sound track, negative or positive:
A. Consisting only of sound track :
— Negatives and intermediate positives
— Other positives
Free
0,91 ECU
per 100 m
38.09 Wood tar; wood tar oils (other than the composite solvents and thinners falling within heading
No 38.18); wood creosote; wood naphtha; acetone oil ; vegetable pitch of all kinds; brewers'
pitch and similar compounds based on rosin or on vegetable pitch; foundry core binders based
on natural resinous products :
B. Other :
— Wood naphtha
»
7,1
I — Other 4,6
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ANNEX
(cont'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
47.02 Waste paper and paperboard ; scrap articles of paper or of paperboard , fit only for use in
paper-making:
— Waste paper and paperboard :
— Fit only for use in paper-making
— Other :
— To be rendered fit only for use in paper-making ( a )
— Other .
— Scrap articles of paper or of paperboard , fit only for use in paper-making
Free
Free
1,4
Free
53.06 Yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool ( woollen yarn), not put up for retail sale :
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of wool and fine animal hair :
— Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool
— Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool and fine animal hair
3,8
5,3
53.11 Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair :
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of such fibres :
— Loden fabrics ( b ):
' — Of a value of 2,50 ECU or more per m2
— Other
— Other fabrics :
— Of combed yarn , of a value of 3 ECU or more per m2
— Of carded yarn , of a value of 2,50 ECU or more per m2
— Other
13
14
13
13
16
59.12 Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated or coiated ; painted canvas being theatrical scenery , studio
back-cloths or the like:
— Oilcloth and other textile fabrics coated with preparations with a basis of drying oil ...
— Other
5,1
4,9
64.02 Footwear with outer soles of leather or composition leather ; footwear ( other than footwear
falling within heading No 64.01 ) with outer soles of rubber or artificial plastic material :
ex B. Other :
— With outer soles of leather or composition leather 20
( a ) Entry- under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
( b ) "Loden fabrics" means plain-weave fabrics weighing not less than 250 but not more than 450 g/ m 2 , fulled , single-coloured or with mixed or mottled yarns , made from single
yarns if carded wool mixed with fine animal hair ; the fabrics may also contain coarse animal hair or man-made fibres . The fibres are laid or oriented in the same direction by
a surface treatment which renders the fabrics waterproof.
No L 331 / 386 9 . 12 . 85Official Journal of the European Communities
ANNEX
(cont 'd)
Heading
number Description
Rate of
conventional
duty
%
82.09 Knives with cutting blades , serrated or not ( including pruning knives), other than knives falling
within heading No 82.06 , and blades therefor :
ex A. Knives , other than with stainless steel blades 17
84.06 Internal combustion piston engines :
C. Other engines :
II . Compression ignition engines :
ex a ) Marine propulsion engines :
— For the vessels of subheading 89.01 A , 89.01 B I , 89.02 A , 89.02 B I and
89.03 A ( a ) Free
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .


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