Chapter 70
Glass and glass ware
Notes.
1- This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Goods of heading No.32.07 (for example; vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes);
(b) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);
(c) Optical fibre cables of heading No.85.44, electircal insulartors (heading No.85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading No. 85.47;
(d) Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barmeters, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90;
(e) Lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading No. 94.05;
(f) Toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or
(g) Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96.
2- For the purposes of headings Nos. 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05:
(a) glass is not regarded as “ worked” by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing;
(b) Cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets;
(c) The expression “absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer: means a microscopically thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infra-red light or improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents light from being reflected on the surface of the glass.
3- The products referred to in heading No. 70.06 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles.
4- For the purposes of heading No. 70.19, the expression “glass wool” means:
(a) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60% by weight;
(b) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60% but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content exceeding 5% by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3) content exceeding 2% by weight .
Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading No. 68.06.
5- Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression”glass” includes fused quartz and other fused silica.
Subheading Note.
1- For the purpose of subheadings Nos. 7013.21, 7013.31 and 7013.91, the expression “lead crystal” means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24%.
The exportation of all the goods covered by this chapter is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.