Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Clock or watch glasses or weights (classified according to their
constituent material);
(b) Watch chains (heading No. 71.13 or 71.17, as the case may be);
( c) Parts of general use defined in Note 2 to Section XV , of base
metal (Section XV), or similar goods
of plastics (Chapter 39) or of precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal (generally heading No. 71.15); clock or watch springs are,
however, to be classified as clock or watch parts (heading No.91.14);
(d) Bearing balls (heading No. 73.26 or 84.82, as the case may be);
(e) Articles of heading No. 84.12 constructed to work without an
escapement;
(f) Ball bearings (heading
No. 84.82); or
(g) Articles of Chapter 85, not yet assembled together or with other
components into watch or clock
movements or in to articles suitable for use solely or principally as
parts of such movements
(Chapter 5).
2.- Heading No. 91.01 covers only watches with case wholly of precious
metal or of metal clad with precious metal, or of the same materials combined
with natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi- precious stones (natural,
synthetic or reconstructed) of headings Nos. 71.01 to 71.04. Watches with case
of base metal inlaid with precious metal fall in heading No. 91.02.
3.- For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression" watch
movements " means devices regulated by a balance-wheel and hairspring,
quartz crystal or any other system capable of determining intervals of
time, with a display or a
system to .which a mechanical display .can be incorporated. Such watch
movements shall not exceed 12 mm in thickness and 50mm in width, length or
diameter.
4.- Except as provided in Note 1, movements and other parts suitable for use both in clocks or watches and in other articles (for example, precision instruments) are to be classified in this Chapter.
Exportation is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.