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Chapter 68: Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials

Section XIII — Articles of stone, plaster, cement; ceramic products; glass

15 headings · 103 total HS codes

Classification Notes for Chapter 68

Notes 1. This Chapter does not cover: 2. In 6802 "worked monumental or building stone" applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in 2515 or 2516 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.

Heading	Description	General Rate	Sub-codes	FTAs
6801	Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)	0%	1	15 FTAs
6802	Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of 6801.00.00; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate)	0%	12	14 FTAs
6803	Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate	5%	1	16 FTAs
6804	Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones, and parts thereof, of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of ceramics, with or without parts of other materials	0%	14	14 FTAs
6805	Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up	5%	3	15 FTAs
6806	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 of 68.11 or 68.12 or of chapter 69	0%	7	15 FTAs
6807	Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)	5%	2	16 FTAs
6808	Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders	5%	1	14 FTAs
6809	Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster	5%	4	16 FTAs
6810	Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced	5%	6	15 FTAs
6811	Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like	5%	5	17 FTAs
6812	Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread, woven fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced, other than goods of 68.11 or 68.13	0%	10	17 FTAs
6813	Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials	0%	12	13 FTAs
6814	Worked mica and articles of mica, including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, whether or not on a support of paper, paperboard or other materials	5%	2	15 FTAs
6815	Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including carbon fibres, articles of carbon fibres and articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included	0%	11	16 FTAs

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