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Chapter 70: Glass and glassware

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

19 headings · 133 total HS codes

Classification Notes for Chapter 70

Notes 1. This Chapter does not cover: 2. For the purposes of 7003, 7004 and 7005: 3. The products referred to in 7006.00.00 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles. 4. For the purposes of 7019, "glass wool" means: 5. Throughout this Schedule, "glass" includes fused quartz and other fused silica. Subheading Note 1. For the purposes of 7013.22.00, 7013.33.00, 7013.41.00 and 7013.91.00, "lead crystal" means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24%.

Heading	Description	General Rate	Sub-codes	FTAs
7001	Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass, excluding glass from cathode‑ray tubes or other activated glass of 8549; glass in the mass	0%	1	14 FTAs
7002	Glass in balls (other than microspheres of 7018), rods or tubes, unworked	0%	6	15 FTAs
7003	Cast glass and rolled glass, in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked	0%	5	15 FTAs
7004	Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked	0%	2	17 FTAs
7005	Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked	0%	10	13 FTAs
7006	Glass of 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials	5%	1	14 FTAs
7007	Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass	0%	17	15 FTAs
7008	Multiple-walled insulating units of glass	5%	1	14 FTAs
7009	Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors	5%	7	16 FTAs
7010	Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass	0%	9	16 FTAs
7011	Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without fittings, for electric lamps and light sources, cathode-ray tubes or the like	0%	3	14 FTAs
7013	Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of 70.10 or 70.18)	0%	20	16 FTAs
7014	Signalling glassware and optical elements of glass (other than those of heading 70.15), not optically worked	5%	2	15 FTAs
7015	Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses	0%	2	16 FTAs
7016	Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other articles of pressed or moulded glass, whether or not wired, of a kind used for building or construction purposes; glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or similar decorative purposes; leaded lights and the like; multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar forms	0%	2	16 FTAs
7017	Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated	5%	3	17 FTAs
7018	GLASS BEADS, IMITATION PEARLS, IMITATION PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES AND SIMILAR GLASS SMALLWARES, AND ARTICLES THEREOF OTHER THAN IMITATION JEWELLERY; GLASS EYES OTHER THAN PROSTHETIC ARTICLES; STATUETTES AND OTHER ORNAMENTS OF LAMP-WORKED GLASS, OTHER THAN IMITATION JEWELLERY; GLASS MICROSPHERES NOT EXCEEDING 1 mm IN DIAMETER	0%	3	16 FTAs
7019	Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, rovings, woven fabrics)	0%	21	17 FTAs
7020	Other articles of glass	5%	2	14 FTAs

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