CHAPTER 69 CERAMIC PRODUCTS NOTES
1. This Chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping. Headings 6904 to 6914 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in headings 6901 to 6903.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) products of heading 2844;
(b) articles of heading 6804;
(c) articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);
(d) cermets of heading 8113;
(e) articles of Chapter 82;
(f) electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading 8547;
(g) artificial teeth (heading 9021);
(h) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
(ij) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);
(k) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);
(l) articles of heading 9606 (for example, buttons) or of heading 9614 (for example, smoking pipes); or
(m) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).
| Tariff item | Description of goods | Unit | Rate of duty | |
| Standard | Preferential Areas | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| I.--- GOODS OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS OR OF SIMILAR SILICEOUS EARTHS, AND REFRACTORY GOODS | ||||
| 6901 | BRICKS, BLOCKS, TILES AND OTHER CERAMIC GOODS OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS (FOR EXAMPLE, KIESELGUHR,TRIPOLITE OR DI ATOMITE) OR OF SIMILAR SILICEOUS EARTHS | |||
| 6901 00 | - Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths: | |||
| 6901 00 10 | --- Bricks | mt | 30% | - |
| 6901 00 20 | -- Blocks | mt | 30% | - |
| 6901 00 30 | --- Tiles | mt | 30% | - |
| 6901 00 90 | --- Other | mt | 30% | - |
| 6902 | REFRACTORY BRICKS, BLOCKS, TILES AND SIMILAR REFRACTORY CERAMIC CONSTRUCTIONAL GOODS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS OR SIMILAR SILICEOUS EARTHS | |||
| 6902 10 | - Containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50% of the elements Mg, Ca or Cr, expressed as MgO, CaO or Cr3O3: | |||
| 6902 10 10 | --- Magnesite bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 10 20 | --- Chrome magnesite bricks | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 10 30 | --- Magnesite chrome bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 10 40 | --- Magnesia carbon bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 10 50 | --- Direct bonded basic bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 10 90 | --- Other | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 20 | - Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2O3), of silica (SiO2) or of a mixture or compound of these products: | |||
| 6902 20 10 | --- Silica bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | . |
| 6902 20 20 | --- High alumina bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 20 30 | --- Alumina carbon bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 20 40 | --- Silicon Carbide bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 20 50 | --- Mullite bricks | mt | 25% | . |
| 6902 20 90 | --- Other | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 90 | - Other: | |||
| 6902 90 10 | ---- Fire clay bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 90 20 | --- Graphite bricks and shapes | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 90 30 | --- Vermiculite insulation bricks | mt | 25% | . |
| 6902 90 40 | --- Clay graphite stopper heads | mt | 25% | - |
| 6902 90 90 | --- Other | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 | OTHER REFRACTQRY CERAMIC GOODS (FOR EXAMPLE, RETORTS, CRUCIBLES, MUFFLES, NOZZLES, PLUGS, SUPPORTS, CUPELS, TUBES, RPES, SHEATHS AND RODS), OTHER THAN THOSE OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS OR OF SIMILAR SILICEOUSEARTHS | |||
| 6903 10 | - Containing by weight more than 50% of graphite or other carbon or of a mixture of these products : | |||
| 6903 10 10 | --- Magnesia carbon bricks, shapes and graphetised alumina | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 10 90 | --- Other | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 20 | - Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2O3) or of a mixture or compound of alumina and of silica (SiO3): | |||
| 6903 20 10 | --- Silicon carbide crucibles | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 20 90 | --- Other | mt | 25% | . |
| 6903 90 | - Other: | |||
| 6903 90 10 | --- Zircon or zircon-mullite refractories | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 90 20 | --- Basalt tiles | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 90 30 | --- Ceramic fibres | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 90 40 | --- Monolithics or castables (fire-clay, basic, silica, high alumina, insulating) | mt | 25% | - |
| 6903 90 90 | --- Other | mt | 25% | - |
| II.--- OTHER CERAMIC PRODUCTS | ||||
| 6904 | CERAMIC BUILDING BRICKS, FLOORING BLOCKS, SUPPORT OR FILLER TILES AND THE LIKE | |||
| 6904 10 00 | - Building bricks | Tu | 30% | - |
| 6904 90 00 | - Other | mt | 30% | - |
| 6905 | ROOFING TILES, CHIMNEY-POTS, COWLS, CHIMNEY LINERS, ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENTS AND OTHER CERAMIC CONSTRUCTIONAL GOODS | |||
| 6905 10 00 | - Roofing tiles | mt | 30% | - |
| 6905 90 00 | - Other | mt | 30% | - |
| 6906 00 00 | CERAMIC PIPES, CONDUITS, GUTTERING AND PIPE FITTINGS | mt | 30% | - |
| 6907 | UNGLAZED CERAMIC FLAGS AND PAVING, HEARTH OR WALL TILES; UNGLAZED CERAMIC MOSAIC CUBES AND THE LIKE, WHETHER OR NOT ON A BACKING | |||
| 6907 10 | - Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular, the largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm: | |||
| 6907 10 10 | --- Vitrified tiles, whether polished or not | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6907 10 90 | --- Other | m2 | 30% - | - |
| 6907 90 | - Other: | |||
| 6907 90 10 | --- Vitrified tiles, whether polished or not | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6907 90 90 | --- Other | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6908 | GLAZED CERAMIC FLAGS AND PAVING, HEARTH OR WALL TILES; GLAZED CERAMIC MOSAIC CUBES AND THE LIKE, WHETHER OR NOT ON A BACKING | |||
| 6908 10 | - Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular, the largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm: | |||
| 6908 10 10 | --- Ceramic mosaic cubes | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6908 10 20 | --- Ceramic mosaic tiles | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6908 10 90 | --- Other | m2 | 30% | . |
| 6908 90 | - Other: | |||
| 6908 90 10 | --- Ceramic mosaic cubes | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6908 90 20 | --- Ceramic mosaic tiles | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6908 90 90 | --- Other | m2 | 30% | - |
| 6909 | CERAMIC WARES FOR LABORATORY, CHEMICAL OR OTHER TECHNICAL USES; CERAMIC TROUGHS, TUBS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES OF A KIND USED IN AGRICULTURE; CERAMIC POTS, JARS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF A KIND USED FOR THE CONVEYANCE OR PACKING OF GOODS | |||
| - Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses : | ||||
| 6909 11 00 | --- Of porcelain or china | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6909 12 00 | -- Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the Mohs scale | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6909 19 | -- Other: | |||
| 6909 19 10 | --- Ceramic filter candle | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6909 19 90 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6909 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6910 | CERAMIC SINKS, WASH BASINS, WASH BASIN PEDESTALS, BATHS, BIDETS, WATER CLOSET PANS, FLUSHING CISTERNS, URINALS AND SIMILAR SANITARY FIXTURES | |||
| 6910 10 00 | - Of porcelain or china | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6910 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6911 | TABLEWARE, KITCHENWARE, OTHER HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES AND TOILET ARTICLES, OF PORCELAIN OR CHINA | |||
| 6911 10 | - Tableware and kitchenware: | |||
| --- Tableware: | ||||
| 6911 10 11 | ---- Of bone china and soft porcelain | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6911 10 19 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| --- Kitchenware: | ||||
| 6911 10 21 | ---- Of Bone china and soft porcelain | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6911 10 29 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6911 90 | - Other: | |||
| 6911 90 10 | --- Toilet articles | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6911 90 20 | --- Water filters of a capacity not exceeding | kg. | 30% | - |
| 40 litres | ||||
| 6911 90 90 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6912 | CERAMIC TABLEWARE, KITCHENWARE, OTHER HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES AND TOILET ARTICLES, OTHER THAN OF PORCELAINOR CHINA | |||
| 6912 00 | - Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china: | |||
| 6912 00 10 | --- Tableware | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6912 00 20 | --- Kitchenware | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6912 00 30 | --- Toilet articles | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6912 00 40 | --- Clay articles | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6912 00 90 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6913 | STATUETTES AND OTHER ORNAMENTAL CERAMIC ARTICLES | |||
| 6913 10 00 | - Of porcelain or china | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6913 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6914 | OTHER CERAMIC ARTICLES | |||
| 6914 10 00 | - Of porcelain or china | kg. | 30% | - |
| 6914 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 30% | - |