Appendix II — Preferential import tariff

Ceramic products

Notes.

1. This Chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping:

(a) Headings 69.04 to 69.14 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in headings 69.01 to 69.03;

(b) Products heated to temperatures below 800°C for purposes such as curing resins, accelerating hydration reactions, or removing water or other volatile components, are not regarded as fired. Such products are excluded from Chapter 69; and

(c) Ceramic products are obtained by firing previously shaped, non-metallic, inorganic materials which have generally been prepared and shaped at room temperature. The raw materials include, among others, clay, siliceous materials including fused silica, materials with a high melting point such as oxides, carbides, nitrides, graphite or other carbon, and in some cases binders such as phosphates or refractory clay.

2. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Products of heading 28.44;

(b) Products of heading 68.04;

(c) Products of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery);

(d) Cermets of heading 81.13;

(e) Products of Chapter 82;

(f) Electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;

(g) Artificial teeth (heading 90.21);

(h) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);

(ij) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);

(k) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);

(l) Articles of heading 96.06 (for example, buttons) or of heading 96.14 (for example, smoking pipes); or

(m) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

SUB-CHAPTER I

GOODS OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS

OR OF SIMILAR SILICEOUS EARTHS,

AND REFRACTORY PRODUCTS