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CHAPTER 69
Ceramic products
Notes:

1. This Chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping. Headings Nos. 69.04 to 69.14 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in headings Nos. 69.01 to 69.03.

2. This Chapter does not cover:
 

(a) Products of heading No. 28.44;

(b) Articles of heading No. 68.04;

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

(d) Cermets of heading No. 81.13;

(e) Articles of Chapter 82;

(f) Electrical insulators (heading No. 85.46) or fittings of insulating material (heading No. 85.47);

(g) Artificial teeth (heading No. 90.21);

(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 No. 96.06 (for example, buttons) or of heading No. 96.14 (for example, smoking pipes); or

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

 
Heading No.  Sub-heading No.  Description of article 

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     
69.01 6901.00  Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths 35%  ...
69.02   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 Cr203  25%  ... 
  6902.20  - Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (AbOs), of silica (SiOz) or of a mixture or compound of these products  25%  ...
  6902.90  -Other  25%  ... 
69.03    Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths     
  6903.10  - Containing by weight more than 50% of graphite or other carbon or of a mixture of these products  25%  ... 
  6903.20  - Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (AbOs) or of a mixture of compound of alumina and of silica (SiOz)  25%  ...
  6903.90  -Other  25%  ... 
    II. - OTHER CERAMIC PRODUCTS     
69.04    Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or tiller tiles and the like     
  6904.10  - Building bricks  35%  ...
  6904.90  -Other  35%  ... 
69.05    Roofing tiles, chimney-pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other ceramic constructional goods     
  6905.10  -Roofing tiles  35%  ... 
  6905.90  -Other  35%  ... 
69.06  6906.00 Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings  35% ... 
69.07    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.  35%  ...
  6907.90  -Other  35%  ... 
69.08    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. 35% ...
  6908.90  -Other  35%  ...
69.09   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  -- Of porcelain or china  35%  ... 
  6909.12  --Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the Mohs scale  35%  ... 
  6909.19  --Other  35%  ...
  6909.90  -Other  35%  ...
69.10   Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures    
  6910.10  - Of porcelain or china  35%  ... 
  6910.90  -Other  35%  ... 
69.11   Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china    
  6911.10  - Tableware and kitchenware  35%  ... 
  6911.90  -Other  35%  ... 
69.12 6912.00  Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china 35%  ... 
69.13   Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles    
  6913.10  - Of porcelain or china  35%  ... 
  6913.90  - Other Other ceramic articles 35%  ... 
69.14 6914.10  - Of porcelain or china  35%  ... 
  6914.90  -Other  35%  ...