2004 Schedule B - Chapter 70

                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Chapter - 70                                                                                        
2004 Sched ule B                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Glass and Glassware                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Notes                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
1.   This chapter does not cover:                                                                   
                                                                                                    
     (a). Goods of heading 3207 (for example, vitrifiable enamels                                   
          and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder,                                
   	  granules or flakes);                                                                          
                                                                                                    
     (b). Articles of chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewelry);                                  
                                                                                                    
     (c). Optical fiber cables of heading 8544, electrical                                          
	  insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating                                              
  	   material of heading 8547;                                                                     
                                                                                                    
     (d). Optical fibers, optically worked optical elements,                                        
	  hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers,                                              
	  barometers, hydrometers or other articles of chapter 90;                                         
                                                                                                    
     (e). Lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs,                                            
	  illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently                                        
	  fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 9405;                                            
                                                                                                    
     (f). Toys, games, sports equipment, Christmas tree ornaments                                   
	  or other articles of chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes                                            
	  without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of                                            
	  chapter 95); or                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
     (g). Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or                                 
	  other articles of chapter 96.                                                                    
                                                                                                    
2.   For the purposes of headings 7003, 7004 and 7005:                                              
                                                                                                    
     (a). Glass is not regarded as "worked" by reason of any                                        
	  process it has undergone before annealing;                                                       
                                                                                                    
     (b). Cutting to shape does not affect the classification of                                    
	  glass in sheets;                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     (c). The expression "absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting                                   
	  layer" means a microscopically thin coating of metal or                                          
	  of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide)  which                                         
	  absorbs, for example, infrared light; or improves the                                            
          reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it                                 
	  to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or                                           
  	  which prevents light from being reflected on the surface                                       
	  of the glass.                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
3.   The products referred to in heading 7006 remain classified in                                  
     that heading whether or not they have the character of                                         
     articles.                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
4.   For the purposes of heading 7019, the expression "glass wool"                                  
     means:                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
     (a). Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than                                  
	  60 percent by weight;                                                                            
                                                                                                    
     (b). Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60                                   
	  percent but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content                                         
	  exceeding 5 percent by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3)                                            
	  content exceeding 2 percent by weight.                                                           
                                                                                                    
          Mineral wools which do not comply with the above                                          
	  specifications fall in heading 6806.                                                             
                                                                                                    
5.   Throughout the Schedule B, the expression "glass" includes                                     
     fused quartz and other fused silica.                                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Subheading Note                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
1.   For the purposes of subheadings 7013.21, 7013.31 and 7013.91,                                  
     the expression "lead crystal" means only glass having                                          
     a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24 percent.                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Statistical Notes                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
1.   For the purposes of this chapter the term "fused quartz or                                     
     other fused silica" means glass containing more than 95                                        
     percent silica by weight.                                                                      
                                                                                                    
2.   For the purposes of headings 7003 through 7005, the expression                                 
     "colored throughout the mass" refers to glass that has a                                       
     transmittance of normally incident light of less than 66                                       
     percent at one or more wavelengths from 400 to 700 milli-                                      
     microns, inclusive, or a transmittance of less than 80 percent                                 
     at one or more wavelengths from 525 to 575 millimicrons,                                       
     inclusive, for glass 6.35 mm (0.25 inch) in thickness, or of                                   
     the equivalent transmittances for any other thickness,                                         
     provided that, in determining such light transmittances, the                                   
     effect of surface irregularities or configurations, or of other                                
     surface treatment (except flashing applied prior to solid-                                     
     ification), and the effect of wire netting within the glass,                                   
     shall be eliminated.                                                                           
                                                                                                    
3.   For the purposes of heading 7005, the expression "polished",                                   
     as used with reference to glass, refers to glass one or both                                   
     of the surfaces of which have been made smooth and glossy, in                                  
     whole or in part, by abrasive or chemical means, or by                                         
     floating the glass over molten metal.                                                          
                                                                                                    
4.   For the purposes of subheading 7018.10, the term "imitation                                    
     precious or semiprecious stones" means glass made into shapes                                  
     suitable for use in jewelry or for other ornamental purposes                                   
     in a manner similar to natural gemstones, whether or not in                                    
     imitation thereof, but does not include natural gemstones,                                     
     synthetic gemstones, reconstructed natural gemstones or                                        
     imitation pearls.                                                                              
                                                                                                    
5.   For the purposes of headings 7003 and 7004, in determining the                                 
     surface area of cast or rolled glass having irregular surfaces                                 
     (such as corrugated glass), superficial area shall be used.                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
   Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass;                                                       
	     glass in the mass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg                                             
                                                                                                    
   Glass in balls (other than microspheres of                                                       
	     heading 7018), rods or tubes, unworked:                                                       
     Balls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
     Rods  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
               Tubes:                                                                               
        Of fused quartz or other fused silica  . .kg                                                
        Of other glass having a linear co-                                                          
	          efficient of expansion not exceeding                                                     
		  5x10-6 per Kelvin within a temperature                                                          
                  range of 0 degrees C to 300 degrees C  . .kg                                      
                                                                                                    
        Other:                                                                                      
          Unworked glass tubes not exceeding                                                        
		    200 mm (7.874 inches) in length  . . . .No.                                                   
          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
   Cast glass and rolled glass, in sheets or                                                        
	     profiles, whether or not having an absorbent,                                                 
	     reflecting or nonreflecting layer, but not             otherwise worked:                      
               Nonwired sheets:                                                                     
        Colored throughout the mass (body tinted),                                                  
	   	  opacified, flashed or having an absorbent,                                                   
	          reflecting or nonreflecting layer  . . . .m2                                             
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
     Wired sheets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
     Profiles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
                                                                                                    
   Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets,                                                          
	     whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting                                                
	     or nonreflecting layer, but not otherwise                                                     
	     worked:                                                                                       
     Glass, colored throughout the mass (body                                                       
	       tinted), opacified, flashed or having 6 an                                                  
	       absorbent, reflecting or nonreflecting                                                      
               layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                      
                                                                                                    
     Other glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
                                                                                                    
   Float glass and surface ground or polished                                                       
	     glass, in sheets, whether or not having an                                                    
	     absorbent, reflecting or nonreflecting layer,                                                 
	     but not otherwise worked:                                                                     
     Nonwired glass, having an absorbent,                                                           
	       reflecting or nonreflecting layer . . . . . .m2                                             
               Other nonwired glass:                                                                
        Colored throughout the mass (body                                                           
		  tinted), opacified, flashed or merely                                                           
		  surface ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                    
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
     Wired glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
                                                                                                    
   Glass of heading 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent,                                                       
	     edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enameled or                                                   
	     otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted                                                    
	     with other materials  . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                             
                                                                                                    
   Safety glass, consisting of toughened                                                            
	     (tempered) or laminated glass:                                                                
               Toughened (tempered) safety glass:                                                   
        Of size and shape suitable for incorpo-                                                     
		  ration in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft                                                        
		  or vessels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m2                                                    
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
               Laminated safety glass:                                                              
        Of size and shape suitable for incorpo-                                                     
		  ration in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft                                                        
		  or vessels:                                                                                     
          Windshields  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Multiple-walled insulating units of glass . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
   Glass mirrors, whether or not framed,                                                            
	     including rearview mirrors:                                                                   
     Rearview mirrors for vehicles  . . . . . . . No                                                
                                                                                                    
                 Other:                                                                             
        Unframed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cm2                                               
                                                                                                    
        Framed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cm2                                               
                                                                                                    
   Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, vials,                                                     
	     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:                                                            
     Ampoules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross                                              
     Stoppers, lids and other closures . . . . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
     Other:                                                                                         
                  Serum bottles, vials and other pharma-                                            
		  ceutical containers:                                                                            
          Of a capacity exceeding 1 liter  . . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
          Of a capacity exceeding 0.33 liter but                                                    
		    not exceeding 1 liter  . . . . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
          Of a capacity exceeding 0.15 liter but                                                    
		    not exceeding 0.33 liter . . . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
          Of a capacity not exceeding 0.15                                                          
		    liter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
                  Containers (with or without their                                                 
		  closures) of a kind used for the con-                                                           
		  veyance or packing of perfume or other                                                          
		  toilet preparations; other containers if                                                        
		  fitted with or designed for use with                                                            
		  ground glass stoppers:                                                                          
                    Produced by automatic machine:                                                  
             Of a capacity exceeding 1 liter . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
             Of a capacity exceeding 0.33 liter                                                     
		       but not exceeding 1 liter . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Of a capacity exceeding 0.15 liter                                                     
		       but not exceeding 0.33 liter  . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Of a capacity not exceeding 0.15                                                       
		       liter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
                    Other:                                                                          
             Of a capacity exceeding 1 liter . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
             Of a capacity exceeding 0.33 liter                                                     
		       but not exceeding 1 liter . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Of a capacity exceeding 0.15 liter                                                     
		       but not exceeding 0.33 liter  . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Of a capacity not exceeding 0.15                                                       
		       liter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
                  Other containers (with or without their                                           
		  closures):                                                                                      
                    Of a capacity exceeding 1 liter:                                                
             Having a mouth with an outer                                                           
		       diameter of 38 mm or more . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
                    Of a capacity exceeding 0.33 liter but                                          
		    not exceeding 1 liter:                                                                        
             Having a mouth with an outer                                                           
		       diameter of 38 mm or more   . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
                    Of a capacity exceeding 0.15 liter but                                          
		    not exceeding 0.33 liter:                                                                     
             Having a mouth with an outer                                                           
		       diameter of 38 mm or more . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
             Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross                                              
                                                                                                    
          Of a capacity not exceeding 0.15                                                          
		    liter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross                                                  
                                                                                                    
   Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes),                                                     
	     open, and glass parts thereof, without                                                        
	     fittings, for electric lamps, cathode-ray                                                     
             tubes or the like:                                                                     
     For electric lighting . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                             
     For cathode-ray tubes . . . . . . . . . . . .Hundr                                             
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other                                                      
	     vacuum vessels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No.                                           
                                                                                                    
   Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen,                                                     
	     toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar                                                  
	     purposes (other than that of heading 7010 or                                                  
	     7018):                                                                                        
     Of glass-ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                 
                 Drinking glasses other than of glass-                                              
		 ceramics:                                                                                        
        Of lead crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                 
                                                                                                    
                 Glassware of a kind used for table (other                                          
		 than drinking glasses) or kitchen purposes                                                       
	         other than of glass-ceramics:                                                             
        Of lead crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                
                                                                                                    
        Of glass having a linear coefficient of                                                     
	 	  expansion not exceeding 5x10-6 per Kelvin                                                      
		  within a temperature range of 0 degrees                                                         
		  C to 300 degrees C . . . . . . . . . . . No.                                                    
                                                                                                    
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                 
                                                                                                    
                 Other glassware:                                                                   
        Of lead crystal  . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
   Signaling glassware and optical elements of                                                      
	     glass (other than those of heading 7015), not                                                 
	     optically worked:                                                                             
               Optical elements:                                                                    
        Lens blanks (other than for spectacles) .No.                                                
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                 
                                                                                                    
                 Other:                                                                             
        Lenses and filters, and parts thereof  . . X                                                
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses;                                                      
	     glasses for noncorrective or corrective                                                       
	     spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like,                                               
	     not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and                                                
	     their segments for the manufacture of such                                                    
	     glasses:                                                                                      
     Glasses for corrective spectacles . . . . . .No.                                               
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles                                                     
	     and other articles of pressed or molded glass,                                                
	     whether or not wired, of a kind used for                                                      
	     building or construction purposes; glass cubes                                                
	     and other glass smallwares, (rectangles,                                                      
	     fragments, or chippings) whether or not on a                                                  
	     backing, for mosaics or similar decorative                                                    
	     purposes; leaded glass windows and the like;                                                  
	     multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels,                                                
	     plates, shells or similar forms:                                                              
     Glass cubes and other glass smallwares whether                                                 
	       or not on a backing, for mosaics or similar                                                 
	       decorative purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .X                                             
                                                                                                    
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware,                                                
	     whether or not graduated or calibrated:                                                       
     Of fused quartz or other fused silica . . . . X                                                
     Of other glass having a linear coefficient of                                                  
	       expansion not exceeding 5x10-6 per Kelvin                                                   
	       within a temperature range of 0 degrees C to                                                
	       300 degrees C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                             
                                                                                                    
     Other:                                                                                         
        Microscope slides and micro cover glasses..X                                                
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation                                                         
	     precious or semiprecious stones and similar                                                   
	     glass smallwares, and articles thereof other                                                  
	     than imitation jewelry; glass eyes other than                                                 
             prosthetic articles; statuettes and other                                              
	     ornaments of lamp-worked glass, other than                                                    
	     imitation jewelry; glass microspheres not                                                     
	     exceeding 1 mm (.039 inch) in diameter:                                                       
     Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation                                                       
	       precious or semiprecious stones and similar                                                 
	       glass smallwares   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X                                             
                                                                                                    
     Glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm                                                          
	       (.039 inch)in diameter . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                            
                                                                                                    
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Glass fibers (including glass wool) and                                                          
	     articles thereof (for example, yarn, woven                                                    
	     fabrics):                                                                                     
               Slivers, rovings, yarn, and chopped strands:                                         
        Chopped strands, of a length of not more                                                    
		  than 50 mm   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
        Rovings:                                                                                    
          Rovings of a kind used in industry as                                                     
		    packing or lubricating materials   . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
        Other:                                                                                      
          Yarn, not colored of a kind used in                                                       
		    industry as packing or lubricating                                                            
		    materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
          Other yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
          Other chopped strands  . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Thin sheets (voiles) webs, mats, mattresses,                                         
	       boards and similar nonwoven products:                                                       
                                                                                                    
        Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
        Thin sheets (voiles) . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
        Other:                                                                                      
          Insulation products  . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
               Woven fabrics:                                                                       
        Of rovings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                
                                                            kg                                      
        Other woven fabrics of a width not                                                          
		  exceeding 30 cm  . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                    
                                                            kg                                      
                                                                                                    
        Other woven fabrics, of a width exceeding                                                   
		  30 cm, plain weave, weighing less than                                                          
		  250 g/m2, of filaments measuring per                                                            
		  single yarn not more than 136 tex  . . . .m2                                                    
                                                            kg                                      
        Other woven fabrics, n.e.s.o.i   . .   . .m2                                                
                                                            kg                                      
     Other:                                                                                         
        Woven  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
                  Other:                                                                            
          Glass fibers in bulk . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
          Glass fiber filters (nonwoven) . . . . . X                                                
          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
   Other articles of glass . . . . . . . . . . . . X