2011 Schedule B - Chapter 69

Section XIII - 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 jewelry);

  (d). Cermets of heading 8113;

  (e). Articles of chapter 82;

  (f). Electrical insulators, (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating material (heading 8547);

  (g). Artificial teeth (heading 9021);

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

  (i). Articles of chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings,
        prefabricated buildings);

  (j). Articles of chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports equipment);

  (k). See (j) above.

  (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).

Statistical Notes

1.  For the purposes of this chapter, a "ceramic article" is a shaped article having a glazed or
     unglazed body of crystalline or substantially crystalline structure, the body of which is
     composed essentially of inorganic nonmetallic substances and is formed and subsequently
     hardened by such heat treatment that the body, if reheated to pyrometric cone 020, would
     not become more dense, harder, or less porous, but does not include any glass articles.

2.  For the purpose of headings 6902 and 6903, the term "refractory" is applied to articles
     which have a pyrometric cone equivalent of at least 1500 degrees C when heated at 60
     degrees C per hour (pyrometric cone 18).  Refractory articles have special properties of
     strength and resistance to thermal shock and may also have, depending upon the particular
     uses for which designed, other special properties such as resistance to abrasion and
     corrosion.

3.  For the purpose of heading 6902, a brick which contains both chromium and magnesium is
     classifiable according to which of those components (expresses as Cr2O3 or MgO,
     respectively) is the greater by weight.

4.  For the purposes of headings 6905, 6907, and 6908, the term "tiles" does not include any
     article 3.2 cm (1.260 inch) or more in thickness.

5.  For the purposes of headings 6909 through 6914:

  (a). The terms "porcelain" and "china" embrace ceramic ware (other than stoneware),
        whether or not glazed or decorated, having a fired white body (unless artificially
        colored) which will not absorb more than 0.5 percent of its weight of water and is
        translucent in thickness of several millimeters.  The term "stoneware" as used in this
        note, embraces ceramic ware which contains clay as an essential ingredient, is not
        commonly white, will absorb not more than 3 percent of its weight of water, and is
        naturally opaque (except in very thin pieces) even when absorption is less than 0.1
        percent.

  (b). The term "earthenware" embraces ceramic ware, whether or not glazed or decorated,
        having a fired body which contains clay as an essential ingredient, and will absorb
        more than 3 percent of its weight of water.

  (c). The water absorption of a ceramic body shall be determined by ASTM test method
        designated C373 (except that test specimens may have a minimum weight of 10 g,
        and may have one large surface glazed).

6.  For the purposes of heading 6904:

  (a). The term "solid bricks" refers to bricks containing not more than 25 percent voids.

  (b). The term "hollow bricks" refers to bricks containing more than 25 percent voids.

             I. GOODS OF SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS OR OF SIMILAR
                SILICEOUS EARTHS, AND REFRACTORY GOODS
 Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil
              meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of
              similar siliceous earths  . . . . . . . . . . . t
 Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic
              constructional goods, other than those of siliceous fossil
              meals or similar siliceous earths:
   Containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50
                percent of the elements magnesium, calcium, or chromium,
                expressed as MgO, CaO or Cr2O3:
      Magnesite bricks . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thsnds
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
   Containing by weight more than 50 percent of alumina
                (Al2O3), of silica (SiO2) or of a mixture or compound of
                these products:
                  Bricks:
        Alumina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thsnds
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thsnds
                  Other:
        Alumina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
   Other:
                  Bricks:
        Of clay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thsnds
        Nonclay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
                  Other:
        Of clay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
        Nonclay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t
 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:
   Containing by weight more than 50 percent of graphite or
                other carbon or of a mixture of these products kg
   Containing by weight more than 50 percent of alumina
                (Al2O3) or of a mixture or compound of alumina and of
                silica (SiO2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg
   Other:
      Of clay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg
      Other (nonclay)  . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg
             II. OTHER CERAMIC PRODUCTS
 Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles
              and the like:
   Building bricks:
      Solid bricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds
      Hollow bricks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Roofing tiles, chimney pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural
              ornaments and other ceramic constructional goods:
   Roofing tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings kg
 Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; unglazed
              ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing:
   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 (2.76 inches) m2
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2
 Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed
              ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a
              backing:
   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 (2.76 inches) m2
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m2
 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:
      Of porcelain or china  . . . . . . . . . . X
      Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on
                   the Mohs scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
      Other:
        Ferrite core memories  . . . . . . . . . X
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Ceramic sinks, washbasins, washbasin pedestals, baths, bidets,
              water closet bowls, flush tanks, urinals and similar sanitary
              fixtures:
   Of porcelain or china:
      Water closet bowls, flushometer type . . .No.
      Water closet bowls with tanks, in one piece No.
      Other water closet bowls and flush tanks, whether or
                   not in sets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.
      Sinks and wash basins (lavatories) . . . .No.
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet
              articles, of porcelain or china:
   Tableware and kitchenware:
      Hotel and restaurant ware and other ware not
                   household ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dz PCs
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dz PCs
   Other:
      Toilet articles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and
              toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china:
               Tableware and kitchenware:
      Of coarse-grained earthenware, or of coarse-grained
                   stoneware; of fine-grained earthenware, whether or
                   not decorated, having a reddish-colored body and a
                   lustrous glaze which, on tea-pots may be any color, but
                   which, on other articles, must be mottled, streaked, or
                   solidly colored brown to black with metallic oxide or salt Dz PCs
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dz PCs
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles:
   Of porcelain or china . . . . . . . . . . . . X
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
 Other ceramic articles:
   Of porcelain or china . . . . . . . . . . . . X
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X