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40.16 - Other articles of wlcanised rubber other than hard rubber. 4016.10 - Of cellular rubber - Other - - Floor coverings and mats 4016.92 - - Erasers 40 16.93 - - Gaskets, washers and other seals 4016.91 40 16.94 - - Boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable 4016.95 - - Other inflatable articles 4016.99 - - Other This heading covers all articles of vulcanised rubber (other than hard rubber) not covered by the preceding headings of this Chapter or by other Chapters. The heading includes : (1) Articles of cellular rubber. (2) Floor coverings and mats (including bath mats), other than rectangular (including srare) mats cut from plates or sheets of rubber and not farther worked than surface-worke (see the Explanatory Note to heading 40.08). (3) Erasers. (4) Gaskets, washers and other seals. (5) Boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable. (6) Pneumatic mattresses, pillows and cushions and other inflatable articles (other than those of heading 40.14 or 63.06); water-mattresses. (7) Rubber bands; tobacco-pouches; characters for date stamps and the like. (8) Stoppers and rings for bottles. (9) P,um rotors and moulds; rubber liners for milking machines; taps, cocks, valves and s~miar appliances; other articles for technical uses (including parts and accessories of machines and appliances of Section XVI and of instruments and apparatus of Chapter 90). P (10) Chassis mounting rubbers, mudfla s and pedal covers for motor vehicles, brake-blocks, mudguard-flaps and pedal blocks or cycles, and other parts and accessories for vehicles, aircraft or vessels of Section XVII. P (1 1) Plates, sheets and strip merely cut to non-rectangular shapes, and articles excluded from heading 40.08 because they have been milled, turned, assembled by glueing or sewing or othemse worked. (12) Rectangular (including square) patches with bevelled edges and patches of any other shapes for repairing inner tubes, obtained by moulding, cuttin or grinding, consisting generally of a layer of self-vulcanising rubber on a vulcanised ru ber backing and, subject to the provisions of Note 4 to Chapter 59, such patches consisting of several layers of fabric and rubber. % (13) Rubber-headed hammers. (14) Small suction hooks, table mats, sink lu s, sink plungers, doorstops, rubber feet for hmiture legs and other articles for house 01 use. The following are also excluded fiom this heading : (a) Articles of woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, falling in Section XI see Note 3 to Chapter 56 and Note 4 to Chapter 59) and articles made from textile materials combine with rubber threads (Section XI). (b) Footwear and parts thereof of Chapter 64. (c) Headgear (including bathing caps) and parts of headgear, of Chapter 65. (d) Vacuum cup holders (suction grips) consisting of a base, a handle and a vacuum lever, of base metal, and rubber discs (Section XV). (e) Rubber boats and rafts (Chapter 89). ( f ) Parts and accessories of musical instruments (Chapter 92). (g) Mattresses, pillows and cushions of cellular rubber, whether or not covered, including electric bed-warming pads fitted internally with cellular rubber, of heading 94.04. (h) Toys, games and sports requisites and parts thereof of Chapter 95. (ij) Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like, designed for operating in the hand, and other articles of Chapter 96.
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the Nomenclature the expression “rubber” means the following products, whether or not vulcanised or hard : natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, synthetic rubber, factice derived from oils, and such substances reclaimed. 2.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); (b) Footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64; (c) Headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65; (d) Mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of hard rubber; (e) Articles of Chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or (f) Articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, mittens and mitts and articles of headings 40.11 to