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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 6909.12 - - Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the Mohs scale 6909.19 - - Other 6909.90 - Other This heading covers a range of very varied articles usually made fiom vitrified ceramics (stoneware, porcelain or china, steatite ceramics, etc.), glazed or unglazed. It does not, however, cover refractory goods of a kind designed for resisting high temperatures as described in the General Explanatory Note to sub-chapter I. But articles of a type not designed for high tern erature work remain in this headin even if made of refiactory materials (e.g., thread guiif'es, grinding apparatus, etc., of sintered umina). The heading covers in particular : (I) Laboratory wares (e.g., for research or industrial use) such as crucibles and crucible lids, evaporating dishes, combustion boats, cu els; mortars and pestles; spoons for acids, spatulas; supports for filters and catalysts; lter plates, tubes, candles, cones, funnels, etc.; water-baths; beakers, graduated vessels (other than graduated kitchen measures); laboratory dishes, mercury troughs; small tubes (e-g., combustion tubes, including analysis tubes for estimation of carbon, sulphur, etc.). f (2) Ceramic wares for other technical uses, such as pumps, valves; retorts, vats, chemical baths and other static containers with single or double walls e.g., for electro lating, acid storage); taps for acids; coils, fractionating or distillation coi s and columns, l!aschig r i n r for petroleum fractionating a paratus; ding apparatus and balls, etc., for grinding mil s; des for textile rnac inery an dies for extruding man-made textiles; plates, sticks, tips thread an the like, for tools. 'Y l f- I (3) Containers of the kinds used for the commercial transport or packing of goods, e. large containers, carboys, etc., for the transport of acids and other chemical products; %igons, jars and pots, for foodstuffs (jam, condiments, meat pastes, liqueurs, etc.), for pharmaceutical products or cosmetics (pomades, ointments, creams, etc.), for inks, etc. (4) Troughs, tubs and similar containers of the type used in agriculture. The heading excludes : (a) Articles of heading 68.04. (b) Retorts, crucibles, muffles, cupels and other similar articles of refractory materials (heading 69.03). (c) Kitchen or domestic containers (e.g., tea caddies, bread bins, biscuit barrels) (heading 69.11 or 69.12). (d) General purpose jars and containers for laboratories and display jars for pharmacies, confectioners, etc. (heading 69.14). (e) Articles of cermets (heading 81.13). (9 Electrical apparatus (switches, junction boxes, fuses, etc of headings 8533 to 85.38, and electrical insulators, mulating fittings, etc., of heading 85.46 or 8247.
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) Articles heated to temperatures less than 800 °C for purposes such as curing of resins, accelerating hydration reactions, or for the removal of water or other volatile components, are not considered to be fired. Such articles are excluded from Chapter 69; and (c) Ceramic articles are obtained by firing inorganic, non-metallic materials which have been prepared and shaped previously at, in general, room temperature. Raw materials comprise, inter alia, clays, 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 refractory clays or phosphates. 2.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Products of heading 28.44; (b) Articles of heading 68.04; (c) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (d) Cermets of heading 81.13; (e) Articles 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).