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69.14 - Other ceramic articles. 6914.10 - Of porcelain or china 6914.90 - Other This heading covers all ceramic articles not covered by other headings of this Chapter or in other Chapters of the Nomenclature. It includes, inter alia (1) Stoves and other heating apparatus, made essentially of ceramics (generally of earthenware, sometimes of common pottery, etc.); non-refractory firebrick cheeks; ceramic arts of stoves or fireplaces, ceramic linings for wood burning stoves, including tiles of a &nd specially adapted for stoves. Electnc heating apparatus is, however, classified in heading 85.16. (2) Non-decorative flower-pots (e.g., for horticulture). (3) Fittings for doors, windows, etc., such as handles and knobs, finger plates, etc.; knobs, etc., for lavatory chains. (4) Letters, numbers, sign- lates and similar motifs for shop signs and shop windows, whether or not bearing a printe picture or text, except when illuminated (heading 94.05). d (5) Spring lever stoppers, etc., predominantly of ceramics (e.g., for lemonade bottles). (6) General purpose jars and containers for laboratories and display jars for pharmacies, confectioners, etc. (7) Various other articles such as knife handles, school inkwells, humidifiers for radiators and bird-cage accessories. The heading excludes : (a) Artificial teeth of ceramics (heading 90.21). (b) Toys, games and sports requisites (Chapter 95). (c) Buttons, smoking pipes and other articles of Chapter 96.
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).