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70.10 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of lass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars o glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass. f 7010.10 7010.20 7010.90 - Ampoules - Stoppers, lids and other closures - Other This heading covers all lass containers of the kinds commonly used commercia!ly for the conveyance or packing of iquids or of solid products (powders, granules, etc.). They include : ! (A) Carboys, deqijohns, bottles (including syphon vases), phials and similar containers, of all shapes and sizes, used as containers for chemical products (acids, etc.), beverages, oils, meat extracts, p e h e r y preparations, pharmaceutical products, inks, glues, etc. These articles, formerly produced by blowin , are now almost invariabl manufactured by shed articles are machines which automatically feed molten g ass into moulds where the formed by the action of com ressed air. They are usually made of ordinary glass (colourless or coloured) althoug! some bottles (e.g., for perfiunes may be made of lead crystal, and certain large carboys are made of fused quartz or other dlsed silica. L f The above-mentioned containers are generally designed for some e of closure; these may take the form of ordinary stoppers of cork, glass, etc.), glass b s, metal caps, screw caps (of metal or plastics), or special evices (e.g., for beer bottles, bottles for aerated waters, soda water syphons, etc.). a These containers remain in this heading even if they are ground, cut, sand-blasted, etched or engraved, or decorated (this applies, in particular, to certain erfurne or liqueur bottles), banded, wickered or otherwise tnmrned with various materials gicker, straw, raffia, metal, etc.); they may also have tumbler-caps fitted to the neck. They may be fitted with drop measuring devices or may be graduated, provided that they are not of a kind used as laboratory glassware. (E3) Jars, pots and similar containers for the conveyance or packing of certain foodstuffs (condzments, sauces, Eruit, preserves, honey, etc.), cosmetic or toilet preparations (face creams, hair lotions, etc.), pharmaceutical products (ointments, etc.), polishes, cleaning preparations, etc. These articles are usually made of ordinary glass (colourless or tinted) by ressure in a mould usually followed by blowing with compressed air. The generally ave a large opening, a short neck (if any) and as a rule, a li or flange to ho d the lid or cap. Some of these containers, however, may be closed by cor or screw stoppers. iL r R Like bottles, these articles may be sand-blasted, cut, etched or engraved, decorated, banded, etc. (C) Ampoules, usually obtained from a drawn glass tube, and intended to serve, after sealing, as containers for serums or other pharmaceutical products, or for liquid fuels (e.g., ampoules of petrol for cigarette lighters), chemical products, etc. (D) Tubular containers and similar containers general1 obtained fiom lamp-worked ss tubes or by blowing, for the conveyance or packmg of p armaceutical products or simi ar uses. K 9" The heading also includes preserving jars of glass. Closures of any material, presented with the containers for which they are intended, remain classified in t h ~ heading. s The heading also covers stoppers and other closures, of glass, whether made of ordin Or of lead crystal, and whether or not ground, cut, sand-blasted, etched or engraved, or ecorated. It further mcludes certain glass balls for sto pering bottles; these balls are cut fiom glass slabs and mechanically worked after being shaped?nto balls. % The heading does not include : (a) Bottles and flasks, wholly or mainly covered with leather or composition leather (heading 42.05). (b) Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels (heading 70.20). (c) Decanters, drinkin glasses and other glass containers being domestic glassware (heading 70.13), but not containers use primarily for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods. t (d) Infants' feeding bottles (heading 70.13). (e) Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware (heading 70.17). ( f ) Special display bottles and display jars of a kind used in shops (heading 70.20). (g) Bottles, flasks, etc. fox scent sprays (headin 70.13), scent sprays (heading 96.16), and vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels (heading 96.18.
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Goods of heading 32.07 (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 jewellery); (c) Optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47; (d) Front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88; (e) Front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88; (f) Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90; (g) Luminaires and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05; (h) Toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or (ij) Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96. 2.- For the purposes of headings 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05 : (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, infra- red 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 70.06 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles. 4.- For the purposes of heading 70.19, the expression “glass wool” means : (a) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO ) content not less than 60 % by weight; 2 (b) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO ) content less than 60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K O or Na O) 2 2 2 content exceeding 5 % by weight or a boric oxide (BO ) content exceeding 2 % by weight. 2 3 Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading 68.06. 5.- Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression “glass” includes fused quartz and other fused silica. Subheading Note. 1.- For the purposes of subheadings 7013.22, 7013.33, 7013.41 and 7013.91, the expression “lead crystal” means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24 %.