Stoppers, lids and other closures

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.