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86.09 - Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or modes of transport. These containers (including lift vans are packing receptacles specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes o transport (e. ., road, rail, water or air). They are equipped with fittings (hooks, rings, castors, su orts, etcy to facilitate handling and securing on the transporting vehicle, aircraft or vessel. %ey are thus suitable for the " door-to-door " transport of goods without intermediate repacking and, being of robust construction, are intended to be used repeatedly. The more usual type, which may be of wood or metal, consists of a large box equipped with doors, or with removable sides. The principal types of container include : (1) Furniture removal containers. (2) Insulated containers for perishable foods or goods. (3) Containers (generally cylindrical) for the transport of liquids or gases. These containers fall in this headmg only if they inco orate a support enablln them to be fitted to any type of transporting vehicle or vessel; ot erwise they are classi led according to their constituent material. 'R (4) B en containers for bulk trans ort of coal, ores, paving blocks, bricks, tiles, etc. These o en have hinged bottoms or si1es to facilitate unloading. (5) Special types for particular goods, especially for fragile goods such as glassware, ceramics, etc., or for live animals. Containers usually vary in size fiom 4 to 145,m3capacity. Certain types are however smaller, but their capacity is not normally less than 1 rn . The heading excludes (a) Cases, crates, etc., which though designed for the " door-to-door " transport of goods are not s ecially constructed as described above to be secured to the transporting vehicle, aircraft or vessel; Jese are-classified according to ther conshhlent material. (b) Road-rail trailers (intended mainly for use as road trailers, but so desi ed that they may be transported on specla1mlway wagons fitted w ~ t hguide rails) (heading 8 7 . 1 6
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for hovertrains (heading 44.06 or 68.10); (b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 73.02; or (c) Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 85.30. 2.- Heading 86.07 applies, inter alia, to : (a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels; (b) Frames, underframes, bogies and bissel-bogies; (c) Axle boxes; brake gear; (d) Buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections; (e) Coachwork. 3.- Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 86.08 applies, inter alia, to : (a) Assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges; (b) Semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls, and other mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.