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93.06 - Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads. - Shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets : 9306.21 - - Cartridges 9306.29 9306.30 9306.90 - - Other - Other cartridges and parts thereof - Other This heading includes : (A) Ammunition, e.g. : (I) Shells (explosive, shrapnel, %our piercing, star, flare, tracer, incendiary, smoke, etc.), and all other types of ammunition for guns and mortars. (2) Cartridges of dl types : blank (including blank cartridges for riveting tools or for startin compression ignition internal combustion iston engines), bulleted, tracer, incen iary, armour piercing, ball and shot cartridges or sporting guns, etc. ! 8; (3) Slu s, pellets (hollow, spherical, waisted, etc. and darts for air, gas or spring guns, car%hesor pistols, other than those for toys o heading 95.03. (B) Ballistic missiles whose pa load returns to the earth's surface after reaching its apogee and which impart to the payloda terminal velocity not exceeding 7,000 m/s . (C) Munitions of r type which contain their own means of propulsion after launching, for example, torpedoes, flying bombs (missiles resembling aircraft), guided air missiles and rocket type ammunition. (D) Other munitions of war, for example, land and sea mines, depth charges, hand and rifle grenades, aerial bombs. (E) Harpoons, whether or not with explosive heads, for harpoon guns, etc. (F) Parts of ammunition and munitions of war, for example : (1) Grenade, mine, bomb, shell and torpedo bodies. (2) Cartridge cases and other parts of cartridges, for example, bases (of brass), inner cu s and inner bases and linings (of metal or paperboard) and wads (of felt, paper or cor , etc.). R (3) Bullets and lead shot, prepared for ammunition. (4) Fuses (point and base detonating), whether time, ercussion or proximity (electronically operated), for shells, torpedoes, etc.; parts o fuses, including protective caps. P (5) Mechanical parts for certain munitions, such as' special propellers and gyroscopes for torpedoes. (6) War-heads and buoyancy chambers for torpedoes. (7) Strikers, safety pins, levers and other parts of grenades. (8) Fins for bombs. The heading excludes : (a) ,Propellant owders and repared ex losives, even if ut up in forms ready for incorporation in munitions Readin s 36.h and 36.05); safety fuses, Setonating fuses, pmcussion and detonating caps, igniters and e ectric detonators, including primers for shells (heading 36.03). f (b) Signalling flares and rain rockets (heading 36.04). (c) Charges for fire-extinguishers, and charged fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 38.13). (d) Motors of heading 84.11 or 84.12, for rockets, torpedoes and similar missiles. (e) Radio or radar apparatus of heading 85.26 (see Note 2 to this Chapter). ( f ) Watch or clock movements and parts thereof, for munitions or for parts of munitions [e.g., for fuses) (headings 91.08 to 91.10 and 91.14). 93.07- Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereof. This heading covers wea ons such as swords including sword-sticks), cutlasses, bayonets, lances, spears, pikes, ha1&,rds, kukris comman o knives, dirks, stilettos and daggers. Their blades usually consist of high quality steel, and in some cases a more or less elaborate shield or handguard is included. The weapons remain classified in this heading even if used only for ceremonial or decorative purposes, or as theatrical properties. Most of the weapons have a fixed blade, but some daggers and stilettos ma have a movable blade normally housed within the handle. The blade may be opened and loc ed in position by hand or by a spring mechanism. kY This headin also includes parts, for example, sword blades (including blanks therefor, even if only forged, hilts, guards and handles, and scabbards and sheaths for swords, bayonets, daggers, etc. The heading does not cover (a) Belts and similar accoutrements, designed to support swords, ba onets, etc., of leather (headin 42.03) or of textile materials (beading 62.1'7); sword-hots &enerally heading 42.05 or 63.077. (b) Huntin camping and other hives, being cutlery (heading 82.11) or sheaths for such knives heading 42.02). (c) Scabbards and sheaths of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal (heading 71.15). (d) Fencing foils (heading 95.06). Section XX MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
Notes. 1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares); (b) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); (c) Armoured fighting vehicles (heading 87.10); (d) Telescopic sights or other optical devices suitable for use with arms, unless mounted on a firearm or presented with the firearm on which they are designed to be mounted (Chapter 90); (e) Bows, arrows, fencing foils or toys (Chapter 95); or (f) Collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 97.05 or 97.06). 2.- In heading 93.06, the reference to “parts thereof” does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 85.26.