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96.12 T ewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise repared for giving im ressions, w ether or not on spools or in cartridges; inkmPa&,whether or not inkel, with or without boxes. 9612.10 - Ribbons This heading covers : (I) Ribbons, whether or not on spools or in cartridges, for typewriters, calculating machines, or for any other machines incorporating a device for pnnting by means of such ribbons (automatic baIances, tabulating machines, teleprinters, etc.). The heading also includes inked, etc., ribbons, usually having metal fixing fittings, used in baro aphs, thermographs, etc., to print and record the movement of the recording machine nee e. I These ribbons are usual1 of woven textiles, but sometimes they are made of plastics or paper. To fall in the hea g, they must have been inked or otherwise prepared to give impressions (e.g., impregnation of textile ribbons, or coating of plastics strip or paper with colouring matter, ink, etc.). d;, The heading does not cover : (a) Rolls of carbon or other copying paper strip, not suitable for use as ewriter, etc., ribbons, but designed to produce duplicate copies in accounting machines, cas registers, etc. This stri , which is usually much wider than typewriter ribbons (generally more than 3 cm in width), fa s in Chapter 48. "R R @)Ribbons not prepared by inking, impregnation, coating, etc., to give an impression; these are classified in Chapter 39, Section XI, etc., according to the constituent material. (c) Empty spools (classified according to their constituent material). (2) Ink-pads, whether or not inked, for date stamps, etc. They are generally composed of felt, woven fabric or other absorbent material on a wooden, metallic or plastic support which is often in the f o m of a box. Hand-operated ink-rollers are excluded fiom this heading and are classified according to their constituent material. -
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33); (b) Articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or walking-sticks); (c) Imitation jewellery (heading 71.17); (d) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); (e) Cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding materials; heading 96.01 or 96.02 applies, however, to separately presented handles or other parts of such articles; (f) Articles of Chapter 90 (for example, spectacle frames (heading 90.03), mathematical drawing pens (heading 90.17), brushes of a kind specialised for use in dentistry or for medical, surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 90.18)); (g) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases); (h) Musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92); (ij) Articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof); (k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings); (l) Articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); or (m) Works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97). 2.- In heading 96.02 the expression “vegetable or mineral carving material” means : (a) Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving (for example, corozo and dom); (b) Amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral substitutes for jet. 3.- In heading 96.03 the expression “prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making” applies only to unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair, vegetable fibre or other material, which are ready for incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or which require only such further minor processes as trimming to shape at the top, to render them ready for such incorporation. 4.- Articles of this Chapter, other than those of headings 96.01 to 96.06 or 96.15, remain classified in the Chapter whether or not composed wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However, headings 96.01 to 96.06 and 96.15 include articles in which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents.