4016 91 000 0 — Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: other: floor coverings and mats

4016 Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber: 4016 10 – Of cellular rubber – Other: 4016 91 – – Floor coverings and mats 4016 92 – – Erasers 4016 93 – – Gaskets, washers and other seals 4016 94 – – Boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable 4016 95 – – Other inflatable articles 4016 99 – – Other This heading covers all articles of vulcanised rubber (other than hard rubber), not covered by the preceding headings of this Chapter or by other Chapters. The heading includes: (1) Articles of cellular rubber. (2) Floor coverings and mats (including bath mats), other than rectangular (including square) mats cut from plates or sheets of rubber and not further worked than surface-worked (see the Explanatory Note to heading 4008). (3) Erasers. (4) Gaskets, washers and other seals. (5) Boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable.

(6) Inflatable mattresses, cushions and other inflatable articles (other than those of heading 4014 or 6306); water mattresses. (7) Rubber bands; tobacco pouches; letters and figures for date stamps and similar devices. (8) Stoppers and rings for bottles. (9) Pump rotors, moulds for casting; rubber liners for milking machines; taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances; other articles for technical uses (including parts and accessories of the machinery and equipment of Section XVI and of the instruments and apparatus of Chapter 90). (10) Rubber articles for mounting on chassis, mudguards and pedal pads for motor vehicles, brake blocks, mudguards and pedal pads for cycles, and other parts and accessories for vehicles, aircraft or vessels of Section XVII. (11) Plates, sheets and strip or tape, merely cut to non-rectangular shapes, and articles excluded from heading 4008 because they have been worked on a milling machine or lathe, assembled from parts by gluing or sewing, or otherwise worked. (12) Rectangular (including square) pieces with turned edges and pieces of any other shape for repairing inner tubes, obtained by moulding, cutting or grinding, usually consisting of a layer of self-vulcanising rubber and a base of vulcanised rubber, and, subject to the provisions of Note 4 to Chapter 59, such pieces consisting of several layers of fabric and rubber. (13) Hammers with rubber heads. (14) Small suction cups, dish stands, sink plugs, sink plungers, door stops, rubber tips for furniture legs and other household articles. The following articles are also excluded from this heading: (a) articles of woven fabric, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or fur felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or laminated with rubber, falling in Section XI (see Note 3 to Chapter 56 and Note 4 to Chapter 59), and articles made of textile materials combined with rubber thread (Section XI); (b) footwear and parts thereof of Chapter 64; (c) headgear (including bathing caps) and parts thereof of Chapter 65; (d) suction holders (suction cups) consisting of a base, a handle and a suction lever of base metal and of rubber discs (Section XV); (e) rubber boats and rafts (Chapter 89); (f) parts and accessories of musical instruments (Chapter 92); (g) mattresses and cushions of cellular rubber, whether or not covered, including electrically heated cushions consisting of cellular rubber, of heading 9404; (h) toys, games and sports requisites and parts thereof of Chapter 95; (ij) hand-operated date, sealing or numbering stamps and similar devices, and other articles of Chapter 96.

Notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. Unless otherwise specified in the context, throughout the Nomenclature, the terms “rubber” and “rubber” mean the following products, whether vulcanized or non-volcanized, solid or non-solid: natural rubber, balata, gutta perch, guayula, chicle and similar natural resins, synthetic rubber, oil-derived factis and the same materials in regenerated form.

2. This group does not include:

(a) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(b) Shoes or parts thereof of Chapter 64;

(c) headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65;

(d) mechanical or electrical devices, or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of solid rubber;

(e) articles of Chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or

(f) articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, gloves, mittens and articles of headings 4011 to 4013).

3. For the purposes of headings 4001 to 4003 and 4005, the term “primary forms” means the following forms:

(a) liquids and pastes (including latex subvulcanized or non-vulcanized and other dispersions and solutions);

(b) irregularly shaped blocks, chunks, piles, powders, granules, crumbs and similar bulk forms.

4. In Note 1 to this Chapter and in heading 4002, the term synthetic rubber means:

(a) unsaturated synthetic substances irreversibly transformed by sulfur vulcanization into non-thermoplastic substances, which do not rupture at a temperature of 18–29 °C when stretched 3 times their original length, and, when stretched 2 times within 5 minutes, return to a length not exceeding the original length by more than one and a half times. In this test, it is allowed to add substances necessary for the formation of cross-links, in particular, activators or accelerators of vulcanization. Substances listed in note 5 (B) (ii) and (iii) are also allowed. However, any substances not intended for cross-linking, such as diluents, plasticizers and fillers, shall not be allowed;

(b) thioplasty (TM); and

(c) natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with plastics, depolymerized natural rubber, mixtures of unsaturated synthetic substances with saturated synthetic high molecular weight polymers, provided that all of the above products meet the requirements of paragraph 4(a) above of this note for vulcanization, elongation and resizing.

5. (A) Headings 4001 and 4002 do not include rubber or a mixture of rubbers if they were mixed with:

(i) vulcanizing agents, accelerators, moderators or activators (other than those which have been added to prepare dulacanized rubber latex);

pigments or other colouring agents other than those used for identification purposes only;

(iii) plasticizers or fillers (other than mineral oil in the case of oil-filled rubber), reinforcing agents, organic solvents or any other substances other than those referred to in paragraph 5(B).

(B) The presence of the following substances in rubber or a mixture of rubbers shall not affect their classification as heading 4001 or 4002 provided that such rubber or a mixture of rubber retains its essential property of the raw material:

(i) emulsifiers or antiadhesives;

(ii) small amounts of degradation products of emulsifiers;

(iii) very small amounts of heat-sensitive agents (mainly for the preparation of thermally sensitive rubber latexes), cationic surfactants (usually for the preparation of electropositive rubber latexes), antioxidants, coagulants, rubber-to-crumb agents, frost-resistant agents, peptisers, anticoagulants, stabilizers, viscosity-regulating agents, or similar special-purpose additives.

6. For the purposes of heading 4004, the term “waste, trimmings and scraps” means waste, trimmings and scraps produced in the manufacture or treatment of rubber and articles thereof which are absolutely unusable as such by cuts, wear or other causes.

7. Threads consisting entirely of vulcanized rubber having a cross-sectional dimension greater than 5 mm are classified as strips or ribbons, rods or profiles in shape in heading 4008.

8. Heading 4010 covers conveyor belts, drive belts or belting of fabric impregnated, coated or duplicated with rubber or of fabric made of textile yarn or cord impregnated or coated with rubber.

9. For the purposes of headings 4001, 4002, 4003, 4005 and 4008, the terms “plates”, “sheets” and “bands or tapes” mean only plates, sheets and strips or ribbons and blocks of regular geometric shape, not cut or cut into rectangular (including square) shapes, being or not finished articles with embossed or unembossed or otherwise treated surface, other than materials cut into pieces of another shape or subjected to further processing.

For the purposes of heading 4008, the terms “bars” and “shaped profiles” mean only articles not cut or cut in length with a treated or untreated surface but without further treatment.

Additional note

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. Sleeves, gloves or mittens impregnated or coated with porous rubber, in which textile materials, woven or machine or hand knitted, felt or felt or nonwoven materials are presented merely for reinforcement purposes, belong to Chapter 40, even if they:

- made of textile materials, woven or machine or hand knitted (other than those of heading 5906), felt or felt or nonwoven materials impregnated or coated with porous rubber, or

- made of unimpregnated or uncoated textile materials, woven or machine or hand knitted, felt or felt or nonwoven materials and subsequently impregnated or covered with porous rubber.

(Note 3 (c) to chapter 56 and note 5, last paragraph, to chapter 59.)