4503 90 00 — Articles of natural cork: other
Articles of natural cork: other
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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.
Where it sits in the nomenclature
Section IX. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
- 45Cork and articles of cork
- 4503Articles of natural cork (excl. cork in square or rectangular blocks, plates, sheets or strips; sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers; footware and parts thereof; insoles, whether or not removable; headgear and parts thereof; plugs and dividers for shotgun cartridges; toys, games and sports equipment and parts thereof)
- 4503 90Articles of natural cork (excl. cork in square or rectangular blocks, plates, sheets or strips; corks, stoppers and cork blanks; footware and parts thereof; insoles, whether or not removable; headgear and parts thereof; plugs and dividers for shotgun cartridges; toys, games and sports equipment and parts thereof)
- 4503 90 00you are here
Explanatory notes to heading 4503 2 paragraphs
Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.
4503 Products made of natural cork (+): 4503 10 – corks and plugs 4503 90 – other
This heading covers, inter alia: (1) Corks and stoppers of all kinds of natural cork, including blanks with rounded edges. Cork stoppers may have tops of metal, plastics, etc. Stoppers for vessels intended for liquids, measuring instruments and other articles in which the cork stopper is a subsidiary part are, however, classified in other headings according to the nature of the article or the material which gives the article its essential character. (2) Discs, washers and wafers of natural cork, used as liners for crown corks and other closures for bottles, jars, etc.; liners or sheaths for corks inserted into bottle necks. (3) Blocks, plates, sheets and strips of natural cork cut to shapes other than rectangular (including square); lifebuoys, floats for fishing nets, swimming boards, heat-insulating stands for hot dishes, typewriter mats or other mats. (4) Handles of various kinds (knife handles, etc.), gaskets and seals (other than those put up in sets of heading 8484). The heading, however, excludes: (a) Footwear and parts thereof, including removable in-soles, of Chapter 64; (b) Headgear and parts thereof of Chapter 65; (c) Crown caps of base metal with liners of cork discs (heading 8309); (d) Cork wads (heading 9306); (e) Toys, games and sports requisites, including floats for fishing lines and parts thereof (Chapter 95). Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 4503 10 Corks and stoppers of subheading 4503 10 are articles of natural cork in the form of straight or tapered cylinders or rectangular prisms with rounded side edges. They may be coloured, polished, paraffin-coated, perforated, or bear a mark, whether branded or painted. Some one-piece cork stoppers have enlarged heads or tops of metal, plastics, etc. Corks and stoppers are used for closing containers. Hollow stoppers (or cork sheaths) are used as covers, for example, for glass stoppers for bottles of glass or ceramics. This subheading also covers identifiable blanks for corks or stoppers, provided that their edges are rounded. The subheading excludes thin cork discs used as seals in crown corks (subheading 4503 90).
Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board
Notes to chapter 45 — Cork and articles of cork 1 item
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. This group does not include:
(a) Footwear or footwear parts of Chapter 64;
(b) headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65; or
(c) articles of Chapter 95 (e.g. toys, games, sports equipment).
How it is certified
Valid documents in the EAEU unified register for subheading 4503 90: certificates 0, declarations 6.
- By technical regulation
- ТР ТС 005/20116
- Schemes
- 3д6The letter after the scheme number shows the form: certification or declaration of conformity.
- Most active certification bodies
- ОС «Бишкек Стандарт»«Мурас» Сертификация борбору» жоопкерчилиги чектелген коому
- Manufacturers outside the EAEU
- China6Portugal3Spain2Bulgaria1France1Italy1
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