6802 10 00 — Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate): tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder

6802 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate): 6802 10 – tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest face of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder – other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface: 6802 21 – – marble, travertine and alabaster 6802 23 – – granite 6802 29 – – other stone – other: 6802 91 – – marble, travertine and alabaster 6802 92 – – other calcareous stone 6802 93 – – granite 6802 99 – – other stone

This heading covers natural monumental or building stone (other than slate) worked beyond the stage of the normal quarry products of Chapter 25. There are, however, certain exceptions where more specific products fall in other headings of the Nomenclature; examples of these are given at the end of this Explanatory Note and in the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter. The heading thus covers stone which has been further worked after being shaped into blocks, slabs or sheets by splitting, roughly trimming or sawing (so as to obtain a square or rectangular face). Consequently, the heading covers stone in the shape given to the stones

cutter, sculptor, etc., namely: (A) Roughly sawn blanks, and slabs of non-rectangular shape (one or more faces being triangular, hexagonal, trapezoidal, round, etc.). (B) Stone of any shape (including blocks, slabs or sheets), whether or not having the appearance of finished articles (e.g., stone the "rock-faced" surface of which is finished by smoothing along the edges while rough protruding faced parts remain), dressed with a pick, bush-hammer or chisel, etc., furrowed, levelled, ground, polished, turned, chamfered, with mouldings attached, ornamented, engraved, etc. The heading therefore covers not only stone building materials (including facing slabs) worked by the above processes, but also such articles as steps, cornices, pediments, balustrades, string-courses or stepped projections and corbels; door or window frames and lintels; thresholds; chimney-pieces; window-sills; thresholds; tombstones; boundary stones and milestones, bollards; panoramic indicators (whether or not enamelled); fence posts and stone gratings; doorsteps; sinks, troughs and fountain basins; crusher millstones; flower pots; columns, bases and capitals of columns; statues, statuettes, pedestals; bas-reliefs or high reliefs; crucifixes; figures of animals; bowls, vases, cups; pill-boxes, writing sets; ashtrays; paperweights; imitation fruit and plants, etc. At the same time, stone ornaments combined with other materials may be classified as jewellery or imitation jewellery, or as goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares (see the General Explanatory Note to Chapter 71); other ornaments made mainly of stone generally fall in this heading. Stone slabs forming the tops of furniture (sideboards, washstands, tables, etc.) fall in Chapter 94 if presented with the furniture (assembled or unassembled) and clearly identifiable as a component part of it, but the same articles presented separately from the furniture fall in this heading. Worked monumental or building stone is usually made from the stone of heading 2515 or 2516, but may also be made from any other natural stone except slate (e.g., quartzite, dolomite, flint pebbles and shingle, steatite). Steatite, for example, is used in industrial construction where resistance to heat or to chemical corrosion is required (e.g., in the construction of recuperative furnaces). It is also used in the pulp and paper and chemical industries. The heading also covers small worked mosaic cubes and similar articles of marble, etc., used for various floor or wall coverings, etc., on a backing of paper or other materials or without a backing. It also covers artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder of marble and other natural stone, including slate (e.g., for decorating shop windows), but unworked gravel and pebbles, granules, chippings and coloured natural sands fall in Chapter 25. Articles such as slabs, tiles, etc., made by agglomerating pieces of natural stone with cement or other binders (e.g., plastics), as well as statues, columns, bowls, etc., made from moulded and agglomerated stone powder or granules, fall in heading 6810 as articles of artificial stone. The heading also excludes:

(a) worked slate and articles of slate, other than mosaic cubes and the like (headings 6803, 9609 and 9610); (b) articles of fused basalt (heading 6815); (c) articles of fired steatite (Chapter 69 or Chapter 85); (d) imitation jewellery (heading 7117); (e) articles of Chapter 91 (e.g., clocks, clock cases and parts thereof); (f) lamps, lighting fittings and parts thereof (heading 9405); (g) stone buttons (heading 9606) and chalks of heading 9504 or 9609; (h) original sculptures and statuary (heading 9703).

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. This group does not include:

(a) goods of Chapter 25;

(b) paper and paperboard impregnated or coated with heading 4810 or 4811 (e.g. paper and paperboard coated with mica or graphite powder, bituminised or asphalt);

(c) textile fabrics impregnated or coated with Chapters 56 or 59 (e.g., fabric coated with mica powder, bituminized or asphalt);

(d) articles of Chapter 71;

(e) instruments or parts thereof of Chapter 82;

(f) stones of lithographic heading 8442;

(g) electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating materials of heading 8547;

(h) dental borons (heading 9018);

(ij) articles of Chapter 91 (e.g. watches not intended to be worn on or with oneself and their housings);

(k) articles of Chapter 94 (e.g. furniture, fixtures and lighting equipment, prefabricated constructions);

(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (e.g. toys, games and sports equipment);

(m) articles of heading 9602 made of the materials referred to in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96 or of heading 9606 (e.g. buttons), 9609 (e.g. pencils), 9610 (e.g. slate boards) or 9620 (e.g. monopores, bipeds, tripods and the like); or

(n) Articles of Chapter 97 (e.g. works of art).

2. For the purposes of heading 6802, the term “stone treated for monuments or construction” means not only stone of the various kinds of heading 2515 or 2516, but also all other kinds of natural stone (e.g. quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) treated in a similar manner, with the exception of slate.

Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union

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. For the purposes of subheadings 6815 91 000 2 and 6815 99 000 2, the term “chemical bundle” means an inorganic component of a refractory material (solution of phosphates, chlorides, sulfates, alkaline silicates or other salts) with which the other components of a refractory material at a temperature below 800 °C give strength to the article during manufacture.