6806 90 00 — Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of chapter 69: other

6806 Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69: 6806 10 – slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls 6806 20 – exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and other expanded mineral materials (including intermixtures thereof) 6806 90 – other

Cotton and mineral silicate wool (e.g., from granite, basalt, limestone or dolomite) are prepared by melting one or more of these components and giving the molten fiber shape obtained by solidification, which is usually achieved by centrifugation or air purging. This heading also includes a class of “alumosilicates” known as “ceramic fibres”. They are formed by melting a mixture of alumina and silica in different proportions, sometimes with the addition of small amounts of other oxides, such as zirconium, chromium or boron oxides, and turning the melts into a fibrous mass by blowing or extrusion. The mineral wool of this heading, like the glass wool of heading 7019, is flaky or filamentous. It differs from glass wool in chemical composition (see note 4 to chapter 70), and their fibers are usually shorter and not so white. Bloated or stratified vermiculite is prepared by heat treatment of vermiculite (heading 2530), which causes a significant, sometimes up to 35 times, increase in the volume of the starting material. This heading also includes bloated pearls, chlorites, obsidian, etc., also obtained by heat treatment. They usually consist of very lightweight spheroidal grains. The heat-activated perlite is a shiny white microscale powder and is of heading 3802. Bloated clays are obtained either by calcination of specially selected clays or by calcination of a mixture of clays with other materials (for example, sulfite lye). The foamed slag is made by adding a small amount of water to the molten slac. It should not be confused with granular slag, which has a much higher density. The latter is obtained by infusing the molten slag into the water and belongs to heading 2618. All the materials described above are non-combustible and are excellent thermal insulators, sound insulators or sound absorbers. They are included in this heading even if they are supplied in kips or large packages. Subject to the assumptions relating to the content of asbestos (submitted below), this heading also includes heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mixtures of mineral materials supplied in bulk, e.g. mixtures consisting mainly of kieselgura, silica stone flour, magnesium carbonate, etc., often with the addition of gypsum, slag, crushed cork, chips or sawdust, textile fibres, etc. The mineral wool described above may also form an integral part of such wool, which generally

used as packaging materials, insulation for ceilings, roofs, walls, etc. This heading generally covers articles of low density made of the substances or mixtures described above (e.g. blocks, sheets, bricks, tiles, tubes, cylindrical shells, cords, gaskets). These products can be artificially painted in mass, impregnated with non-combustible substances, lined with paper or reinforced with metal. Mixtures and articles included herein may contain small amounts of asbestos fibers, in particular to facilitate their use. Asbestos is added in a proportion usually not exceeding 5% by weight. This heading does not include articles of asbestos cement (heading 6811) and mixtures of asbestos or magnesium asbestos and carbonate (and articles thereof) (heading 6812). This heading also includes diatomite or other silica rocks sawn into blocks or other forms. Articles of light concrete (including concrete made with a filler of layered vermiculite, bloated clay or similar materials) are not classified in this heading (heading 6810). Products obtained by firing are included in Chapter 69.

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.