6807 10 000 9 — Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch): in rolls: other

6807 Articles of asphalt or similar materials (e.g., petroleum bitumen or coal baking): 6807 10 in rolls 6807 90 Other

This heading covers articles of natural asphalt or bitumen, coal tar pitch, petroleum bitumen, bituminous mixtures, etc. (see heading 2708, 2713, 2714 or 2715). These articles usually contain fillers such as sand, slag, chalk, gypsum, cement, talc, sulphur, asbestos and wood fibres, sawdust, cork waste and natural resins. Asphalt, bitumen, pitch, etc., presented in blocks which must be remelted before use are excluded from this heading (Chapter 27), whether or not these materials have been refined, dehydrated or mixed with other materials; on the other hand, the goods of this heading must be identifiable as specific articles. The heading includes: (1) Sheets, bricks, tiles, slabs, obtained by pressing or moulding and used for facing, surfacing, paving and roofing work. (2) Roofing sheets consisting of a base (e.g., of paperboard, of glass fibre web or woven fabric, of man-made fibres or jute, or of aluminium foil) coated wholly or on both sides with a layer of asphalt or similar material. (3) Building boards of one or more layers of textile material or paper, wholly coated with asphalt or similar material. (4) Pipes and containers, cast or moulded. Asphalt pipes and containers, coated or reinforced with metal,

are regarded as articles of metal or of asphalt depending on which of the components gives the articles their essential character. Metal pipes and containers (e.g., cast in iron or steel) coated with asphalt, bitumen, etc., are classified as articles of metal. The heading excludes: (a) paper coated or impregnated with tar or similar material, intended for use, e.g., as wrapping paper (heading 4811); (b) textile materials coated or impregnated with, e.g., bitumen or asphalt (Chapter 56 or 59); (c) articles made mainly of asbestos-cement with added asphalt (heading 6811); (d) woven fabrics or webs and the like, of glass fibres, coated or impregnated with bitumen or asphalt (heading 7019).

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.