6912 00 81 — Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china: other: of common pottery

6912 Canteenware, kitchenware and other ceramics and toiletries, other than porcelain

Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles fall in heading 6911 if they are of porcelain, and in heading 6912 if they are of other kinds of ceramics, such as stoneware, earthenware, imitation porcelain (see the General Explanatory Note to Sub-Chapter II). The heading therefore covers: (A) Tableware, such as coffee or tea services, plates, soup tureens, salad bowls, dishes and trays of all kinds, coffee-pots, teapots, sugar bowls, beer mugs, cups, sauce-boats, fruit bowls, butter dishes, salt cellars, mustard pots, egg-cups, stands for teapots and hot dishes, knife and spoon rests and napkin rings. (B) Kitchenware, such as sauté pans, saucepans of all sizes and shapes, roasting or baking dishes, bowls, moulds for confectionery and jellies, various jars and bins (tea caddies, bread bins, etc.), funnels, ladles, graduated measuring vessels and rolling pins. (C) Other household articles such as ashtrays, water carafes and match holders. (D) Toilet articles (for use in bathrooms and lavatories, whether private or public), such as toilet sets (ewers, etc.), sanitary pails, bed-pans, urinals, chamber-pots, spittoons, shower roses, eye-baths; soap dishes, towel rails, toothbrush holders, toilet paper holders, towel hooks and similar articles for bathrooms, lavatories or kitchens, whatever their method of fixing. The heading excludes: (a) carboys, jars, bottles, pots and similar articles used for the packing or conveyance of goods (heading 6909); (b) baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures (heading 6910); (c) statuettes and other ornamental articles of heading 6913; (d) ceramic articles in which the trimmings of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal are more than minor (Chapter 71); (e) coffee or spice mills with ceramic containers and metal working parts (heading 8210); (f) electro-thermic appliances (for cooking, heating, etc.), including electric heating elements (hotplates, electric heating resistors, etc.) of heading 8516; (g) articles of Chapter 91, including clock cases; (h) lighters of heading 9613 and scent sprayers and other articles (heading 9616).

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 chapter includes only ceramic articles which have been fired after forming:

(a) headings 6904 to 6914 cover only those articles which are not covered in headings 6901 to 6903;

(b) articles heated to a temperature of less than 800 °C for the purpose of curing the resin, accelerating the hydration reaction or for the removal of water or other volatile components are not considered to have been burned. Such articles are excluded from Chapter 69; and

(c) ceramic articles obtained by firing inorganic non-metallic materials pre-prepared and molded, usually at room temperature. Raw materials include, inter alia, clays, silica materials including fused silica, high melting point materials such as oxides, carbides, nitrides, graphite or other forms of carbon, and in some cases binders such as refractory clays or phosphates.

2. This group does not include:

(a) the goods of heading 2844;

(b) articles of heading 6804;

(c) articles of Chapter 71 (for example, jewelry);

(d) the ceramics of heading 8113;

(e) articles of Chapter 82;

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

(g) artificial teeth (heading 9021);

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

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

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

(l) articles of heading 9606 (e.g. buttons) or 9614 (e.g. pipes); or

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