7002 — Glass in balls, rods or tubes, unworked (excl. glass microspheres <= 1 mm in diameter, glass balls of the nature of a toy)

7002 Glass in the form of balls (other than microspheres of heading 7018), rods or tubes, raw: 7002 10 – balls 7002 20 – rods – tubes: 7002 31 – of fused quartz or other fused silica 7002 32 – of other glass with a coefficient of m of linear expansion not more than 5 x 10-6 per K in the temperature range from 0 oC to 300 oC 7002 39 – other

This heading covers: (1) Solid glass balls, usually made by moulding or pressing or on twin-screw machines. They are used, inter alia, as raw material in the manufacture of fibres or for making lithographic plates. (2) Glass rods and tubes of various diameters, usually obtained by drawing (combined with blowing in the case of tubes); they may be used for various purposes (e.g., in chemical or industrial apparatus; in the textile industry; for the subsequent manufacture of thermometers, ampoules, electric or electronic lamps or ornaments). Certain tubes for fluorescent lamps (used mainly for advertising purposes) are made with longitudinal partitions. This category includes "enamel" glass in the form of rods, sticks or tubes (the term "enamel" glass is defined in the Explanatory Note to heading 7001). The balls, like the rods and tubes of this heading, must be unworked (i.e., in the form obtained by drawing or simple cutting to length, the cut ends of which may merely have been smoothed). The heading excludes balls, rods and tubes in the form of finished articles or parts of finished articles identifiable as such; these fall in their appropriate headings (e.g., heading 7011, 7017 or 7018 or Chapter 90). If such articles are worked but not clearly intended for a specific use, they fall in heading 7020. The heading covers tubes (whether or not cut to length) of glass with a fluorescent substance added to the glass mass. On the other hand, tubes coated internally with a fluorescent substance, whether or not otherwise worked, are excluded from this heading (heading 7011). Glass marbles for toys (veined in imitation of marble, packed in any form, and any glass marbles for children's amusement put up in bags) fall in heading 9503. Glass balls ground after moulding, used as stoppers for certain bottles, fall in heading 7010. The heading further excludes spherical glass grains (microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter), used, for example, for the manufacture of panels for road signs, reflectors or cinema screens, or for cleaning aircraft jet engines or metal surfaces (heading 7018).

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) the goods of heading 3207 (e.g. vitreous enamels and glazes, vitreous fritta, other glass in powder, granules or flakes);

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

(c) fiber optic cables of heading 8544, electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating materials of heading 8547;

(d) front windshields, rear windows and other framed windows for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88;

(e) front windshields, rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, containing heating or other electrical or electronic devices for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88;

(f) optical fibers, optically processed optical elements, subcutaneous injection syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90;

(g) luminaires and lighting fixtures, light signs, light plates bearing a name or address or similar articles having an integrated light source or parts thereof of heading 9405;

(h) toys, games, sports equipment, Christmas tree decorations or other articles of Chapter 95 (except glass eyes without doll machinery or other articles of Chapter 95); or

(ij) buttons, assembled vacuum receptacles, sprayers or similar sprayers or other articles of Chapter 96.

2. For headings 7003, 7004 and 7005:

(a) the glass is not considered to be “treated” by whatever processes it undergoes prior to annealing;

(b) the cutting of the glass in its shape does not change its classification as sheet glass;

(c) the term “absorbing, reflective or non-reflective layer” means a microscopically thin coating with a metal or chemical compound (e.g., a metal oxide) that absorbs, for example, infrared radiation or improves the reflectivity of the glass while maintaining its degree of transparency or transmittance; or that prevents light from reflecting from the surface of the glass.

3. Articles falling within heading 7006 are also included where they have the character of finished articles.

4. For the purposes of heading 7019, the term “glass” means:

(a) mineral wool with a content of silica (SiO2) not less than 60 wt.%;

(b) mineral wool with a content of silica (SiO2) less than 60 wt.%, alkali metal oxide (K2O or Na2O) more than 5 wt.% or boron oxide (B2O3) more than 2 wt.%.

Other types of mineral wool are classified in heading 6806.

5. Throughout the Nomenclature, the term “glass” means fused quartz and other fused silica.

Subheading 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. For the purposes of subheadings 7013 22, 7013 33, 7013 41 and 7013 91, the term “lead crystal” means only glass having a lead monoxide (PbO) content of at least 24 % by weight.