7004 — Sheets of glass, drawn or blown, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

7004 Drawn and blown glass, in sheets, having or not having an absorbent, reflective or non-reflective layer, but not processed in any other way: 7004 20 - glass painted in mass (tinted in volume), muffled, overhead or having an absorbent, reflective or non-reflective layer 7004 90 - other glass

This heading is restricted to drawn glass and blown glass, which must be unworked, in sheets (whether or not cut to shape). The non-mechanised blowing process has now been almost entirely replaced (except where special kinds of glass are produced) by various mechanised processes consisting mainly of drawing (e.g., the Fourcault, Libbey-Owens or Pittsburgh processes) or of a combination of drawing and blowing. The glass of this heading may be of varying thickness but is, as a rule, thinner than the cast glass of heading 7003. It may be coloured or opacified

throughout the mass, or flashed with a layer of glass of another colour during manufacture, or may have an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer. Drawn glass and blown glass are frequently used as manufactured, without any further working. Apart from their main use as glazing for windows, doors, screens of indicator devices, greenhouses, timepieces, pictures, etc., these kinds of glass are also often used as parts of furniture, for photographic plates, plain spectacle glasses, etc. This heading excludes drawn glass and blown glass whose surface has been ground, polished or otherwise worked (see the Explanatory Notes to headings 7005, 7006, 7009, etc.).

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.