7005 — Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

7005 Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked: 7005 10 – Non-wired glass, having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer – Other non-wired glass: 7005 21 – – Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground 7005 29 – – Other 7005 30 – Wired glass

This heading covers float glass in sheets. The raw material components are melted in a furnace. The molten glass from the furnace is fed into a float bath of molten metal. In this bath the glass takes on a flat form while retaining a smooth, liquid-like surface. Before the glass reaches the end of the bath it is cooled to a temperature at which it is hard enough to be rolled between rollers without damage to its surface. From the float bath the glass passes through an annealing lehr, on leaving which it is cooled and may be cut. This glass is neither ground nor polished: it has a perfectly flat surface owing to the method of manufacture used. This heading also covers the types of glass described in headings 7003 and 7004 which have been ground or polished (usually both processes are combined). In grinding, the glass is worked with grinding wheels which, in combination with a stream of water containing abrasives, make the surface of the glass smooth. Transparency is obtained by polishing in an apparatus fitted with felt-covered wheels impregnated with iron oxide. Grinding may be lengthy, and twin grinding machines may work both faces of the glass simultaneously. The final stage is polishing. The glass described in this heading may be coloured or matt throughout the mass, or flashed with glass of another colour during manufacture, or it may have an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer. The glass of this heading is frequently used in windows and doors, in motor cars, ships, aircraft, etc., for making mirrors, glass tops for dining tables and writing desks, shelves, showcases, etc., and also in the manufacture of safety glass of heading 7007.

Glass in sheets subjected to treatment other than that specified in the text of this heading or in note 2(b) to this chapter, including bent glass, is not included in this heading (headings 7006, 7007, 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.