7016 — Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other articles of pressed or moulded glass, whether or not wired, for building or construction purposes (excl. laminated safety glass and multiple-walled insulating units of glass); glass cubes and glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or similar; leaded lights and similar; multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or like, n.e.s

7016 Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, tiles and other articles of pressed or cast glass, reinforced silt and unreinforced, used in construction; glass cubes and other small glass forms, on or without a base, for mosaic or similar decorative works; stained glass and similar products; cellular or foam glass in the form of blocks, panels, plates, in the form of shells or other forms: 7016 10 – glass cubes and other small glass forms, on or without a base, for mosaic or similar decorative works

This heading covers glass articles obtained by casting or pressing (whether or not combined with blowing); they are mainly used for roofing, for domes or vaults, and, generally combined with concrete, for lining the inner walls of cellars, basements, foundations, underground passages, etc. The heading therefore covers solid or hollow bricks, standard bricks, tiles, slabs and various castings (double-headed, etc.). It also covers architectural ornaments (rosettes, mullions, etc.), steps and ramps, newel knobs for stair rails, etc. These articles may be of varying degrees of transparency, may have worked or grooved edges, may be decorated with a pattern, reinforced or combined with metal, concrete or other materials. The heading also covers: (1) Mosaic cubes, usually coloured or with one gilded surface, and small glass rectangles and other flat shapes, whether or not silvered, used for facing walls, furniture, etc. These articles fall in this heading whether or not they have a backing of paper, paperboard, textile or other material. The heading also covers small coloured fragments or splinters of glass, usually of opal glass, which are pressed into a cement surface for decorating the fronts of buildings. (2) Leaded lights for private houses, stained glass windows for churches, etc. They consist of panels, rosettes, etc., formed of glass (usually coloured in the mass, surface-coloured or of "antique" glass) of any shape, set in lead cames and sometimes reinforced with metal bars. Similar articles are made with cames of other metals, particularly copper-coated metals, for greater fire resistance. (3) Multi-cellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar forms, usually obtained from molten glass blown by a jet of compressed air, or into which foaming agents have been introduced. The result is a colourless or coloured glass structurally similar to pumice; its specific gravity does not exceed 0.5 (it is therefore used as a substitute for cork), and it is easily drilled, sawn, ground, etc. It is a good heat and sound insulator and also a sound absorber and is used in the above-mentioned forms in building, etc. This glass is also used for making lifebelts and lifebuoys, ornaments, etc. In such forms it is excluded from this heading and falls in the headings applicable to similar articles of other kinds of glass (namely, heading 7013, 7017 or 7020). The heading further excludes: (a) glass of headings 7004 – 7006; (b) multiple-walled insulating glass (heading 7008); (c) finished panels and other ornaments made of mosaic cubes (heading 7020); (d) antique stained glass windows of an age exceeding 100 years (heading 9706).

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.