7103 — Precious stones and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded, but not strung, mounted or set, ungraded precious stones and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. diamonds and imitation precious stones and semi-precious stones)

7103 Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (+): 7103 10 – Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped – Otherwise worked: 7103 91 – – Rubies, sapphires and emeralds 7103 99 – – Other

These stones, which generally have a crystalline structure, are used by jewellers, goldsmiths and silversmiths for making ornaments or for decorative purposes because of their colour, lustre, durability and often also their rarity. Some of them are also used in clock and watch movements or in instruments. Owing to their hardness and other special properties they are also used for other industrial purposes (e.g., ruby, sapphire, agate, piezo-electric quartz). The provisions of the second paragraph of the Explanatory Note to heading 7102 apply, mutatis mutandis, to this heading. However, this heading excludes stones of the following types, even if unmounted and unset: (a) unmounted worked sapphires for sound reproducers (heading 8522); (b) stones worked so as to be recognisable as parts of measuring instruments and apparatus, clocks and watches of all kinds or other goods of Chapter 90 or 91; and optical elements of quartz (heading 9001 or 9002). The stones of this heading are therefore, for the most part, stones intended for mounting or setting in jewellery and in goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares; the heading also covers stones intended for setting in tools of headings 8201 to 8206 or in machinery, etc., of Section XVI (e.g., piezo-electric quartz for high-frequency apparatus, etc.), but provided they are not fitted. This heading excludes stones in the form of articles, e.g., mortars and pestles of cut agate, crosses and rings of agate, garnet goblets and cups, statuettes and ornaments of jade, ash trays and paperweights of agate or onyx, rings for fishing rods, etc.; such articles fall mainly in heading 7116. The stones referred to in this heading may be strung for convenience of transport, provided that this method of assembly is of a temporary nature and that the stones

have not been sorted and are not directly suitable for use as jewellery. Precious or semi-precious stones which have been set or mounted fall in heading 7113, 7114 or 7116 (see the corresponding Explanatory Notes), unless they are covered by other headings under the provisions of Note 1 to this Chapter. This heading covers the precious or semi-precious stones listed in the Annex to this Chapter, the mineralogical names being accompanied by the commercial names; of course, the scope of this heading is limited to those stones and their varieties the quality of which allows them to be used in jewellery, etc. This heading also excludes: (a) certain stones which are not precious, although they belong to the mineral species referred to above, as well as stones lacking the qualities that allow them to be used in jewellery or in goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares; such stones fall in Chapter 25, 26 or 68; (b) steatite (unworked, heading 2526; worked, heading 6802); (c) jet (unworked, heading 2530; worked, heading 9602); (d) imitations of precious or semi-precious stones made of glass (heading 7018). Subheading Explanatory Notes. Subheading 7103 10 This subheading covers stones roughly shaped by sawing (e.g., into thin strips), by cleaving (along the natural cleavage plane) or by bruting, i.e., stones which have only a preliminary shape and which, naturally, must undergo further working. The strips may also be cut into discs, rectangles, hexagons or octagons, provided that all the surfaces and edges remain rough, matt and unpolished. Subheadings 7103 91 and 7103 99 Subheadings 7103 91 and 7103 99 cover polished or drilled stones, engraved stones (including cameos and intaglios) and stones made up as doublets or triplets. ANNEX List of precious or semi-precious stones of heading 7103 Mineral Commercial name Azurite Azurite (Chessylite) Azur-malachite Axinite Axinite Amblygonite Montebrasite Amphibole (group of) Actinolite Tremolite Rhodonite

Actinolite, Jadeite Tremolit Rodonite Andalusite Andalusite Hiastolite Apatite Apatite (all colors) Aragonite Aragonite, Ammolit Benitoit Benitoit Beryl Emerald

Mineral Commercial name Aquamarine Colorless beryl-goshenite Yellow beryl Pink beryl-morganite Golden beryl Heliodor Green beryl Red beryl, Bixbit Berillonite Berillonite Turquoise Turquoise Brasilianite Brasilianite Variscit Vesuvianite (see Idoraz) Variscit Verdit Hematite Granat (group of) Almandin

Garnet, Almandine Garnet, Rhodolite Andradite Garnet, Andradite Garnet, Demantoid Garnet, Melanite Grossular Garnet, Grossular of various colours Garnet, chromium-bearing Grossular Tsavorite Garnet, Hessonite Pyrope Garnet, Pyrope Spessartine Garnet, Spessartine Danburite Danburite Datolite Datolite Diaspore Diaspore Dumortierite Dumortierite Jadeite Jadeite, Jade Chloromelanite Zoisite Zoisite (all colours) Tanzanite Thulite Idocrase Idocrase Vesuvianite Californite Calcite Calcite Cassiterite Cassiterite Quartz Agate (various colours) Fire agate Onyx Sardonyx Amethyst Aventurine quartz Aventurine Blue quartz Chalcedony Chrysoprase Citrine, Yellow quartz Carnelian

Mineral Commercial name Green quartz, Prasiolite Heliotrope, Bloodstone Jasper Variegated jasper Orbicular jasper Flint Morion, Smoky topaz Moss agate Dendritic agate Banded agate Prase Cat's-eye quartz Hawk's-eye quartz Tiger's-eye quartz Rock crystal, quartz Rose quartz Smoky quartz Amethystine quartz Kyanite Kyanite Cordierite Cordierite Iolite Kornerupine Kornerupine Corundum Ruby Star ruby Sapphire Star sapphire Cat's-eye sapphire Sapphire or corundum with colour designation Padparadscha (orange) Black star sapphire, etc. Lazulite Lazulite Lazurite Lazurite Lapis lazuli Lapis Malachite Malachite Marcasite Marcasite Obsidian (volcanic glass) Obsidian Olivine Peridot Opal Opal, Black opal Boulder opal Fire opal Harlequin opal Moss opal Prase opal Opal matrix Water opal Wood opal Pyrite Pyrite (Marcasite) Pyroxene (group of) Diopside

Diopside Star diopside Enstatitis-hypersten Pyrophyllite Pyrophyllite Fieldspar (group of)

Mineral Commercial name Albit Mau-sit-sit/jad albit Labradorite Labradorite, Spectrolite Microclin Amazonite, Microclin Oligoclase Aventurine Field Spat Sunstone Orthoclase Orthoclase (yellow) Moonstone Prenit Rhodohrosit Serpentine "Anti-Green" Williamsit Singalit Skapolit Skapolit Smithsonite, Bonamit Tszilnit Cytsu, Tsovite (Phlaszilnit) Tovsovite Flowstouplaszelklastoupilnit

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. Subject to the provisions of Note 1(A) to Section VI and the following exceptions, this Chapter includes all articles consisting wholly or partly of:

(a) natural or cultivated pearls or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed); or

(b) from precious metals or metals clad with precious metals.

2. (A) Headings 7113, 7114 and 7115 do not include articles in which the precious metal or metal clad with the precious metal is present only as minor components, such as fine fittings or minor finishes (e.g. monograms, rims and edgings), and the provisions of point (b) of note 1 do not apply to these articles.

(B) Heading 7116 does not include articles containing precious metals or metals clad in precious metals (other than small constituent parts).

3. This group does not include:

(a) amalgams of precious metals or precious metals in the colloidal state (heading 2843);

(b) sterile surgical suture materials, dental filling materials or other products of Chapter 30;

(c) goods of Chapter 32 (e.g. glossy);

(d) catalysts on carriers (heading 3815);

(e) articles of heading 4202 or 4203 (see note 3(B) to chapter 42);

(f) articles of heading 4303 or 4304;

(g) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(h) footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65;

(ij) umbrellas, canes or other articles of Chapter 66;

(k) abrasive materials of heading 6804 or 6805 or of Chapter 82 containing a crumb or powder of precious or semi-precious stones (natural or artificial); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed); machinery, equipment, machinery, electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof consisting wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed) are classified in this Chapter, with the exception of unfixed processed sapphires and diamonds for pickup needles (heading 8522);

(l) Articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks of all kinds, musical instruments);

(m) weapons or parts thereof (Chapter 93);

(n) articles referred to in Note 2 to Chapter 95;

(o) articles of Chapter 96, in accordance with Note 4 to Chapter 96; or

(p) original sculptures or figurines (heading 9703), collectibles (heading 9705) or antiques more than one hundred years old (heading 9706), other than natural or cultivated pearls or precious or semi-precious stones.

4. (A) The term “precious metal” means silver, gold and platinum.

(B) The term platinum means platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium.

(C) The term “precious or semi-precious stones” does not apply to the materials referred to in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96.

5. In this chapter, any alloy (including an agglomerated mixture and an intermetallic compound) containing a precious metal shall be considered a precious metal alloy if its share in the alloy is not less than 2% by weight. Alloys of precious metals should be classified according to the following rules:

(a) an alloy containing 2% or more platinum by weight, as a platinum alloy;

(b) an alloy containing 2 wt.% or more of gold but without platinum, or containing less than 2 wt.%, as an alloy of gold;

(c) other alloys containing 2 % or more by weight of silver, as silver alloys.

6. Unless otherwise specified in the context, any reference in the Nomenclature to precious metals or to any particular precious metal shall include a reference to alloys of precious metals or a particular metal in accordance with the rules set out in Note 5 above. However, this does not apply to metals clad with precious metals, base metals or non-metals coated with precious metals by a galvanic method.

7. Throughout the Nomenclature, the term “precious metal clad metal” means a material made from a metal, on one or more surfaces of which a coating of precious metal is coated by soldering, welding, hot rolling or similar mechanical means. Unless otherwise specified in the context, the term also means a base metal inlaid with a precious metal.

8. Subject to the provisions of Note 1(A) to Section VI, goods corresponding to the description of heading 7112 shall be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature.

9. For the purposes of heading 7113, the term “jewelry” means:

(a) any small items of personal adornment (e.g. rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings, watch chains, key chains, pendants, tie pins, cufflinks, religious or other medals and signs); and

(b) articles for personal use, usually carried in pockets, handbags, men's or on the body (e.g. cigarette case, snuffboxes, pill boxes, powder boxes, purses with a chain or rosary).

These articles may be combined with or decorated with, for example, natural or cultivated pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, artificial or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, turtle shell products, mother-of-pearl, ivory, natural or reconstructed amber, gagat or coral.

10. For the purposes of heading 7114, the term “works of gold or silver craftsmen” means ornaments, utensils, toiletries, smoking utensils and other articles for the household, institutions or religious purposes.

11. For the purpose of heading 7117, the term “jewelry” means jewellery as defined above in note 9 (a) to this chapter (other than buttons or other articles of heading 9606 or ridges, hairpins and hairpins of heading 9615), without natural or cultivated pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed), without precious metals or metals clad with precious metals (not counting galvanic coatings or minor parts of precious metals or metals or precious metals).

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 7106 10, 7108 11, 7110 11, 7110 21, 7110 31 and 7110 41, the expressions ‘powder’ and ‘in powder form’ mean products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0,5 mm.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter note 4(B), for the purposes of subheadings 7110 11 and 7110 19, the expression ‘platinum’ does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or ruthenium.

3. For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading 7110, each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals.

Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union

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 7106 91 000 1, 7108 12 000 1, 7108 20 000 1, 7110 11 000 1, 7110 21 000 1 the term “ingot” means a metal article cast in the form of a truncated pyramid, a truncated cone, a prism (square, rectangular or polygonal cross-section) or a cylinder not otherwise treated.