91 — Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Clocks and watches and parts thereof
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Notes to chapter 91 — Clocks and watches and parts thereof 4 items
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. This chapter does not cover:
(a) clock or watch glasses or weights (classified according to their constituent material);
(b) watch chains (heading 7113 or 7117, as the case may be);
(c) parts of general use defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39) or of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (generally heading 7115); clock or watch springs are, however, to be classified as clock or watch parts (heading 9114);
(d) bearing balls (heading 7326 or 8482, as the case may be);
(e) articles of heading 8412 constructed to work without an escapement;
(f) ball bearings (heading 8482); or
(g) articles of Chapter 85, not yet assembled together or with other components into watch or clock movements or into articles suitable for use solely or principally as parts of such movements (Chapter 85).
2. Heading 9101 covers only watches with case wholly of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, or of the same materials combined with natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) of headings 7101 to 7104. Watches with case of base metal inlaid with precious metal fall in heading 9102.
3. For the purposes of this chapter, the expression ‘watch movements’ means devices regulated by a balance-wheel and hairspring, quartz crystal or any other system capable of determining intervals of time, with a display or a system to which a mechanical display can be incorporated. Such watch movements shall not exceed 12 mm in thickness and 50 mm in width, length or diameter.
4. Except as provided in note 1, movements and other parts suitable for use both in clocks or watches and in other articles (for example, precision instruments) are to be classified in this chapter.
Codes inside
Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, incl. stop-watches, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal (excl. with backs made of steel) |
| 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, incl. stop-watches (excl. of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal) |
| 9103 | Clocks with watch movements (excl. wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches of heading 9101 or 9102, and instrument panel clocks and the like of heading 9104) |
| 9104 | Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, vessels and other vehicles |
| 9105 | Clocks (excl. wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches of heading 9101 or 9102, clocks with watch movements of heading 9103, and instrument panel clocks and the like of heading 9104) |
| 9106 | Time of day recording apparatus and apparatus for measuring, recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time, with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor, e.g. time-registers and time recorders (excl. clocks of heading 9101 to 9105) |
| 9107 | Time switches with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor |
| 9108 | Watch movements, complete and assembled |
| 9109 | Clock movements, complete and assembled (excl. watch movements) |
| 9110 | Complete, unassembled or partly assembled watch or clock movements or movement sets; incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled; rough watch or clock movements |
| 9111 | Cases for wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, incl. stop-watches, of heading 9101 or 9102, and parts thereof, n.e.s. |
| 9112 | Clock and watch cases and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. for wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches of heading 9101 or 9102) |
| 9113 | Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and parts thereof, n.e.s. |
| 9114 | Clock or watch parts, n.e.s. |
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