9611 00 000 0 — Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks

9611 Dating, sealing or numbering stamps and similar devices (including devices for printing or embossing labels) intended for manual work; hand-made composters, hand-typed workbenches and hand-printed sets including such workbenches

This heading covers stamps for dating, sealing and similar stamps, and composters and set workbenches, provided that they

are of the type designed for operation in the hand. (Dating, sealing and similar stamps incorporating a device for fixing them on a table, desk, etc., and stamps designed for operation on a special stand are excluded – see the Explanatory Note to heading 8472.) These articles include: (1) Seals for use with sealing wax, with or without a design, with or without handles. (2) Stamps of all kinds with or without printing tape or self-inking device; e.g., date stamps, stamps bearing various data, marking and ticket stamps, numbering stamps (self-changing or not), roller stamps, pocket stamps (usually consisting of a stamp and an ink-pad in a protective box). (3) Composing sticks or holders for sets of interchangeable characters. Some composing sticks may bear permanent texts or designs (e.g., postal composing sticks in which only the date is changed). (4) Small hand printing sets (not toys), consisting of a box with a hand stamp, interchangeable characters, tweezers and an ink-pad. (5) Hand-operated devices for stamping tickets with the date or other marks, even if fitted with a punch. The heading excludes: (a) sealing and printing pliers and tongs for marking animals (heading 8203); (b) branding irons and marking stamps (heading 8205); (c) loose letters, characters or other figures used in printing machines (heading 8442). Other types of loose characters are classified according to their constituent material; (d) hand-operated stamps with a base plate for dry embossing (heading 8472); (e) apparatus with clockwork for recording time data, e.g., on receipt of a letter (heading 9106).

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) pencils for cosmetic or hygienic purposes (Chapter 33);

(b) Articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or canes);

(c) Jewelry (heading 7117);

(d) parts of general use referred to in Note 2 to Section XV of base metals (Section XV) or similar articles of plastics (Chapter 39);

(e) knives or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carved or cast materials; however, the handles or other parts of these articles presented separately are classified in heading 9601 or 9602;

(f) articles of Chapter 90 (for example, eyeglass frames (heading 9003), routfeders (heading 9017), brushes intended for use in dentistry or for therapeutic, surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 9018);

(g) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, watch cases of all kinds);

(h) musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92);

(ij) Articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof);

(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (e.g. furniture, lamps and lighting equipment);

(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports equipment); or

(m) works of art, collectibles or antiques (Chapter 97).

2. For the purposes of heading 9602, the term “materials of plant or mineral origin suitable for carving” means:

(a) hard seeds, grains, nuts, nut shells and similar plant materials used for carving (e.g., coroso and doom);

(b) amber and sepiolite, natural and agglomerated, gagat and minerals similar to gagat.

3. For the purpose of heading 9603, the term “assemblies and bundles prepared for the manufacture of blizzards or brush articles” means unrigged knots and bundles of animal wool, vegetable fibres or other materials, ready without linkage to the manufacture of blizzards or brushes, or requiring minor modification, such as trimming and cutting in a certain shape from above to prepare them for assembly.

4. This Chapter covers articles (other than those referred to in headings 9601 to 9606 or 9615), whether consisting wholly or partly of precious metals or metals clad in precious metals, of natural or cultivated pearls, of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed). However, headings 9601 to 9606 and 9615 include articles in which natural or cultivated pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed), precious metals or metals clad with precious metals are but an insignificant component.

Additional note

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. Subheadings 9619 00 710 to 9619 00 890 cover articles of pulp, paper, pulp wool or pulp fabric.

These subheadings also include multi-component articles consisting of:

(a) an inner layer (e.g. of nonwoven materials) designed to absorb moisture from the skin and thus prevent irritation;

(b) an absorbent base for collecting and retaining moisture until the product is removed; and

(c) the outer layer (e.g., plastics) preventing the fluid from leaking out of the absorbent substrate.

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 subheading 9602 00 000 1 the following terms mean:

(a) “treated amber, gagat (black amber)” means amber, gagat (black amber) in the form of pieces, sheets, plates, cylinders or similar forms, processed by one or more of the following operations: polishing the entire surface, grinding the entire surface, sharpening the entire surface or drilling in conjunction with one or more of the above operations;

(b) “treated amber agglomerated” means amber agglomerated in the form of plates, cylinders or similar forms, processed after casting one or more of the following operations: polishing the entire surface, grinding the entire surface, sharpening the entire surface or drilling in conjunction with one or more of the above operations.

This subheading does not include amber, agglomerated amber, gagat (black amber) identified as parts of the articles of other headings.