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Section XIII › Chapter 68 › 68.02

Section XIII
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware
Chapter 68
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

goods of Chapter 25;

(b)

coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 48.10 or 48.11 (for example, paper and paperboard coated with mica powder or graphite, bitumenised or asphalted paper and paperboard);

(c)

coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated or covered with mica powder, bitumenised or asphalted fabric);

(d)

articles of Chapter 71;

(e)

tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82;

(f)

lithographic stones of heading 84.42;

(g)

electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;

(h)

dental burrs (heading 90.18);

(ij)

articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);

(k)

articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaries and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);

(l)

articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);

(m)

articles of heading 96.02, if made of materials specified in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96, or of heading 96.06 (for example, buttons), of heading 96.09 (for example, slate pencils), heading 96.10 (for example, drawing slates) or of heading 96.20 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles); or

(n)

articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

2.

In heading 68.02 the expression "worked monumental or building stone" applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in heading 25.15 or 25.16 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.

Rates as at
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
68.02Worked monumental or building stone (excluding slate) and articles thereof (excluding goods of heading 68.01); mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate):
6802.106Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest face area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powderkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.2Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface:
6802.217Marble, travertine and alabasterkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.238Granitekgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.298Other stonekgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.9Other:
6802.919Marble, travertine and alabasterkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.925Other calcareous stonekgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.931Granitekgfreefreefreefreefreefree
6802.992Other stonekgfreefreefreefreefreefree

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