Chapter notes
Notes.
1. Subject to Note 1(a) to Section VI and except as
provided below, all articles consisting wholly or
partly:
(a) Of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or
semi precious stones (natural, synthetic or
-reconstructed), or
(b) Of precious metal or of metal clad with precious
metal, are to be classified in this Chapter.
2. (A) Headings 71.13, 71.14 and 71.15 do not cover
articles in which precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal is present as minor constituents only,
such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation
(for example, monograms, ferrules and rims), and
paragraph (b) of the foregoing Note does not apply to
such articles.
(B) Heading 71.16 does not cover articles containing
precious metal or metal clad with precious metal
(other than as minor constituents).
3. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious
metal (heading 28.43);
(b) Sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings
or other goods of Chapter 30;
(c) Goods of Chapter 32 (for example, lustres);
(d) Supported catalysts (heading 38.15);
(e) Articles of heading 42.02 or 42.03 referred to
in Note 2(B) to Chapter 42;
(f) Articles of heading 43.03 or 4304.00;
(g) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);
(h) Footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64
or 65;
(ij) Umbrellas, walking sticks or other articles of
Chapter 66;
(k) Abrasive goods of heading 68.04 or 68.05 or Chapter
82, containing dust or powder of precious or semi
precious stones (natural or synthetic); articles
of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or
semi precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or
electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI.
However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of
precious or semi precious stones (natural,
synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in
this Chapter, except unmounted worked sapphires
and diamonds for styli (heading 85.22);
(l) Articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific
instruments, clocks and watches, musical
instruments);
(m) Arms or parts thereof (Chapter 93);
(n) Articles covered by Note 2 to Chapter 95;
(o) Articles classified in Chapter 96 by virtue of
Note 4 to that Chapter; or
(p) Original sculptures or statuary (heading
9703.00.00), collectors' pieces (heading
9705.00.00) or antiques of an age exceeding one
hundred years (heading 9706.00.00), other than
natural or cultured pearls or precious or semi
precious stones.
4. (A) The expression "precious metal" means silver, gold
and platinum.
(B) The expression "platinum" means platinum, iridium,
osmium, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium.
(C) The expression "precious or semi precious stones"
does not include any of the substances specified
in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96.
5. For the purposes of this Chapter, any alloy (including
a sintered mixture and an inter metallic compound)
containing precious metal is to be treated as an alloy
of precious metal if any one precious metal constitutes
as much as 2%, by weight, of the alloy. Alloys of
precious metal are to be classified according to the
following rules:
(a) An alloy containing 2% or more, by weight, of
platinum is to be treated as an alloy of platinum;
(b) An alloy containing 2% or more, by weight, of gold
but no platinum, or less than 2%, by weight, of
platinum, is to be treated as an alloy of gold;
(c) Other alloys containing 2% or