Chapter notes
Notes.
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33);
(b) Articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of
umbrellas or walking sticks);
(c) Imitation jewellery (heading 71.17);
(d) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to
Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar
goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(e) Cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with
handles or other parts of carving or moulding
materials; heading 96.01 or 9602.00 applies,
however, to separately presented handles or other
parts of such articles;
(f) Articles of Chapter 90 (for example, spectacle
frames (heading 90.03), mathematical drawing pens
(heading 90.17), brushes of a kind specialised for
use in dentistry or for medical, surgical or
veterinary purposes (heading 90.18));
(g) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or
watch cases);
(h) Musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof
(Chapter 92);
(ij) Articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof);
(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture,
lamps and lighting fittings);
(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports
requisites); or
(m) Works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques
(Chapter 97).
2. In heading 9602.00 the expression "vegetable or mineral
carving material" means:
(a) Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar
vegetable materials of a kind used for carving
(for example, corozo and dom);
(b) Amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and
agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral
substitutes for jet.
3. In heading 96.03 the expression "prepared knots and
tufts for broom or brush making" applies only to
unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair, vegetable
fibre or other material, which are ready for
incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or
which require only such further minor processes as
trimming to shape at the top, to render them ready for
such incorporation.
4. Articles of this Chapter, other than those of headings
96.01 to 96.06 or 96.15, remain classified in the
Chapter whether or not composed wholly or partly of
precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of
natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious
stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However,
headings 96.01 to 96.06 and 96.15 include articles in
which natural or cultured pearls, precious or
semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal constitute only minor constituents.