Chapter 69: Pottery and Porcelain

Product Code

Chapter 69: Pottery and Porcelain

Notes

1. This chapter applies only to ceramic and porcelain products that have been fired after shaping:

(a) Headings 69.04 to 69.14 apply only to such products other than those classified in headings 69.01 to 69.03;

(b) Products heated below 800°C for purposes such as curing resins, accelerating hydration reactions, or to remove water or other volatile components, are not considered to be calcined. Such products are excluded from Chapter 69; and

(c) Ceramic products obtained by firing previously prepared and shaped non-metallic, inorganic materials at room temperature generally. The raw materials include, inter alia , clays, siliceous materials including fused silica, high melting point materials, such as oxides, carbides, nitrides, graphite or other carbons, and in some cases a binder such as phosphate or refractory clay.

2. This chapter does not cover:

(a) Products of heading 28.44;

(b) Products of heading 68.04;

(c) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, jewellery made of other materials);

(d) Metal cermets of heading 81.13;

(e) Articles of Chapter 82;

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

(g) Artificial teeth (heading 90.21);

(h) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, watches and clock cases);

(ij) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);

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

(l) Articles of heading 96.06 (for example, buttons) or of heading 96.14 (for example, smoking pipes); or

(m) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

CHAPTER I

ARTICLES OF SILICONE FOSSIL MEALS OR OF SIMILAR SILICONE EARTHS, AND ARTICLES OF RESPIRATORY ARTICLES

69010000

Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, diatomaceous earth or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths

6902

Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths

69021000

– Contains by mass more than 50% of one or more of the elements magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca) or chromium (Cr), expressed as magnesium oxide (MgO), calcium oxide (CaO) or chromium oxide (Cr ₂ O ₃ )

69022000

– Containing more than 50% by mass of aluminium oxide (Al ₂ O ₃ ), silicon dioxide (SiO ₂ ) or mixtures or compounds of these substances

69029000

– Other

6903

Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, flasks, crucibles, muffles, stoppers, plugs, supports, tumblers, tubes, pipes, sheaths, handles and shutters), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths

69031000

– Contains more than 50% by mass of free carbon

69032000

– Containing more than 50% by mass of aluminium oxide (Al ₂ O ₃ ) or a mixture or compound of aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide (SiO ₂ )

69039000

– Other

CHAPTER II

OTHER CERAMIC PRODUCTS

6904

Ceramic building bricks, paving blocks, flagstones or tiles and the like

69041000

– Construction bricks

69049000

– Other

6905

Roofing tiles, chimney pots, chimney caps, chimney linings, architectural ornaments and other ceramic building materials

69051000

– Roof tiles

69059000

– Other

69060000

Ceramic pipes, gutters, drains and fittings for their assembly

6907

Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing; ceramic articles for finishing

– Paving and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40:

690721

– – Of a type having a water absorption not exceeding 0.5% by weight:

69072110

– – – Liners of a kind used for mills, unglazed ^(SEN)

– – – Other, the largest side of which can be contained in a square of side less than 7 cm:

69072121

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, unglazed

69072122

– – – – Other, unglazed

69072123

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed

69072124

– – – – Other, enameled

– – – Other types:

69072191

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, unglazed

69072192

– – – – Other, unglazed

69072193

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed

69072194

– – – – Other, enameled

690722

– – Of a type having a water absorption of more than 0.5% but not more than 10% by weight:

– – – Has the largest face that can fit inside a square with sides less than 7 cm:

69072211

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, unglazed

69072212

– – – – Other, unglazed

69072213

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed

69072214

– – – – Other, enameled

– – – Other types:

69072291

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, unglazed

69072292

– – – – Other, unglazed

69072293

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed

69072294

– – – – Other, enameled

690723

– – Of a type having a water absorption of more than 10% by weight:

– – – Has the largest face that can fit inside a square with sides less than 7 cm:

69072311

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, unglazed

69072312

– – – – Other, unglazed

69072313

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed

69072314

– – – – Other, enameled

– – – Other types:

69072391

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, unglazed

69072392

– – – – Other, unglazed

69072393

– – – – Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed

69072394

– – – – Other, enameled

690730

– Mosaic cubes and similar articles, other than those of subheading 6907.40:

– – Uncoated:

69073011

– – – Has the largest face that can fit inside a square with sides less than 7 cm

69073019

– – – Other

– – Other types:

69073091

– – – Has the largest face that can fit inside a square with sides less than 7 cm

69073099

– – – Other

690740

– Ceramic and porcelain products for finishing:

69074010

– – Of a kind used for mill linings, unglazed

– – Other products, the largest visible side after joining does not exceed 49 cm ² :

69074021

– – – Uncoated

69074022

– – – Enameled

– – Other types:

69074091

– – – Uncoated

69074092

– – – Enameled

6909

Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses; ceramic troughs, basins and similar receptacles of a kind used in agriculture; ceramic pots, jars and similar articles of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods

– Ceramics for laboratory, chemical or other technical use:

69091100

– – Made of porcelain

69091200

– – Products with a hardness equivalent to 9 or higher on the Mohs hardness scale

69091900

– – Other

69099000

– Other

6910

Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closets, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures

69101000

– Made of porcelain

69109000

– Other

6911

Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain

69111000

– Tableware and kitchenware

69119000

– Other

69120000

Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, housewares and toilet articles, other than of porcelain

6913

Statuettes and other decorative ceramic products

691310

– Ceramic:

69131010

– – Decorative cigarette case and ashtray

69131090

– – Other

691390

– Other types:

69139010

– – Decorative cigarette case and ashtray

69139090

– – Other

6914

Other ceramic products

69141000

– Made of porcelain

69149000

– Other

(SEN): Refer to the Supplementary Explanatory Notes (SEN) of the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2022