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Notes
1.
This Chapter does not cover the following:
(a)
pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of Chapter 39, 40 or 63;
(b)
mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 70.09;
(c)
articles of Chapter 71;
(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), and safes of heading 83.03;
(e)
furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 84.18; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 84.52);
(f)
lamps or light sources and parts thereof of Chapter 85;
(g)
furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 85.18 (heading 85.18), of heading 85.19 or 85.21 (heading 85.22) or of heading 85.25 to 85.28 (heading 85.29);
(h)
articles of heading 87.14;
(ij)
dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 90.18 and dentists' spittoons (heading 90.18);
(k)
articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
(l)
toy furniture or toy luminaires and lighting fittings (heading 95.03), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for games (heading 95.04), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (excluding lighting strings) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 95.05); or
(m)
monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 96.20).
2.
The articles (excluding parts) referred to in headings 94.01 to 94.03 are to be classified in those headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground.
The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other:
(a)
cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture;
(b)
seats and beds.
3.
(A)
In headings 94.01 to 94.03 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material referred to in Chapter 68 or 69.
(B)
Goods described in heading 94.04, presented separately, are not to be classified in heading 94.01, 94.02 or 94.03 as parts of goods.
4.
For the purposes of heading 94.06, the expression "prefabricated buildings" means buildings which are finished in the factory or put up as elements, presented together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings.
Prefabricated buildings include "modular building units" of steel, normally presented in the size and shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings.
Additional Note
1.
For the purposes of subheading 9404.90.10, the expression "blankets" means articles of bedding consisting of pile fabric on one or both sides internally fitted with any material.
2.
For the purposes of heading 94.06-
(a)
Prefabricated buildings of different materials are to be classified as if consisting wholly of the material which predominates by weight over any other single material.
(b)
When no one material predominates by weight, the prefabricated buildings are to be classified as if consisting wholly of the material that occurs last in numerical order amongst those which equally merit consideration in Part 1 of Schedule No. 1.
(c)
The provisions of Section Note 7 to Section XV mutatis mutandis applies to the prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06.
3.
For the purposes of subheading 9403.50.1 "solid wood" does not include furniture manufactured from wood classifiable in headings 44.10, 44.11 and 44.12.
| Heading | Description | General |
|---|---|---|
| 94.01 | Seats (excluding those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof: | |
| 9401.10 | Seats of a kind used for aircraft | free |
| 9401.20 | Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles | 20% |
| 9401.3 | Swivel seats with variable height adjustment: | |
| 9401.31 | Of wood: | |
| 9401.31.10 | On a base, with wheels having a diameter not exceeding 65 mm | 20% |
| 9401.31.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.39 | Other: | |
| 9401.39.10 | On a base, with wheels having a diameter not exceeding 65 mm | 20% |
| 9401.39.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.4 | Seats (excluding garden seats or camping equipment), convertible into beds: | |
| 9401.41 | Of wood | 20% |
| 9401.49 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.5 | Seats of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials: | |
| 9401.52 | Of bamboo | 20% |
| 9401.53 | Of rattan | 20% |
| 9401.59 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.6 | Other seats, with wooden frames: | |
| 9401.61 | Upholstered: | |
| 9401.61.30 | Suitable for indoor living space (excluding barstools, dining chairs and the like) | 20% |
| 9401.61.20 | Reclining seats, mechanically operated | 20% |
| 9401.61.10 | Reclining seats, electrically operated | 20% |
| 9401.61.40 | Barstools, dining chairs and the like | 20% |
| 9401.61.60 | Other, suitable for office use | 20% |
| 9401.61.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.61.50 | Other, with sleigh base-frame | 20% |
| 9401.69.10 | Bent-wood chairs | 20% |
| 9401.69 | Other: | |
| 9401.69.20 | Other, with sleigh base-frame | 20% |
| 9401.69.30 | Other, suitable for office use | 20% |
| 9401.69.40 | Stationary activity centres for children | 20% |
| 9401.7 | Other seats, with metal frames: | |
| 9401.69.50 | Other chairs for children, including highchairs | 20% |
| 9401.69.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.71 | Upholstered: | |
| 9401.71.10 | With sleigh base-frame | 20% |
| 9401.71.40 | Other chairs for children, including highchairs | 20% |
| 9401.71.30 | Stationary activity centres for children | 20% |
| 9401.71.20 | With 4-legged frame | 20% |
| 9401.71.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.79.10 | With sleigh base-frame | 20% |
| 9401.79.20 | With 4-legged frame | 20% |
| 9401.79.30 | Stationary activity centres for children | 20% |
| 9401.79.40 | Other chairs for children, including highchairs | 20% |
| 9401.79 | Other: | |
| 9401.80.30 | Highchairs and booster seats for children, of plastics | 20% |
| 9401.80.20 | Stationary activity centres for children, of plastics | 20% |
| 9401.80.50 | Other, suitable for outdoor use, with textile seats or textile backrest | 20% |
| 9401.80.35 | Other chairs for children, of polymers of propylene (excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.80) | 20% |
| 9401.80.10 | Safety seats for children | 20% |
| 9401.79.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.79.65 | Chairs with seats of medium density fibreboard (MDF) (excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.79) | 20% |
| 9401.79.60 | Chairs with seats of wood, (excluding those having seats of medium density fibreboard (MDF) and excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.79) | 20% |
| 9401.79.55 | Chairs with seats of polymers of propylene, (excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.79) | 20% |
| 9401.79.50 | Other, suitable for outdoor use | 20% |
| 9401.80 | Other seats: | |
| 9401.80.40 | Other, of plastics | 20% |
| 9401.80.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.9 | Parts: | |
| 9401.91.10 | Identifiable for use with aircraft seats of subheading 9401.10 | free |
| 9401.91 | Of wood: | |
| 9401.91.2 | Mechanical actions for chairs: | |
| 9401.91.15 | Identifiable for use with motor vehicle seats of subheading 9401.20 | 20% |
| 9401.91.29 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.91.30 | Laminated plywood seats and backrests | 20% |
| 9401.91.21 | For the seats of subheading 9401.61.10 and 9401.61.20 | 20% |
| 9401.91.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.99 | Other: | |
| 9401.99.2 | Mechanical actions for chairs: | |
| 9401.99.15 | Identifiable for use with motor vehicle seats of subheading 9401.20 | 20% |
| 9401.99.21 | For the seats of subheading 9401.61.10 and 9401.61.20 | 20% |
| 9401.99.29 | Other | 20% |
| 9401.99.30 | Laminated plywood seats and backrests | 20% |
| 9401.99.10 | Identifiable for use with aircraft seats of subheading 9401.10 | free |
| 94.02 | Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs); barbers' chairs and similar chairs, having rotating as well as both reclining and elevating movements; parts of the foregoing articles: | |
| 9401.99.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9402.10 | Dentists', barbers' or similar chairs and parts thereof | free |
| 9402.90 | Other | free |
| 94.03 | Other furniture and parts thereof: | |
| 9403.10 | Metal furniture of a kind used in offices | 20% |
| 9403.20.05 | School-desks and similar desks, with metal frame and solid wooden desk-tops | 20% |
| 9403.20.10 | School-desks and similar desks, with metal frames and medium density fibreboard (MDF) desktops | 20% |
| 9403.20.20 | Other school-desks and seat combinations, sharing a single metal frame, with desktops and seats of medium density fibreboard (MDF) | 20% |
| 9403.20.15 | Other school-desks and seat combinations, sharing a single metal frame, with desktops and seats of solid wood | 20% |
| 9403.20 | Other metal furniture: | |
| 9403.20.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.30 | Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices: | |
| 9403.30.42 | Other cupboards, having a height not exceeding 60 cm, with two or more drawers, with wheels | 20% |
| 9403.30.44 | Other cupboards, with a height not exceeding 60 cm, without wheels | 20% |
| 9403.30.45 | Bookcases, not enclosed, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.30.40 | Cupboards, having no drawers and having 2 or more doors | 20% |
| 9403.30.30 | Other tables, with wheels and having a top with a width of 45 cm or more but not exceeding 180 cm | 20% |
| 9403.30.35 | Cupboards, having 2 or more drawers | 20% |
| 9403.30.15 | Other tables, with a top having a width of 45 cm or more but not exceeding 180 cm (excluding foldable tables or those having wheels) | 20% |
| 9403.30.10 | Desks, having one or more drawers, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.30.05 | Desks, having one or more drawers, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.30.20 | Other foldable tables, with a top having a width of 45 cm or more but not exceeding 180 cm (excluding those having wheels) | 20% |
| 9403.30.50 | Bookcases, not enclosed, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.30.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.40.30 | Units presented with a sink, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.40.25 | Units presented with a sink, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.40.20 | Other, designed to be wall mounted, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.40.15 | Other, designed to be wall mounted, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.40.10 | Floorstanding units, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.40 | Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen: | |
| 9403.40.05 | Floorstanding units, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.40.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.50.16 | Bunkbeds, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.14 | Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.12 | With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.11 | With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.19 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.50.18 | Headboards, night stands, dressing tables and the like, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.1 | Made from solid wood as provided for in Additional Note 3 to Chapter 94: | |
| 9403.50 | Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom: | |
| 9403.50.13 | Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.17 | Headboards, night stands, dressing tables and the like, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.15 | Bunkbeds, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.99 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.50.9 | Other: | |
| 9403.50.91 | With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.96 | Bunkbeds, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.95 | Bunkbeds, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.97 | Headboards, nights stands, dressing tables and the like, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.92 | With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.93 | Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.94 | Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.50.98 | Headboards, night stands, dressing tables and the like, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.3 | Dining tables with a seating capacity of 6 or more: | |
| 9403.60.2 | Dining tables and chair sets, with less than 6 chairs: | |
| 9403.60.4 | Other, coffee tables and similar tables: | |
| 9403.60.19 | Unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.1 | Dining table and chair sets, with 6 or more chairs: | |
| 9403.60.5 | Dining servers, with or without drawers and doors: | |
| 9403.60 | Other wooden furniture: | |
| 9403.60.21 | Assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.29 | Unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.11 | Assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.31 | Assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.39 | Unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.41 | Assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.49 | Unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.51 | Assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.7 | Bathroom cabinets, wall mounted: | |
| 9403.60.59 | Unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.63 | Exceeding 60 cm in height, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.61 | Exceeding 60 cm in height, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.65 | Not exceeding 60 cm in height, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.71 | Assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.8 | Bathroom cabinets for basins: | |
| 9403.60.81 | Presented without the basin, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.79 | Unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.67 | Not exceeding 60 cm in height, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.6 | Wall units, entertainment centres, TV stands, TV cabinets and the like: | |
| 9403.60.85 | Presented with the basin, assembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.87 | Presented with the basin, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.83 | Presented without the basin, unassembled | 20% |
| 9403.60.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.70.05 | Tables for children, of polypropylene | 20% |
| 9403.70 | Furniture of plastics: | |
| 9403.70.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.8 | Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials: | |
| 9403.82 | Of bamboo | 20% |
| 9403.83 | Of rattan | 20% |
| 9403.89 | Other | 20% |
| 9403.9 | Parts: | |
| 9403.91 | Of wood | 20% |
| 9403.99 | Other | 20% |
| 94.04 | Mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows) fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered: | |
| 9404.10 | Mattress supports | 20% |
| 9404.2 | Mattresses: | |
| 9404.21 | Of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | 20% |
| 9404.29.10 | Fitted with springs | 20% |
| 9404.29 | Of other materials: | |
| 9404.29.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9404.30 | Sleeping bags | 20% |
| 9404.40 | Quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters): | |
| 9404.40.2 | Eiderdowns and duvets (comforters): | |
| 9404.40.1 | Quilts and bedspreads: | |
| 9404.40.29 | Other | 20% |
| 9404.40.21 | With feather or down stuffing | 20% |
| 9404.40.19 | Other | 20% |
| 9404.40.11 | Embroidered or incorporating appliqué work | 20% |
| 9404.90.10 | Blankets as defined in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 94 | 20% |
| 9404.90 | Other: | |
| 9404.90.90 | Other | 20% |
| 94.05 | Luminaires and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included: | |
| 9405.1 | Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, excluding those of a kind used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares: | |
| 9405.11 | Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources: | |
| 9405.11.10 | Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeons | free |
| 9405.11.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.19 | Other: | |
| 9405.19.10 | Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeons | free |
| 9405.2 | Electric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing luminaires: | |
| 9405.19.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.21 | Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 20% |
| 9405.29 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.3 | Lighting strings of a kind used for Christmas trees: | |
| 9405.31 | Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | free |
| 9405.39 | Other | free |
| 9405.4 | Other electric luminaires and lighting fittings: | |
| 9405.41 | Photovoltaic, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 20% |
| 9405.42.21 | Ships navigation lamps | free |
| 9405.42.30 | Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeon | free |
| 9405.42.40 | Other, with base and diffusers of base metal | free |
| 9405.42 | Other, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources: | |
| 9405.42.70 | Rope lights, having a casing of polymers of vinyl (chloride) with an outside diameter of 13 mm or more but not exceeding 15 mm, internally fitted with interconnected lamps | free |
| 9405.42.60 | Floodlights and spotlights designed for use solely or principally with theatre, stage, television or film production | free |
| 9405.42.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.49.47 | Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeon | free |
| 9405.49.17 | Ship navigation lamps | free |
| 9405.49 | Other: | |
| 9405.49.60 | Floodlights and spotlights designed for use solely or principally with theatre, stage, television or film productions | free |
| 9405.49.80 | Rope lights, having a casing of polymers of vinyl (chloride) with an outside diameter of 13 mm or more but not exceeding 15 mm, internally fitter with interconnected lamps | free |
| 9405.50 | Non-electrical luminaries and lighting fittings | free |
| 9405.49.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.49.55 | Other, with base and diffusers of base metal | free |
| 9405.6 | Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like: | |
| 9405.61 | Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 20% |
| 9405.69 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.9 | Parts: | |
| 9405.91 | Of glass: | |
| 9405.91.20 | For shadowless lighting fittings and ships navigation lamps | free |
| 9405.92 | Of plastics: | |
| 9405.91.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.92.30 | For shadowless lighting fittings and ships navigation lamps | free |
| 9405.92.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9405.99.27 | For shadowless lamps and ships navigation lamps | free |
| 9405.99 | Other: | |
| 94.06 | Prefabricated buildings: | |
| 9405.99.90 | Other | 20% |
| 9406.10 | Of wood | free |
| 9406.20 | Modular building units, of steel | 20% |
| 9406.90 | Other: | |
| 9406.90.10 | Of iron or steel | 20% |
| 9406.90.90 | Other | free |
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