Section XX
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
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Chapter 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
Notes
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(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), or 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 lighting fittings 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 headings 85.25 to 85.28 (heading 85.29);
(h) Articles of heading 87.14;
(ij) Dentists’ chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 90.18 or dentists’ spittoons (heading 90.18);
(k) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
(l) Toy furniture or toy lamps or lighting fittings (heading 95.03), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for games (heading 95.04), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (other than electric garlands) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 95.05); or
(m) Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 96.20).
2. The articles (other than 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.
Chapter 95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
Notes
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Candles (heading 34.06);
(b) Fireworks or other pyrotechnic articles of heading 36.04;
(c) Yarns, monofilament, cords or gut or the like for fishing, cut to length but not made up into fishing lines, of Chapter 39, heading 42.06 or Section XI;
(d) Sports bags or other containers of heading 42.02, 43.03 or 43.04;
(e) Fancy dress of textiles, of Chapter 61 or 62; sports clothing and special articles of apparel of textiles, of Chapter 61 or 62, whether or not incorporating incidentally protective components such as pads or padding in the elbow, knee or groin areas (for example, fencing clothing or soccer goalkeeper jerseys);
(f) Textile flags or bunting, or sails for boats, sailboards or land craft, of Chapter 63;
(g) Sports footwear (other than skating boots with ice or roller skates attached) of Chapter 64, or sports headgear of Chapter 65;
(h) Walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops or the like (heading 66.02), or parts thereof (heading 66.03);
(ij) Unmounted glass eyes for dolls or other toys, of heading 70.18;
(k) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(l) Bells, gongs or the like of heading 83.06;
(m) Pumps for liquids (heading 84.13), filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases (heading 84.21), electric motors (heading 85.01), electric transformers (heading 85.04), discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, “smart cards” and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded (heading 85.23), radio remote control apparatus (heading 85.26) or cordless infrared remote control devices (heading 85.43);
(n) Sports vehicles (other than bobsleighs, toboggans and the like) of Section XVII;
(o) Children’s bicycles (heading 87.12);
(p) Sports craft such as canoes and skiffs (Chapter 89), or their means of propulsion (Chapter 44 for such articles made of wood);
(q) Spectacles, goggles or the like, for sports or outdoor games (heading 90.04);
(r) Decoy calls or whistles (heading 92.08);
(s) Arms or other articles of Chapter 93;
(t) Electric garlands of all kinds (heading 94.05);
(u) Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 96.20);
(v) Racket strings, tents or other camping goods, or gloves, mittens and mitts (classified according to their constituent material); or
(w) Tableware, kitchenware, toilet articles, carpets and other textile floor coverings, apparel, bed linen, table linen, toilet linen, kitchen linen and similar articles having a utilitarian function (classified according to their constituent material).
2. This Chapter includes 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.
3. Subject to Note 1 above, parts and accessories which are suitable for use solely or principally with articles of this Chapter are to be classified with those articles.
4. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 95.03 applies, inter alia, to articles of this heading combined with one or more items, which cannot be considered as sets under the terms of General Interpretative Rule 3 (b), and which, if presented separately, would be classified in other headings, provided the articles are put up together for retail sale and the combinations have the essential character of toys.
5. Heading 95.03 does not cover articles which, on account of their design, shape or constituent material, are identifiable as intended exclusively for animals, for example “pet toys” (classification in their own appropriate heading).
Subheading note
1. Subheading 9504.50 covers:
(a) Video game consoles from which the image is reproduced on a television receiver, a monitor or other external screen or surface; or
(b) Video game machines having a self-contained video screen, whether or not portable.
This subheading does not cover video game consoles or machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment (subheading 9504.30).
Statistical Note
1. For the purposes of subheading 9503.00, the term “Set” means two or more different types of articles (principally for amusement), put up in the same packing for retail sale without repacking. Simple accessories or objects of minor importance intended to facilitate the use of the articles may also be included.
Chapter 96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
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 96.02 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 specialized 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 96.02 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.
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