This heading covers non-electric mechanical appliances, generally hand-operated, not exceeding 10 kg in weight, used in the preparation, serving or conditioning of food or drink.
For the purposes of this heading an appliance is regarded as mechanical if it has such mechanisms as crank-handles, gearing, Archimedean screw-actions, pumps, etc.; a simple lever or plunger action is not in itself, however, regarded as a mechanical feature involving classification in this heading unless the appliance is designed for fixing to a wall or other surface, or is fitted with base plates, etc., for standing on a table, on the floor, etc. The heading thus comprises appliances which would fall either in heading 82.05 or in Chapter 84 but for the fact that they fulfil the following conditions :(1) They weigh 10 kg or less. (2) They have the mechanical features described. The following are examples of goods falling in the heading, provided they conform to the conditions set out above : Coffee or spice mills; vegetable mincers and mashers; meat mincers and slicers; meat pressers; graters for cheese, etc.; vegetable or fruit slicers, cutters and peelers, including potato chippers; bread slicers; macaroni or spaghetti cutters; appliances for stoning fruit (other than spring-types held independently in the hand); bottle openers and corkers; mechanical can openers (other than the simple can openers of heading 82.05); can sealers; butter churns; ice cream freezers and portion servers; egg, cream or mayonnaise beaters and mixers; fruit or meat juice extractors; ice crushers.
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