69.12 - Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china.
Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles are classified in heading 69.11 if of porcelain or china, and in heading 69.12 if of other ceramics such as stoneware, earthenware, imitation porcelain (see General Explanatory Note to sub-Chapter II). The headings therefore include :(A) Tableware such as tea or coffee services, plates, soup tureens, salad bowls, dishes and trays of all kinds, coffee-pots, teapots, sugar bowls, beer mugs, cups, sauce-boats, fruit bowls, cruets, salt cellars, mustard pots, egg-cups, teapot stands, table mats, knife rests, spoons and serviette rings. (B) Kitchenware such as stew-pans, casseroles of all shapes and sizes, baking or roasting dishes, basins, pastry or jelly moulds, kitchen jugs, preserving jars, storage jars and bins (tea caddies, bread bins, etc.), funnels, ladles, graduated kitchen capacity measures and rolling-pins. (C) Other household articles such as ash trays, hot water bottles and matchbox holders. (D) Toilet articles (whether for domestic or non-domestic use) such as toilet sets (ewers, bowls, etc.), sanitary pails, bed pans, urinals, chamber-pots, spittoons, douche cans, eye baths; soap dishes, towel rails, tooth-brush holders, toilet paper holders, towel hooks and similar articles for bathrooms, toilets or kitchens, whether or not designed for fixing to or setting in the wall. The headings exclude :(a) Carboys, jars, bottles, pots and similar articles of a kind used for the packing or transport of goods (heading 69.09). (b) Baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fittings (heading 69.10). (c) Statuettes and other ornamental articles of heading 69.13. (d) Ceramic ware having more than minor trimmings of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (Chapter 71). (e) Coffee or spice mills with containers of ceramics and working parts of metal (heading 82.10). (f) Electro-thermic apparatus (for cooking, heating, etc.), including electric heating elements (cooking plates, heating resistors, etc.), of heading 85.16. (g) Articles of Chapter 91, including clock cases. (h) Lighters of heading 96.13 and scent sprays, etc. (heading 96.16).
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