UK Harmonised System · Section XIII — Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware

Chapter 69 — Ceramic products

13 headings sit inside this chapter. HMRC's official chapter notes below govern how goods are assigned to it under the WCO General Rules of Interpretation. To classify a specific product in this chapter, use the TariffFlow classify workspace. Every plan includes Guided questions, current HMRC measures, sharing, the library, and a Case Pack. Free includes five classifications per billing period.

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Official chapter notes

Verbatim text published by HMRC. These are the legal basis for classification decisions in this chapter; the "General Rules of Interpretation" point at them directly.

1. This chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping. - a. heading [6904](/headings/6904) to [6914](/headings/6914) apply only to such products other than those classifiable in heading [6901](/headings/6901) to [6903](/headings/6903); - b. articles heated to temperatures less than 800 °C for purposes such as curing of resins, accel-erating hydration reactions, or for the removal of water or other volatile components, are not considered to be fired. Such articles are excluded from Chapter [69](/chapters/69); and - c. ceramic articles are obtained by firing inorganic, non-metallic materials which have been prepared and shaped previously at, in general, room temperature. Raw materials comprise, inter alia, clays, siliceous materials including fused silica, materials with a high melting point, such as oxides, carbides, nitrides, graphite or other carbon, and in some cases binders such as refractory clays or phosphates. 2. This Chapter does not cover: - a. products of heading [2844](/headings/2844); - b. articles of heading [6804](/headings/6804); - c. articles of Chapter [71](/chapters/71) (for example, imitation jewellery); - d. cermets of heading [8113](/headings/8113); - e. articles of Chapter [82](/chapters/82); - f. electrical insulators (heading [8546](/headings/8546)) or fittings of insulating material of heading [8547](/headings/8547); - g. artificial teeth (heading [9021](/headings/9021)); - h. articles of Chapter [91](/chapters/91) (for example, clocks and clock cases); - ij articles of Chapter [94](/chapters/94) (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings); - k. articles of Chapter [95](/chapters/95) (for example, toys, games and sports requisites); - l. articles of heading [9606](/headings/9606) (for example, buttons) or of heading [9614](/headings/9614) (for example, smoking pipes); or - m. articles of Chapter [97](/chapters/97) (for example, works of art).

Headings in Chapter 69

Each 4-digit heading below groups a family of related products. The full 10-digit commodity code is chosen further down the tree based on the product's material, form, and intended use.

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