Glassware - drinking glasses|HS Code

Glassware - drinking glasses harmonized system code

Product Overview The product under consideration is Glassware - Drinking Glasses, classified under the Harmonized System (HS) Code 7013. These are typically transparent or translucent vessels designed for consuming beverages. The key characteristics include the high-quality glass material, varying capacities (from a few milliliters to a liter), and diverse shapes and designs, such as tumblers, stemware, and mugs. The product is further classified into various subcategories within HS Code 7013, including lead crystal drinking glasses, other drinking glasses of lead glass, and drinking glasses other than of glass-ceramics or lead glass. The glasses find broad commercial applications in the food service industry, including restaurants and bars, retail outlets, and in households. Their value proposition lies in their versatility, durability, and aesthetic appeal, offering a competitive advantage over alternatives such as plastic or metal vessels. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The HS Code structure for Glassware - Drinking Glasses is as follows: Chapter 70 (Glass and Glassware), Heading 13 (Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes), leading to the full 6-digit code, HS Code 7013. The product is classified under this code due to its material composition (glass), intended use (drinking), and the setting of its use (table, kitchen). For international trade, the glasses are commonly packaged in sturdy cartons with internal padding to prevent breakage and preserve the product's integrity during transportation. Shipping requirements typically involve secure and robust packaging to withstand physical shocks. The quality standards for these glasses include international certifications for food safety, such as FDA approval or EU food contact material regulations. The product description adheres to the World Trade Organization (WTO) guidelines and customs documentation standards for clear, accurate, and consistent trade classification.

Glassware - drinking glasses Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Goods of heading 32.07 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes); (b) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (c) Optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47; (d) Front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88; (e) Front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed, incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to 88; (f) Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90; (g) Luminaires and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 94.05; (h) Toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or (ij) Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96. 2.- For the purposes of headings 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05 : (a) glass is not regarded as “worked” by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing; (b) cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets; (c) the expression “absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer” means a microscopically thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infrared light or improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents light from being reflected on the surface of the glass. 3.- The products referred to in heading 70.06 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles. 4.- For the purposes of heading 70.19, the expression “glass wool” means : (a) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60 % by weight; (b) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content exceeding 5 % by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3) content exceeding 2 % by weight. Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading 68.06. 5.- Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression “glass” includes fused quartz and other fused silica.