2008 Schedule B - Chapter 68

                          Section XIII                                                              
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials;                            
             Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware                                                  
                                                                                                    
Section XIII - Chapter 68                                                                           
                                                                                                    
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials                             
                                                                                                    
Notes                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
1.  This chapter does not cover:                                                                    
                                                                                                    
  (a). Goods of chapter 25;                                                                         
                                                                                                    
  (b). Coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 4810 or 4811 (for             
        example, paper and paperboard coated with mica powder or graphite, bituminized or           
        asphalted paper and paperboard);                                                            
                                                                                                    
  (c). Coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of chapter 56 or 59 (for example,              
        fabric coated or covered with mica powder, bituminized or asphalted fabric);                
                                                                                                    
  (d). Articles of chapter 71;                                                                      
                                                                                                    
  (e). Tools or parts of tools of chapter 82;                                                       
                                                                                                    
  (f). Lithographic stones of heading 8442;                                                         
                                                                                                    
  (g). Electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading           
        8547;                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
  (h). Dental burrs (heading 9018);                                                                 
                                                                                                    
  (i). Articles of chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);                                
                                                                                                    
  (j). See (i) above.                                                                               
                                                                                                    
  (k). Articles of chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings,                 
        prefabricated buildings);                                                                   
                                                                                                    
  (l). Articles of chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports equipment);                      
                                                                                                    
  (m). Articles of heading 9602, if made of materials specified in note 2(b) to chapter 96; or      
        of heading 9606 (for example, buttons), 9609 (for example, slate pencils) or 9610           
        (for example, drawing slates); or                                                           
                                                                                                    
  (n). Articles of chapter 97 (for example, works of art).                                          
                                                                                                    
2.  In heading 6802 the expression "worked monumental or building stone" applies not only to        
     the varieties of stone referred to in heading 2515 or 2516, but also to all other natural stone
     (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, 
     apply to slate.                                                                                
                                                                                                    
Statistical Note                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
1.  For the purposes of heading 6802, the term "slabs" embraces flat stone pieces, not over         
     5.1 cm in thickness, having a facial area of 25.8 cm2 or more, the edge of which have not      
     been beveled, rounded or otherwise processed except such processing as may be needed to        
     facilitate installation as tiling or veneering in building construction.                       
                                                                                                    
2.  For purposes of heading 6810, the term "tiles" does not include any article 3.2 cm (1.26        
     inches) or more in thickness.                                                                  
                                                                                                    
 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone                                                 
              (except slate)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                     
 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles                                    
              thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and                           
              the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a                     
              backing; artificially colored granules, chippings and powder, of                      
              natural stone (including slate):                                                      
   Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular                                    
                (including square), the largest surface area of which is                            
                capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is                          
                less than 7 cm (2.76 inches); artificially colored granules,                        
                chippings and powder  . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                     
               Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof,                             
                simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface:                                    
      Marble, travertine and alabaster . . . . . t                                                  
      Granite  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                  
      Other stone:                                                                                  
        Calcareous stone, other than marble, travertine or                                          
                     alabaster  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                     
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Marble, travertine and alabaster . . . . . t                                                  
      Other calcareous stone . . . . . . . . . . t                                                  
      Granite  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                  
      Other stone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                  
 Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate X                                      
 Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without                                     
              frameworks, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing or                           
              cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones, and parts thereof,                      
              of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives,                    
              or of ceramics, with or without parts of other materials:                             
   Millstones and grindstones for milling, grinding or pulping No.                                  
               Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like:                         
      Of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond No.                                              
      Of other agglomerated abrasives or of ceramics X                                              
      Of natural stone . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
   Hand sharpening or polishing stones . . . . .No.                                                 
 Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of                                       
              textile material, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials,                      
              whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up:                             
   On a base of woven textile fabric only  . . .kg                                                  
   On a base of paper or paperboard only . . . .kg                                                  
   On a base of other materials  . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated                                         
              vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded                         
              mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating,                          
              sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other                          
              than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of chapter 69:                                  
   Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including                                        
                intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls X                                  
   Exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and                                          
                similar expanded mineral materials (including intermixtures                         
                thereof)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
   Other:                                                                                           
      Acoustical pads and boards . . . . . . . .m2                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
 Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum                                 
              bitumen or coal tar pitch):                                                           
   In rolls  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Other:                                                                                           
      Articles of a kind used for roofing or siding kg                                              
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable                                    
              fiber, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other                    
              waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other                            
              mineral binders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster:                                           
               Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, not                              
                ornamented:                                                                         
      Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only kg                                          
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
   Other articles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
 Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether                                    
              or not reinforced:                                                                    
               Tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles:                                      
      Building blocks and bricks . . . . . . . . X                                                  
      Other:                                                                                        
        Floor and wall tiles . . . . . . . . . .m2                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
               Other articles:                                                                      
      Prefabricated structural components for building or civil                                     
                   engineering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                     
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fiber-cement or the                                      
              like:                                                                                 
   Containing asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Not containing asbestos:                                                             
      Corrugated sheets  . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles kg                                           
      Tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings . .kg                                                  
      Other articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Fabricated asbestos fibers; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or                                   
              with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of                         
              such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread, woven fabric,                      
              clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced,                    
              other than goods of heading 6811 or 6813:                                             
   Of crocidolite  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear kg                                      
      Paper, millboard and felt  . . . . . . . . X                                                  
      Compressed asbestos fiber jointing, in sheets or rolls X                                      
      Other:                                                                                        
        For use in civil aircraft  . . . . . . . X                                                  
                    Other:                                                                          
           Gaskets, packing and seals  . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
 Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls,                                
              strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes,                     
              for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral                  
              substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile                      
              or other materials:                                                                   
   Containing asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
               Not containing asbestos:                                                             
      Brake linings and pads . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
 Worked mica and articles of mica, including agglomerated or                                        
              reconstituted mica, whether or not on a support of paper,                             
              paperboard or other materials:                                                        
   Plates, sheets and strips of agglomerated or reconstituted                                       
                mica, whether or not on a support . . . . . .kg                                     
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including                                        
              carbon fibers, articles of carbon fibers and articles of peat), not                   
              elsewhere specified or included:                                                      
   Nonelectrical articles of graphite or other carbon X                                             
   Articles of peat  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
               Other articles:                                                                      
      Containing magnesite, dolomite or chromite X                                                  
                                                                                                    
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X