Chapter 70 — Glass and glassware 4-digit heading

70.17 Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated

One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.

Section XIII, Stone, Ceramics & Glass — articles of stone, plaster, cement, ceramics and glass.

  1. 70 Chapter Glass and glassware
  2. 17 Heading Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 3 six-digit codes below

Chapter 70 covers glass and glassware: flat glass, glass containers, tableware, fibreglass and optical-grade glass, spanning both industrial glass and finished consumer glassware. Classification tip: Flat glass classification depends on processing (float, toughened, laminated, coated), and safety-glass certification is frequently required for automotive or architectural glass on top of the HS code.

All of chapter 70

The 3 six-digit codes under 70.17

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 70

70.01 Glass; cullet and other waste and scrap of glass, excluding glass from cathode ray tubes or other activated glass of heading 85.49, glass in the mass 70.02 Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading no. 7018), rods or tubes, unworked 70.03 Glass; cast glass and rolled glass in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked 70.04 Glass; drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked 70.05 Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked 70.06 Glass of heading no. 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, not framed or fitted with other materials 70.07 Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass 70.08 Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass 70.09 Glass mirrors; whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors 70.10 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules, containers of glass of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures of glass 70.11 Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open and glass parts thereof, without fittings, for electric lamps and light sources, cathode-ray tubes or the like 70.13 Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than of heading no. 7010 or 7018) 70.14 Signalling glassware and optical elements of glass (other than those of heading no. 7015), not optically worked 70.15 Clock, watch and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hallowed etc, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments for manufacture 70.16 Glass; paving blocks, slabs, bricks, tiles etc, of pressed, moulded glass, whether or not wired, glass smallwares for decorative purposes leaded lights and the like; multicellular or foam glass 70.18 Glass beads, imitation pearls, precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares, statuettes and other ornaments of worked glass; glass microspheres not exceeding 1mm in diameter 70.19 Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics) 70.20 Glass; articles n.e.c. in chapter 70

The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.

Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.

Shipping goods under 70.17? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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70.17 FAQ

Heading 70.17 covers laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated. It is part of chapter 70 (glass and glassware), and it is subdivided into 3 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 3 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.

The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XIII and to chapter 70. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.

A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.

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