Customs Tariff Act 1987
Part 42
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Chapter 42
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
(a) Sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (3006);
(b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves), lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming (4303 or 4304.00);
(c) Made up articles of netting (5608);
(d) Articles of Chapter 64;
(e) Headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65;
(f) Whips, riding-crops or other articles of 6602.00.00;
(g) Cuff-links, bracelets or other imitation jewellery (7117);
(h) Fittings or trimmings for harness, such as stirrups, bits, horse brasses and buckles, separately presented (generally Section XV);
(ij) Strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (9209);
(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings);
(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or
(m) Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, button moulds or other parts of these articles, button blanks, of 9606.
2.- In addition to the provisions of Note 1 above, 4202 does not cover:
(a) Bags made of plastic sheeting, whether or not printed, with handles, not designed for prolonged use (3923);
(b) Articles of plaiting materials (4602);
(c) Articles of precious metal, of metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) (Chapter 71).
3.- For the purposes of 4203, “articles of apparel and clothing accessories” applies, inter alia, to gloves (including sports gloves), aprons and other protective clothing, braces, belts, bandoliers and wrist straps, but excluding watch straps (9113).
| 4201.00.00 | SADDLERY AND HARNESS FOR ANY ANIMAL (INCLUDING TRACES, LEADS, KNEE PADS, MUZZLES, SADDLE CLOTHS, SADDLE BAGS, DOG COATS AND THE LIKE), OF ANY MATERIAL | 25%DC:20% |
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| 4202 | TRUNKS, SUIT-CASES, VANITY-CASES, EXECUTIVE-CASES, BRIEF-CASES, SCHOOL SATCHELS, SPECTACLE CASES, BINOCULAR CASES, CAMERA CASES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CASES, GUN CASES, HOLSTERS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; TRAVELLING-BAGS, TOILET BAGS, RUCKSACKS, HANDBAGS, SHOPPING-BAGS, WALLETS, PURSES, MAP-CASES, CIGARETTE-CASES, TOBACCO-POUCHES, TOOL BAGS, SPORTS BAGS, BOTTLE-CASES, JEWELLERY BOXES, POWDER-BOXES, CUTLERY CASES AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS, OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION |