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Customs Tariff Act 1987
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Chapter 45
Cork and articles of cork
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">Note.</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">l.-This Chapter does not cover:</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:39.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(a) Footwear or parts of footwear of Chapter 64;</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:39.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:39.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(b) Headgear or parts of headgear of Chapter 65; or</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:39.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(c) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4501</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">NATURAL CORK, RAW OR SIMPLY PREPARED; WASTE CORK; CRUSHED, GRANULATED OR GROUND CORK:</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4501.10.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">- Natural cork, raw or simply prepared</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4501.90.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">- Other</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4502.00.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">NATURAL CORK, DEBACKED OR ROUGHLY SQUARED, OR IN RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) BLOCKS, PLATES, SHEETS OR STRIP, (INCLUDING SHARP-EDGED BLANKS FOR CORKS OR STOPPERS)</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4503</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">ARTICLES OF NATURAL CORK:</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4503.10.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">- Corks and stoppers</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4503.90.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">- Other</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4504</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">AGGLOMERATED CORK (WITH OR WITHOUT A BINDING SUBSTANCE) AND ARTICLES OF AGGLOMERATED CORK:</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4504.10.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">- Blocks, plates, sheets and strip; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, including discs</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">20%</span></p><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">DC:</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">15%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.52%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4504.90.00</span></p></td><td style="width:72.42%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">- Other</span></p></td><td style="width:11.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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