HEADING 73.21 - STOVES RANGES GRATES COOKERS (INCLUDING THOSE WITH SUBSIDIARY BOILERS FOR CENTRAL HEATING) BARBECUES BRAZIERS GAS-RINGS PLATE WARMERS AND SIMILAR NON-ELECTRIC DOMESTIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS THEREOF OF IRON OR STEEL.

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- Cooking appliances and plate warmers :

7321.11 - - For gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels

7321.12 - - For liquid fuel

7321.13 - - For solid fuel

- Other appliances :

7321.81 - - For gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels

7321.82 - - For liquid fuel

7321.83 - - For solid fuel

7321.90 - Parts

This heading covers a group of appliances which meet all of the following requirements:

(i) be designed for the production and utilisation of heat for space heating cooking or boiling purposes;

(ii) use solid liquid or gaseous fuel but not electricity;

(iii)be normally used in the household or for camping.

These appliances are identifiable according to type by one or more characteristic features such as overall dimensions design maximum heating capacity furnace or grate capacity in the case of solid fuel size of tank where liquid fuel is used. The yardstick for judging these characteristics is that the appliances in question must not operate at a level in excess of household requirements.

This heading includes :

(1) Stoves heaters grates and fires of the type used for space heating braziers etc.

(2) Gas and oil radiators incorporating heating elements for the same use.

(3) Kitchen ranges stoves and cookers.

(4) Ovens incorporating heating elements (e.g. for roasting pastry and bread-making).

(5) Spirit or pressure stoves camping stoves travelling stoves etc.; gas-rings; plate warmers incorporating provision for heating elements.

(6) Wash boilers with grates or other heating elements.

The heading also covers stoves incorporating subsidiary boilers for central heating.

On the other hand the heading excludes appliances also using electricity for heating purposes as in the case of combined gas-electric cookers for example (heading 85.16).

All these articles may be enamelled nickel-plated copper-plated etc. fitted with accessories of other base metals or lined with heat-resisting materials.

The heading also covers clearly identifiable iron or steel parts of the above-mentioned appliances (e.g. internal oven shelves cooking-plates and rings ash-pans removable fire-boxes and fire-baskets gas burners oil burners doors grills feet guard rails towel rails and plate racks).

The heading also excludes :

(a)Central heating radiators air heaters or hot air distributors and parts thereof of heading 73.22.

(b)Ovens and boilers not adapted for fitting with heating elements (heading 73.23).

(c)Blow lamps and portable forges (heading 82.05).

(d)Furnace burners (heading 84.16).

(e)Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens of heading 84.17.

(f)Heating cooking roasting distilling etc. machinery or plant and similar laboratory equipment of heading 84.19. That heading covers inter alia :

(i) Non-electrical instantaneous or storage water-heaters (whether for domestic or non-domestic use).

(ii)Certain specialised heating cooking etc. apparatus which are not normally used in the household (for example counter-type coffee percolators; deep fat friers; sterilisers warming cupboards drying cabinets and other steam or indirectly heated apparatus often incorporating heating coils double walls double bottoms etc.).

(g)Electro-thermic apparatus of heading 85.16.