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Good afternoon everyone.

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I am Nicois Harris with CBP's Office of
Trade Relations.

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Today's webinar is on Seeing the Light
Optical Elements and Headings 9001 to

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9005.

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This webinar is a part of the NCSD's 2025
webinar series.

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Please be mindful that you will be on
mute during this presentation, therefore,

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we ask that you please submit any
questions you have within the chat

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feature.

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If you plan to request CBP Continuing
Education CE credits to be applied to

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other certificate programs offered by
other educational providers,

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please check the chat box for the
completion code towards the end of the

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webinar.

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Or you can jot it down when you see it on
the last slide of the presentation and

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contact those programs through their
websites in order to get the credit.

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Now I'd like to pass it over to National
Import Specialist, Mr.

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Luke LePage.

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OK, Thank you, Nicois,
for the for the introduction and good

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morning or good afternoon, everyone.

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And thank you for joining into this
webinar.

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As Nicois said,
my name is Luke LePage and I'm with NIS

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Office 212 and I'm going to be presenting
this webinar on the classification of

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optical elements in heading 9001
through 9005.

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I encourage all of you to ask any
questions that you may have as we go

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through by placing them in the chat box.

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However, since this is a recorded webinar,
I'm going to wait until I get through the

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whole thing and then answer any specific
questions at the end.

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I may not be able to get to all of the
questions, due to the time constraints,

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or even know the exact answer off of the
top of my head.

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In those instances,
you can just reach out to my office after

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the fact and we can help you out as best
we can.

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I'll have the contact info at the end as
well as, as Nicois said,

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the continuing education information will
be there as well.

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My plan is to have the presentation last
a bit under an hour or so.

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We should have ample time for a a couple
of questions if necessary,

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at the end.

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Here are mission statements for both CBP
as a whole and that of the Office of

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Trade,
which we are specifically assigned to.

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We are here to safeguard the borders,
enhance the nation's economic prosperity,

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all while facilitating legitimate trade.

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Here's our general disclaimer.

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This covers that the webinar is for
informational purposes only and not

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legally binding in any way for those
external participants.

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The key point to this is that reliance
only on this presentation for any future

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issues that you may have may not be
considered reasonable care.

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More steps may need to be addressed in
order to achieve this step,

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including requesting ruling directly from
my office or some other office within our

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division.

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This is our audio visual disclaimer
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presentation.

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I may not have some of the really cool
animations or graphics or videos you see

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from some of my co-workers,
but there are some images throughout that

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I hope you find interesting and helpful.

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We do our best to make sure that the
pictures are all public domain and if not,

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they're attributed correctly.

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The best way to get an answer from our
office, or any NIS office for that matter,

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is to submit a ruling request for any
specific classification or origin issue

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that you may have.

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These are the two most common subjects
that we see and we can address.

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As I mentioned before,
this webinar is only for informational

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purposes,
so applying for ruling for your specific

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issues could be very beneficial and is
really the best way to go to get the most

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concrete and complete answer.

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The link to our e-rulings portal is on
this slide,

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but it's also really easy to get to if
you go straight through the CBP website.

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Please make sure in the event that you do
submit a ruling,

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you include all of the available
information that we will need to make a

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decision.

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This should include a complete and
detailed description of the device and

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its function,
as well as any marketing material,

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users manuals,
and anything else that we may find

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pertinent for origin related requests.

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Please make sure that there is a complete
description of the manufacturing process

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showing where all the steps are completed,
as well as a thorough bill of materials

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showing everything that will be used in
the manufacturer of the good that you're

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requesting.

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There's a template to follow within this
link,

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so please make sure that you read and
enter all of the information necessary.

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More information is always better,
not less.

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For those listening that are internal CBP
personnel.

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There are also ways to get official
internal request to us if you are running

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into any issues.

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Again,
just make sure that there is sufficient

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information input for us to examine so we
can come to a legitimate and coherent

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response.

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If you can't figure it out based on lack
of information from the importer or

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lack of information supplied,
then the it's a good chance that we

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probably won't be able to either.

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So more information, again,
is always better.

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Here's a list of all of the heading that
my office, again, it's Office 212 handles.

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As you can see,
I handle the end of Chapter 85 with a few

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headings at the beginning of Chapter 90.

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The bulk of my work tends to be an 8543
and 8544 as any of you familiar with

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electronics can probably imagine.

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However,
I've seen a recent influx of questions

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and issues with the optical devices,
which is one of the primary reasons that

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I decided to take this opportunity to
focus on on that subject.

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I've highlighted the five headings that
I'm going to focus on today.

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I'm going to leave out photographic
cameras in 9006 since I rarely see

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anything there and 9013,
which is the basket provision for the

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liquid crystal and other optical devices.

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That one's kind of a topic in and of
itself that I could dedicate an entire

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presentation to and who knows,
maybe I even will someday.

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I did want to make one comment here that
I will only be focusing on product

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familiarization and classification for
this presentation.

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I know in today's environment,
country of origin issues are a huge deal.

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However,
I'm not going to get into that with this

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webinar as there are too many issues that
can be considered on a case by case basis.

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If you have specific questions for that,
just reach out to my office.

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Or better yet,
you can just file for a ruling.

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All right,
so enough with the delay introductions,

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we can get right into it.

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Since I'm covering multiple headings
today,

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I wanted to start with Note 2 to Chapter
90 as it has a decent amount of relevance

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here.

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This note references references how we
are supposed to classify parts of goods

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within the whole chapter.

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This is important since a lot of the
items and examples that I'm going to

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discuss here can be considered parts
incorporated into other larger devices or

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installations.

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I won't read the whole note,
but essentially says that if a good is

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considered a part of another article,
but it's specifically provided for by

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form or function somewhere specifically
in the chapter,

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then it has to be classified there first
before you get to any parts provision.

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You'll see here that this also covers
goods in Chapters 84, 85 and 91,

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so you have to take those headings into
account as well.

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And the bottom part, the C,
all of the parts and accessories are to

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be classified in heading 9033.

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That is a GRI one parts provision that you
can take a look at at your leisure.

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I also wanted to bring up Note 3 that
directs us to Notes 3 and 4 to Section 16.

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Chapter 90 is not in Section 16,
but it does bring us back to that point

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to to kind of as a reference point.

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This may not come up too much when
dealing with some of the more simple

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items classified in the beginning of this
chapter,

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but I always think it's a good idea to
bring this one up. Again,

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00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:59.806
I'm not going to read the notes that it's
referring to,

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00:08:59.806 --> 00:09:02.680
but I did put them here on the slide for
future reference.

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The first deals with composite machines
that are two or more items fitted

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00:09:08.371 --> 00:09:10.400
together to perform one purpose.

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If that purpose or principal function
what we refer to is referenced somewhere

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00:09:15.798 --> 00:09:19.351
in the chapter,
then the whole the whole article is going

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00:09:19.351 --> 00:09:20.760
to be classified there.

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The second note is a mirror of this one
and is one that we typically refer to as

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the functional unit note.

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If multiple machines fit
together and are determined to have a

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clearly defined function,
then they're classified for that function

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and not by their individual components.

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00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:43.915
Again,
this doesn't come up too much with the

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00:09:43.915 --> 00:09:47.306
items we will be discussing,
but it's important classification

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00:09:47.306 --> 00:09:50.535
principle when looking through these
sections and chapters,

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00:09:50.535 --> 00:09:54.680
so I did still think it was important to
at least highlight it a little bit.

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I also wanted to note that we can put the
notes to Section 16 and Chapter 90

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together if necessary.

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So if a good contains machines or
apparatuses,

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apparatus of Section 16 and Chapter 90,
we can consider both areas for

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classification in either a principal
function or functional unit analysis.

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We're going to start from the beginning
with headings 9001 and 9002.

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I'm going to talk about these two a lot
together,

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00:10:32.404 --> 00:10:36.044
as you'll notice that they mirror each
other pretty closely with only a few

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distinct differences.

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Heading 9001 covers optical fibers and
optical fiber bundles,

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optical fiber cables other than those of
it of Heading 8544 sheets and plates of

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polarizing material lenses including
contact lenses, prisms, mirrors,

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00:10:53.842 --> 00:10:57.880
and other optical elements of any
material unmounted.

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While 9002 covers lenses, prisms, mirrors,
and other optical elements of any

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00:11:04.743 --> 00:11:09.810
material mounted being parts of or
fittings for instruments or apparatus

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00:11:09.810 --> 00:11:15.084
other than such elements of glass,
not optically work parts and accessories

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00:11:15.084 --> 00:11:15.640
thereof.

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I promise I will not read slides all the
way through.

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I just thought that was an important one
to read through.

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You will notice that I highlighted a
couple of key components.

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In yellow,

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I highlighted the references to these
articles being considered optical.

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I'll talk quite a bit more about that in
depth in the coming slides.

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In red,
I put the reference to unmounted in 9001

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and mounted in 9002.

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Other than the few specific items
referenced in heading 9001 that are

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00:11:49.229 --> 00:11:50.640
not referenced in 9002.

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This is the primary difference between
the two headings.

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A lot of goods that are considered
extremely similar,

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00:11:57.704 --> 00:12:02.187
or at least very close to the same thing
will go in one or the other based on

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00:12:02.187 --> 00:12:03.280
their presentation.

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00:12:04.280 --> 00:12:06.808
Again,
I will go into this more in depth as we

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00:12:06.808 --> 00:12:07.400
go forward.

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00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.800
I just wanted to introduce it here first
for everyone's awareness.

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As I previously noted,
the goods in 9001 and 9002

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00:12:23.186 --> 00:12:26.520
specifically are going to be considered
optical.

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00:12:26.520 --> 00:12:29.915
So I thought it was a good idea to
discuss a little bit about what that

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00:12:29.915 --> 00:12:32.320
actually means,
at least from a tariff standpoint.

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The term optical is defined as of or
relating to the science of optics.

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Well, that's not really overly helpful,

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00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:44.400
so the natural next question is what is
the science of optics?

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Well,
that is defined as a science that deals

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00:12:47.867 --> 00:12:52.871
with the genesis and propagation of light,
the changes it undergoes and produces and

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00:12:52.871 --> 00:12:55.520
other phenomenon closely associated with
it.

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So this means the creation,
spreading and changes of certain types of

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00:13:00.185 --> 00:13:00.520
light.

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The primary thing to take away here is
that these two headings and the articles

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00:13:06.903 --> 00:13:11.200
that are classified there will interact
in some way or fashion with light.

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00:13:11.800 --> 00:13:15.555
You will notice a couple of pictures,
picture examples on the bottom of the

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00:13:15.555 --> 00:13:18.520
slide here to give you an idea of what
we're talking about.

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When we are talking about light,
it's important to know that we are

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00:13:30.965 --> 00:13:34.667
talking about all forms of light,
whether that be visible or invisible

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00:13:34.667 --> 00:13:34.980
light.

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To give you a brief overview of this,
I put this slide together.

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Visible light can be viewed by the naked
eye is in the middle of the light

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00:13:44.482 --> 00:13:47.824
spectrum,
typically from 380 micrometers to 740

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00:13:47.824 --> 00:13:48.660
micrometers.

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Anything outside of that the human eye is
not capable of viewing.

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00:13:53.400 --> 00:13:57.092
As a note,
a micrometer is what we use to measure

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00:13:57.092 --> 00:14:02.261
the length of the light waves,
which is how we get the light spectrum.

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00:14:02.261 --> 00:14:07.800
Over the 740 micrometers is infrared as
well as microwave and radio waves.

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00:14:08.400 --> 00:14:13.480
Below the 380 is UV light as well as
X-ray and gamma rays.

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00:14:14.280 --> 00:14:18.708
IR light and UV light are the ones that a
lot of these devices within the optical

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00:14:18.708 --> 00:14:20.760
headings may still be able to utilize.

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00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:24.203
Some work to them may allow them to be
seen by the human eye,

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00:14:24.203 --> 00:14:26.840
which is where some of these devices come
into play.

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00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:31.200
Think of infrared viewing devices for low
light applications.

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00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:37.254
The critical piece of this is that any
interaction with these types of light may

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00:14:37.254 --> 00:14:40.760
make us consider device optical for
classification purposes.

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00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:46.582
The light that the device interacts with
does not have to be visible without some

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00:14:46.582 --> 00:14:47.680
work done to it.

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00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:56.943
OK,
to get further into what I just talked

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00:14:56.943 --> 00:14:59.667
about,
here's what the explanatory notes say

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00:14:59.667 --> 00:15:01.059
about optical elements.

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00:15:01.520 --> 00:15:04.043
Now,
it's important to remember that the ENs

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00:15:04.043 --> 00:15:07.744
are not legally binding,
but do offer the official interpretation

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00:15:07.744 --> 00:15:11.894
of the tariff for our purposes,
so they're very instructive and important

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00:15:11.894 --> 00:15:12.679
to what we do.

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00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.895
Just as an aside,
I'm going to reference a lot of the

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00:15:16.895 --> 00:15:21.299
explanatory notes in this presentation
and put the full narrative of them on the

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00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:21.680
slides.

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00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.475
However,
I won't be reading them word for word as

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00:15:24.475 --> 00:15:26.440
they can get rather lengthy and involved.

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00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:30.780
They will be here though for any future
look at this presentation and I'll do my

fcf522cb-a0a0-4bbb-8fed-0fcad31b1c05-1
00:15:30.780 --> 00:15:34.400
best to summarize them without boring you
with reading them as they are written.

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00:15:36.760 --> 00:15:42.914
DEN to 9001 states that an optical
element must be manufactured in such a

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00:15:42.914 --> 00:15:45.440
way that they produce an effect.

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00:15:46.040 --> 00:15:50.840
You will see that it specifically
mentions visible, UV and infrared light,

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00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:55.924
just to solidify what I talked about a
slide or two earlier.

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00:15:55.924 --> 00:15:59.880
The light cannot simply pass through the
device,

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00:15:59.880 --> 00:16:02.040
it must be altered in some way.

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Examples of this are reflection,
attenuation, filtering, diffraction,

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00:16:08.552 --> 00:16:09.880
or columnation.

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Those are not all inclusive.

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00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:18.921
Reflection is the phenomenon of light
bouncing off a material when they pass

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00:16:18.921 --> 00:16:20.760
from one material to another.

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00:16:20.760 --> 00:16:24.394
Think of, you know,
being able to see yourself in some sort

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00:16:24.394 --> 00:16:25.000
of medium.

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00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:30.200
Attenuation is the reduction of the
amplitude of the optical signal.

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00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:35.800
Filtering alters the light into different
wavelengths, changes colors.

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00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:42.292
Diffraction is the process of a beam of
light being spread out as a result of

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00:16:42.292 --> 00:16:46.309
passing through the medium,
and collimation is the aligning of

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00:16:46.309 --> 00:16:49.879
optical elements so that light rays
travel in parallel.

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00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.868
Almost all of the devices that we're
going to discuss in the coming slides,

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00:16:54.868 --> 00:16:56.200
will perform one of these.

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00:16:57.640 --> 00:17:01.544
These are the book definitions and good
to know for when you're examining the

b7d1967e-9c10-4ea9-84ac-2a042a877144-1
00:17:01.544 --> 00:17:05.248
merchandise that you're trying to
classify as sort of buzzwords that will

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00:17:05.248 --> 00:17:07.000
lead you to these optical headings.

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00:17:07.840 --> 00:17:10.602
Again,
this is not all inclusive and there are

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00:17:10.602 --> 00:17:14.600
other ways that light can be affected
through one of these mediums.

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00:17:14.800 --> 00:17:17.200
However,
these are far and away the most common

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00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.800
that we see.

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00:17:24.280 --> 00:17:26.680
Now,
how does something become an optical

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00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.080
device?

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00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:28.440
What's the process?

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00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:31.280
The answer to that is it has to be
optically worked.

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Additional US Note 1 to Chapter 90
discusses this by noting that the term

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00:17:36.775 --> 00:17:41.739
means the grinding or polishing of the
surface of a device that will produce the

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00:17:41.739 --> 00:17:45.600
desired properties,
including those that we just talked about.

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The ENs to 9001

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00:17:48.560 --> 00:17:52.360
expand on that some some more in a
lengthy note that I won't bore you again

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00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:53.360
with reading all of.

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However,
what it does is fully explain what the

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optical working process consists of.

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The grinding and polishing of a surface
is completed in multiple steps.

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I will discuss this process more as we go
forward,

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00:18:07.606 --> 00:18:11.898
but wanted to put it in here that it is
specifically noted within the ENs and

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would be a really good note for you to
peruse when you have some free time.

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Also,
I would like to point you to the last

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sentence of the note which states that
the heading does not apply to unpolished

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00:18:24.407 --> 00:18:27.680
articles that have not gone through the
entire process.

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These will be in Chapter 70 for the
note.

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This is a chapter that I don't cover,
so can't comment much on that further.

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Just be aware that the note points us
this way.

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Here's a tariff screenshot,
the entirety of heading 9001.

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We'll go through the entire group and
dive into each subheading and what

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specific types of articles that they
cover.

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We will specifically focus on the optical
fiber section and the lens group,

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as they're the most prevalent and bring
with them the most room for error and

04b76bbf-ed47-461e-8390-841b390f2037-1
00:19:04.064 --> 00:19:04.520
confusion.

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The first specific subheading that I
wanted to discuss was the reference in

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9001.10 to optical fibers, fiber bundles,
and cables.

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These are devices that are primarily used
in the telecommunications industry.

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They transmit light,
which carries the data signal at a higher

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speed than electrical signals for high
performance data.

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The fibers referenced here are the
individual optical fibers.

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The bundles and cables are individual
fibers put together in various forms.

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The important thing to remember here is
that the heading says other than cables

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of Heading 8544,
so we have to decide which cables go

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there first before we even think about
what will be classified in this heading.

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The ENs to 9001 discuss which fiber
bundles and cables are for

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consideration in the heading.

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The fiber section is somewhat simple as
these are just single, simple fibers

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pictured.

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I'm sorry,
simple fibers imported not as part of a

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complete cable.

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So if I go back to the previous slide,
it would be just these individual fibers

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here if they were imported one at a time.

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Bundles based on this definition are
fibers bundled together by some

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00:20:43.783 --> 00:20:44.970
sort of binder.

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The binder will most likely be some sort
of tape meant to just hold the fibers

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00:20:50.542 --> 00:20:54.530
together and will not be overly
protective or add anything to any

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00:20:54.530 --> 00:20:55.920
function of the fibers.

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Optical fiber cables are
where we have to focus a little bit more

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since those are also covered under
Heading 8544, the cable heading.

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Now, as I previously noted,
this is a heading that I also handle,

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so I can expand on it a bit with a little
bit more confidence.

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The key part of this definition from the
ENs is the reference to sheathing and

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that those classified here are not
individually sheathed,

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so let's talk about that part a little
bit more.

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Remember, by virtue of GRI 1,
we have to classify for the terms of the

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heading first.

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The heading terms to 8544 are in this
slide and you'll see that I emphasized a

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certain point here. That the cables
classified there must be made-up of

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individually sheathed fibers.

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No reference to that is in the heading to
9001.

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So, the determining factor or at least one
of the primary factors between finished

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00:22:05.961 --> 00:22:11.763
optical fiber cables in 8544 and those in
9001 is if the fibers are individually

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sheathed.

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I won't go too deep into what that means
as we have a lot to get through today,

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but rulings H251018 and H337046,
which I put on this slide, detail really

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well what we consider to be sheathing.

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In broad strokes,
we are pretty liberal with these

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00:22:37.052 --> 00:22:41.721
considerations and any covering that may
protect the fibers can be considered

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00:22:41.721 --> 00:22:42.320
sheathing.

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It may be called cladding and can be
anything that covers or coats for some

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00:22:48.096 --> 00:22:49.200
sort of protection.

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Remember,
if there are multiple fibers like from

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this slide
I showed before, in the cable that each

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00:22:56.571 --> 00:23:01.440
one of those must be sheathed on its own
in order to meet that definition.

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However,
and I just wanted to bring this up

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00:23:06.315 --> 00:23:11.463
because it is in both of those rulings,
they do not have to contain any strength

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00:23:11.463 --> 00:23:13.560
members as that's not noted here,

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so that is not a determining factor.

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And again, just to reiterate,
8544 gets precedence in all cases over

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00:23:22.872 --> 00:23:23.120
9001

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if you're trying to decide between the
two.

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The next section of 9001 covers the
various types of lenses.

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You will notice that this section covers
contact lenses,

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00:23:43.949 --> 00:23:48.973
spectacle and or eyeglass lenses of glass
and other materials as well as all other

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00:23:48.973 --> 00:23:52.060
items that are considered optically
worked lenses.

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00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:57.631
The other lenses that can be used in the
optical industry like in telescopes,

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00:23:57.631 --> 00:23:59.600
microscopes, cameras and other.

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00:24:01.280 --> 00:24:04.198
Remember,
these must produce an optical effect and

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00:24:04.198 --> 00:24:08.661
not just be hunks of glass or plastic
that may later be turned into a lens or

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00:24:08.661 --> 00:24:09.519
other elements.

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We discussed briefly before the optical
working process,

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but I thought it was a good idea to delve
into it a bit as it relates specifically

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00:24:24.662 --> 00:24:27.101
to lenses,
as these are a product that we see

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00:24:27.101 --> 00:24:28.480
regularly in this heading.

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Also,
questions about the manufacturing come up

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00:24:31.915 --> 00:24:36.105
a lot when determining when a lens
becomes a lens of heading 9001 or

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when it is just classified as its
constituent material.

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And though I'm not covering anything
related to origin in this presentation,

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00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:48.908
knowing and understanding the lens
creation process can really help as it

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00:24:48.908 --> 00:24:53.194
can be a determining factor in the
country of origin of a variety of these

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00:24:53.194 --> 00:24:54.280
devices and others

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as we get a little bit more complex.
You'll see that I put some pictures of

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what we refer to as lens blanks at the
top of the screen.

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These are the building blocks,
quite literally, of a lens.

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They can come in the form of a disk or a
block,

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00:25:11.835 --> 00:25:14.800
and can be of any material that can be
used for lens.

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As you can see,
the one on the left is opaque,

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00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:20.320
so you can clearly not use this as a lens
yet.

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Similarly,
the picture on the right shows pieces of

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material that have not been worked in any
sort into any sort of lens,

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00:25:27.844 --> 00:25:29.480
either by shape or function.

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On the flow chart here on the screen,
there's an example of the lens

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00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:40.800
manufacturing process from a blank all
the way through to the end.

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It starts typically with a lens being
annealed or heated,

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00:25:45.422 --> 00:25:49.560
which increases the strength and prevents
cracking and shattering.

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The blank is then ground, washed,
polished, centered, and coated.

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At a basic sense,
this will make the typically shaped lens

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00:26:00.214 --> 00:26:02.560
you see in glasses or other applications.

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Remember the earlier slides where we
discussed the optical working of a device?

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Here are the steps that impart the
optical qualities on a blank while

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00:26:18.742 --> 00:26:22.561
turning it into a lens,
which is the critical point in which

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drives it to heading 9001.

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In the molding process,
the blank is heated until it is soft and

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00:26:30.511 --> 00:26:35.799
then pressed into a mold to create at
least the general shape that it needs to

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00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.000
be.

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The blank is then ground by progressively
finer materials in order to make the

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00:26:42.066 --> 00:26:42.400
curve.

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This shape and curvature is what allows
the article to actually affect the light

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00:26:47.798 --> 00:26:48.960
as it passes through.

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00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:53.800
The picture on the bottom right shows an
example of the grinding process.

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00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:58.600
The final shape is the polishing of the
lens.

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00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:04.040
This clears up the article and allows the
light to pass through more effectively.

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00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:06.307
Also,
it allows for someone to see better

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00:27:06.307 --> 00:27:07.160
through the lens.

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00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:11.840
The lens may be coated with something
after this process is completed.

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00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:14.800
They may tint it or enhance some of its
capabilities.

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00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:18.138
Though important,
that would not be what would impart the

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00:27:18.138 --> 00:27:18.960
optical effects.

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00:27:19.040 --> 00:27:22.920
These have to be done by the actual lens
itself, not by any coding.

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00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.960
On the screen,

9797e567-b0bf-4a1d-919d-99d225216c09-0
00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:28.920
is a link to a really good Britannica
explanation of the entire process.

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00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:31.800
If you're really interested,
that is a great place to start.

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00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:44.819
The next section of the heading that I
wanted to bring up was 9001.90.40, that

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00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.720
covers prisms.

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00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:50.680
A prism is an optical element,
typically in a three-dimensional

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00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:56.320
pyramid or triangle shape that bends the
light as it passes through.

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00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:59.877
In other words,
they split white light into its

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00:27:59.877 --> 00:28:01.080
constituent colors.

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00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:05.181
I put a few pictures here so that you can
get a better idea of what we are talking

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00:28:05.181 --> 00:28:05.440
about.

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These are typically used on their own as
educational tools or in scientific or

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other medical applications.

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I don't know about you,
but I definitely remember these from my

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00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.160
school science classes.

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9001.90.60 covers optical mirrors.

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00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:35.698
I thought it was a good idea to spend a
little bit of time here since this can be

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00:28:35.698 --> 00:28:36.640
a confusing spot.

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00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:39.680
This is mostly due to the presence of
Chapter 90

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Note 1D that excludes glass mirrors that
they state going to 8306 or Chapter 71.

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So in order for a mirror to come to 9001,
it must be optically worked and not be

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00:28:53.591 --> 00:28:56.080
classified first as a mirror elsewhere.

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00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:57.760
Well, what does this mean?

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How do we differentiate between the two?

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00:29:01.760 --> 00:29:04.972
There is some gray area here,
and it isn't always the most clear,

c5f17e7b-d627-4f01-87ae-3c7193c94c97-1
00:29:04.972 --> 00:29:07.600
but I'll do what I can somehow to make a
distinction.

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00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:11.652
7009,
where a review shows that most of the

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00:29:11.652 --> 00:29:15.368
mirrors go covers glass mirrors,
whether or not framed,

12d46e21-598d-415c-b7f2-3a17fa16f50a-2
00:29:15.368 --> 00:29:17.160
including rearview mirrors.

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00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:22.289
I can't comment too much on the
interpretation of that heading as it

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00:29:22.289 --> 00:29:23.840
isn't in my purview.

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00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:26.304
However,
I'll try to get through this part at

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00:29:26.304 --> 00:29:27.360
least from a high level.

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00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:30.997
If you have specific questions about this
heading,

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00:29:30.997 --> 00:29:35.240
feel free to reach out and I can get you
in touch with the appropriate NIS office.

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00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:44.572
The 9001 mirrors are not your typical
mirrors that you have in your bathroom or

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00:29:44.572 --> 00:29:46.600
even the rearview mirror of your car.

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00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:51.071
Those are a piece of glass that have a
separate reflective backing that projects

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00:29:51.071 --> 00:29:52.080
the image back at you.

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00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:56.772
That way the light only passes through
the glass until it gets to the separate

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00:29:56.772 --> 00:29:57.960
reflective material.

bf6b4a98-4f4b-4b13-af6e-8db3cf19a052-0
00:29:58.760 --> 00:30:04.495
Optical mirrors in 9001 have a metallic
or dielectric film directly on the glass

bf6b4a98-4f4b-4b13-af6e-8db3cf19a052-1
00:30:04.495 --> 00:30:09.531
baked in that can affect the light in
various ways, mostly by focusing,

bf6b4a98-4f4b-4b13-af6e-8db3cf19a052-2
00:30:09.531 --> 00:30:12.120
redirecting, or collecting the light.

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00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:17.404
These are most likely going to be
components of larger machines or

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00:30:17.404 --> 00:30:21.480
apparatus like telescopes, lasers,
cameras, or kaleidoscopes.

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00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:27.146
So if there's any confusion,
the primary question to ask are how is it

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00:30:27.146 --> 00:30:29.880
constructed and where will it be used?

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00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:35.792
If it is going to be used as a part of an
optical or scientific device,

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00:30:35.792 --> 00:30:38.640
then you may want to think about heading
9001.

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00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:43.019
If it's a domestic mirror that you are
just going to see yourself in to check

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00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:46.120
your hair and makeup,
it's probably going to be elsewhere.

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00:30:53.310 --> 00:30:56.647
So, now that we've discussed the first of
our headings,

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00:30:56.647 --> 00:30:58.710
we can dive into the next one 9002.

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00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:02.607
As you can see from the terms of the
heading,

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00:31:02.607 --> 00:31:06.337
there are a lot of references to items
that we have already mentioned like

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00:31:06.337 --> 00:31:07.680
lenses, prisms and mirrors.

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00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:11.830
So a lot of what we've already discussed
relating to how these,

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00:31:11.830 --> 00:31:15.851
how these devices are constructed,
how they function and how they work

0d8a0882-bacf-42b1-9f4e-9f80ed1f7a57-2
00:31:15.851 --> 00:31:18.800
as optical apparatus will come into play
here as well.

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00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:24.165
The primary difference is this heading is
going to cover those that are mounted

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00:31:24.165 --> 00:31:27.800
being parts of or fittings for other
instruments or devices.

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00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:33.882
If things are considered mounted or not,
seems like a good place to spend a little

8f75382d-04d3-4be6-be28-bb849396171e-1
00:31:33.882 --> 00:31:34.560
bit of time.

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00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:44.920
The explanatory notes to 9002 address
this at least in some pretty broad terms.

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00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:50.005
It states that excluding eyeglass lenses
installed within their frames,

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00:31:50.005 --> 00:31:54.645
the heading covers optical elements that
are placed within a permanent mounting,

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00:31:54.645 --> 00:31:59.000
like a frame that are meant to be placed
within an apparatus or instrument.

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00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:04.445
So these cover something like a lens seen
in some of these photos that is ready to

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00:32:04.445 --> 00:32:06.040
go into some sort of device.

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00:32:06.760 --> 00:32:10.943
Think of a camera lens or a microscope
lens that only needs to be screwed onto

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00:32:10.943 --> 00:32:12.320
the end of the microscope.

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00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:17.491
Dismounting or frame has to be permanent
and cannot be something that just holds

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00:32:17.491 --> 00:32:21.520
the lens or other article for transport
or something along those lines.

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00:32:29.520 --> 00:32:36.331
The first part of 9002 is 9002.11 that
covers what are referred to as objective

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00:32:36.331 --> 00:32:36.920
lenses.

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00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:43.920
An objective lens is a lens within a
microscope or telescope or some other

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00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:47.480
system like this that is closest to the
object.

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00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:52.149
It's the lens that actually forms the
image that you're trying to view through

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00:32:52.149 --> 00:32:53.520
whatever this system is.

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00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:58.276
As you can see from the tariff page that
I put on this slide,

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00:32:58.276 --> 00:33:01.307
these are broken up into those for
cameras, projectors,

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00:33:01.307 --> 00:33:03.960
and photographic equipment,
and then all others.

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00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:09.040
There's a strange reference in here to
mounted lenses suitable in closed circuit

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00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.320
TV's.

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00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:13.242
It seems oddly specific,
but sometimes it's hard to tell how some

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00:33:13.242 --> 00:33:15.600
of these statistical descriptions get in
there.

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00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:19.914
The majority of the mounted objective
lenses that you will see here will fall

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00:33:19.914 --> 00:33:21.320
into the other section here.

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00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:26.963
For most camera lenses and any other
mounted lenses,

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00:33:26.963 --> 00:33:34.797
9002.20 covers those items that were
that we refer to as optical filters and

7b9e5cf6-19d0-44fd-9e15-a12a7dc93563-2
00:33:34.797 --> 00:33:42.130
it's broken out into those for
photographic purposes and for all others.

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00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:46.729
What a filter does is when light is
introduced to it,

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00:33:46.729 --> 00:33:49.880
it selects which wavelengths or colors
pass through.

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00:33:50.760 --> 00:33:54.556
Take a look at the diagram on the bottom
left for pretty good example of what we

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00:33:54.556 --> 00:33:55.400
are talking about.

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00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:02.229
These are most typically used in
photography to change the color,

ff7d5abd-d811-41ba-8eb7-05dff264c636-1
00:34:02.229 --> 00:34:08.009
brightness, or contrast of your photos,
but have applications throughout other

ff7d5abd-d811-41ba-8eb7-05dff264c636-2
00:34:08.009 --> 00:34:09.400
industries as well.

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00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:13.320
You'll see some of these other areas
listed here on this slide.

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00:34:15.520 --> 00:34:22.958
The final section of this heading covers
prisms and mirrors,

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00:34:22.958 --> 00:34:26.860
which we have already gone over.

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00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:30.619
These will be the same,
just in a mounted condition as noted by

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00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.900
the terms of the heading.

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00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:40.543
There's also reference to a halftone
screen used in engraving or photographic

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00:34:40.543 --> 00:34:41.580
processes.

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00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:45.202
I have never come across this before and
working with these headings,

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00:34:45.202 --> 00:34:46.680
so I had to look up what that was.

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00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:50.943
This is a screen which is used in a
printing technique that uses different

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00:34:50.943 --> 00:34:52.800
color tones through a pattern of dots.

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00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:56.790
Again, I have never seen it,
so I'm not even sure if it's a technique

95a1256d-59a9-496b-a56e-2cb171c51217-1
00:34:56.790 --> 00:34:59.280
or technology that is even really used
anymore.

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00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:02.520
Maybe more of you out there more familiar
with these than I am.

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00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:04.240
If so, that's great,
but I haven't seen them.

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00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:07.876
If you want to send me a cool explanation
or example of it,

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00:35:07.876 --> 00:35:09.280
I would probably be interested.

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00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:14.346
The final thing to mention here is that
this is where all other mounted lenses

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00:35:14.346 --> 00:35:16.920
that are not considered objective lenses
would go.

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00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:21.715
It is really important in this case to
know where in the device or instrument

27811f0c-d85b-4c1e-a064-180c70ac9089-1
00:35:21.715 --> 00:35:26.280
that the lens will go so you can decide
which specific subheading is applicable.

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00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:39.400
Next we're going to talk about frames for
glasses and similar items.

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00:35:41.040 --> 00:35:45.320
Here's a shot of Heading 9003,
our next step in the process.

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00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:50.425
Now there isn't a whole lot to this one,
but there still is definitely some things

58f54898-7cf3-4391-9bfd-8af74e775e74-1
00:35:50.425 --> 00:35:52.760
to bring up that may lead to some
confusion.

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00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:57.276
Never be fooled by the short headings and
thinking that's makes them easy to

b3f5e330-5c90-46f7-8b25-dd9c15c5cc6c-1
00:35:57.276 --> 00:35:59.945
interpret,
because in a lot of cases it can be quite

b3f5e330-5c90-46f7-8b25-dd9c15c5cc6c-2
00:35:59.945 --> 00:36:00.600
the opposite.

aca23aea-59e4-4f0c-8129-0a2d50272d63-0
00:36:07.090 --> 00:36:11.214
The ENs for this heading discuss what we
put in here specifically and what is

aca23aea-59e4-4f0c-8129-0a2d50272d63-1
00:36:11.214 --> 00:36:11.690
excluded.

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00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:16.343
The first paragraph discusses what the
frames can be made of,

8e10d5b8-6ec6-4858-8f64-e9fbb182d4cb-1
00:36:16.343 --> 00:36:20.217
but the key is that if they are glasses
frames without lenses,

8e10d5b8-6ec6-4858-8f64-e9fbb182d4cb-2
00:36:20.217 --> 00:36:24.400
either in an assembled state or not,
then they are classified here.

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00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.640
The material that they are made of would
not exclude them from this heading.

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00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:31.880
There's also a reference here about
frames for goggles.

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00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:36.235
I'll cover that a bit more in a few
slides to hopefully make that part a bit

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00:36:36.235 --> 00:36:36.760
more clear.

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Parts of the frames are also classified
here if they're imported into the US

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00:36:44.035 --> 00:36:44.680
separately.

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These include the side pieces and fronts,
hinges, and nose pieces.

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00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:53.421
There's also reference here to the
handles for lorgnettes,

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00:36:53.421 --> 00:36:57.204
which are your basic opera glasses that
you have to hold up to your face by a

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00:36:57.204 --> 00:36:58.320
handle to view through.

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Also springs for pince-nez glasses,
which are the glasses that you don't have

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00:37:03.513 --> 00:37:07.908
the arms on the side and they just clip
on your nose like those cool things that

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00:37:07.908 --> 00:37:09.320
Ben Franklin used to wear.

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00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:12.160
I'm sure there are a lot of you out there
still wearing those.

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The final two paragraphs talk about what
is not covered

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00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:23.588
in the heading. You will see that the
chains that people wear to hold the

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00:37:23.588 --> 00:37:26.480
glasses around their necks are not
covered here.

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They also exclude screws.

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Also,
the final paragraph talks about the

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special spectacles or other lenses used
by your eye doctor during examinations.

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00:37:38.520 --> 00:37:43.333
These are not covered here as those
devices wouldn't be in the Heading

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00:37:43.333 --> 00:37:48.210
90.04 and are classified elsewhere,
most likely as some sort of diagnostic or

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medical device.

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Here's a little picture showing the
anatomy of a typical pair of eyeglass

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00:38:03.535 --> 00:38:03.930
frames.

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Obviously if the lenses are in there then
they are not classified under 90.03,

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but I thought this was the best picture
that I could find so I decided to use it

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00:38:14.070 --> 00:38:14.359
here.

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You can take a look at all of the parts
here that, if imported separately,

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00:38:19.471 --> 00:38:21.320
would still be classified here.

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The two circled in red are the ones that
would not.

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Remember that your basic fasteners and
things like screws and nails are almost

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00:38:30.041 --> 00:38:33.160
never classified as parts regardless of
of their use.

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These would be classified elsewhere.
Pretty regularly,

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frames are imported with what we refer to
as dummy or demo non-working lenses as

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00:38:46.816 --> 00:38:51.310
they are going directly to an optical
office or some other retail space.

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I already mentioned this some,
but these lenses,

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00:38:55.578 --> 00:38:59.803
even if put in the frames,
do not make the frames complete

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00:38:59.803 --> 00:39:03.670
spectacles as they offer no correction or
protection.

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00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.480
They are

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only there to allow a customer
to get a good idea of what the pair of

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00:39:10.946 --> 00:39:14.000
finished glasses would look like on their
face.

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Once the customer chooses a pair of
glasses,

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00:39:17.097 --> 00:39:21.704
the dummy or demo lenses are removed and
the proper prescription lenses are placed

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00:39:21.704 --> 00:39:23.480
within the frames at the office.

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If these are brought in,
they're considered frames and not

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00:39:27.451 --> 00:39:29.160
complete spectacles or glasses.

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If the demo lenses are imported
separately, they are not considered parts,

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00:39:34.069 --> 00:39:38.566
but are classified separately by their
constituent material since they are not

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00:39:38.566 --> 00:39:40.160
optically worked in any way.

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Now, we get to Heading 9004

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that covers the complete spectacles as
well as goggles and a few other items.

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Here is a screenshot of the entire HTS.

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You will notice that there's breakouts
for sunglasses and then a statistical

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00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:08.040
breakout for safety glasses and goggles
as well as other.

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00:40:08.600 --> 00:40:11.040
I wanted to touch quickly on the safety
portion.

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This statistical suffix was added during
COVID.

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This is a section where I'm going to give
you a little bit more of an opinion that

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00:40:19.521 --> 00:40:21.720
I have as to how this suffix should be
applied.

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The safety glasses must be used in a
setting where you would normally use

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00:40:26.866 --> 00:40:30.240
something for safety,
like a job site or something like that.

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00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:34.015
Further,
they must provide eye protection as a

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00:40:34.015 --> 00:40:35.960
primary reason for wearing them.

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00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.974
All eyeglasses will offer some sort of
protection by their nature and some

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00:40:40.974 --> 00:40:41.760
requirements

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00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:45.680
Put on them by other
agencies or certification bodies.

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00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:49.388
However,
a general eyeglass or goggle that is not

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00:40:49.388 --> 00:40:52.960
primarily meant to protect the eye should
not go there.

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00:40:54.040 --> 00:40:57.523
It's a newer breakout,
so we are still solidifying our takes on

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00:40:57.523 --> 00:40:59.320
it, but that's where I'm with it.

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00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.120
That's where I am with it right now.

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00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:04.773
If you have any additional questions or
comments about it,

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00:41:04.773 --> 00:41:06.000
please feel free to reach out.

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00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:11.106
It has come up from time to time though
since there are trade remedy exclusions

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00:41:11.106 --> 00:41:14.461
for safety glasses,
so there have been a decent amount of

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00:41:14.461 --> 00:41:15.560
questions about it.

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00:41:24.120 --> 00:41:28.410
Here are the ENs for this heading,
laying out the criteria for classifying

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00:41:28.410 --> 00:41:29.040
items here.

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00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:34.642
You'll see from this slide that this
heading is meant to cover any items that

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00:41:34.642 --> 00:41:39.588
cover the front of the eyes and function
to correct eyesight or to protect the

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00:41:39.588 --> 00:41:40.840
eyes from something.

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00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:45.080
My favorite word on here is the reference
to protecting the eyes from dazzle.

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00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:48.971
I guess in the weird EN terms that means
sunlight from sunglasses,

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00:41:48.971 --> 00:41:51.720
but sometimes I guess we all need a
little dazzle.

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00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:58.200
There is a reference here to glasses that
are meant to correct vision

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00:41:58.200 --> 00:42:02.920
having optically worked lenses.
That is what adds the eyesight correction.

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00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:08.620
The key point from this is that they are
only going to be goods that cover the

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00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:11.260
eyes,
but are not limited to those that are

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00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:14.080
only used as corrective glasses or
sunglasses.

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00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:17.271
Many different safety glasses are
included here,

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00:42:17.271 --> 00:42:21.064
whether they are used when you're riding
your motorcycle, doing lab work,

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00:42:21.064 --> 00:42:23.320
or breaking up some rocks in your
backyard.

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00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:28.566
As a final note,
goggles for underwater use are also

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00:42:28.566 --> 00:42:29.800
classified here.

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00:42:30.200 --> 00:42:31.943
However,
there are some really important

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00:42:31.943 --> 00:42:34.240
exclusions from these that I will get to
in a moment.

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00:42:34.600 --> 00:42:39.764
Just know that these items are only meant
to go over the eyes and not cover

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00:42:39.764 --> 00:42:41.880
a good portion or all of the face.

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00:42:49.560 --> 00:42:54.131
Here's some pictures of the different
items that are included within Heading

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00:42:54.131 --> 00:42:54.360
9004.

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00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:58.678
You will see that these are your typical
eyeglasses,

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00:42:58.678 --> 00:43:03.520
both regular and readers, sunglasses,
protective glasses, and goggles.

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00:43:04.080 --> 00:43:06.640
These are the easy ones to see that they
go in here.

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00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:11.884
The bottom left is a good example of what
I would consider safety glasses for the

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00:43:11.884 --> 00:43:13.400
breakout I discussed earlier.

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00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:17.977
Nothing else on this screen would I
consider primarily safety glasses or

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00:43:17.977 --> 00:43:18.440
goggles.

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00:43:26.160 --> 00:43:30.480
Here are some that are going to be
specifically excluded from 9004.

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00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:36.344
The ENs to 9004 state that the heading
excludes articles designed to cover or

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00:43:36.344 --> 00:43:38.040
protect most of the face.

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00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:42.861
It specifically mentions welding masks,
motorcycle screens,

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00:43:42.861 --> 00:43:44.760
and underwater face masks.

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00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:48.440
I also put a picture of a face mask used
for paintball.

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00:43:48.680 --> 00:43:51.132
We had a recent question about one of
these,

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00:43:51.132 --> 00:43:54.456
and even though it isn't specifically
excluded by this note,

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00:43:54.456 --> 00:43:58.325
description within leads us to the
decision that it cannot go into the

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00:43:58.325 --> 00:44:00.560
heading since it covers most of the face.

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00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:04.537
This is a really important note when
you're looking into the goods within this

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00:44:04.537 --> 00:44:04.880
heading.

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00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:17.280
The final heading that we're going to
discuss is 9005.

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00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:20.590
Though I don't see a whole lot of action
within this heading,

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00:44:20.590 --> 00:44:23.785
I thought it was a good idea to go
through it since it is in line with

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00:44:23.785 --> 00:44:26.080
everything else that we have discussed
here today.

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00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:32.960
The heading covers binoculars, monoculars,
telescopes, and some other similar items.

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00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:37.240
We'll break this up now so we can
discuss each one a little bit.

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00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:49.267
A binocular is defined as an optical
instrument with a lens for each eye used

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00:44:49.267 --> 00:44:51.880
for viewing ddistant objects.

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00:44:52.520 --> 00:44:56.600
The key here is that they're designed to
be used with both eyes, not just one.

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00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:59.937
Also,
they may provide magnification for

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00:44:59.937 --> 00:45:03.640
distant viewing,
but this is not always overly necessary.

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00:45:04.040 --> 00:45:07.905
That may not make complete sense,
but I'll show you some examples soon of

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00:45:07.905 --> 00:45:10.360
binoculars that would fall into that
category.

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00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:15.557
You will see here that this includes
binoculars that use infrared light,

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00:45:15.557 --> 00:45:18.960
so some electrical capability is allowed
in these cases.

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The first portion of the subheading notes
for prism binoculars

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as we already went over what a prism is,
we won't need to do that here.

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However,
I wanted to put a representative picture

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here to show you how the internal portion
of these types of binoculars is

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constructed.

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As you can see,
there are multiple prisms within the

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device that rectify the image,
allowing the eye to see items that are

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farther away.

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The prisms that are used in these types
of binoculars are called poro prisms.

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This just refers to their shape and how
they function by inverting and reversing

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the image in order to clear it up.

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This is definitely the most common type
of binocular that we've all may use on

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vacation or at other times.

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Again,
those that use prisms but also

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incorporate some infrared technology to
allow you to see at night are also

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classified here.

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Non-prism binoculars are not all that
common but are referenced and

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included within the subheading.

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The two that I can find that do pop up
are Galilean and Keplarian,

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named after two pretty famous scientists of
old.

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These both use a set of lenses,
not prisms,

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in order to create a magnified image.

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These are lightweight and can be cheaper,
but the magnification and clarity is much

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less than that provided by the prism
versions.

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As I've said a couple of times already,
infrared or IR binoculars are also

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classified here. Per the ENs

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they utilize infrared light and converter
tubes to convert a magnified infrared

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image to be seen by the naked eye.

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The intensifier or converter tubes are
the items, if no prisms or lenses,

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that allow the user to see the image.

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These can be helmet mounted like law
enforcement and military use,

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or can be handheld for wildlife viewing
at night.

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These do not always provide a significant
amount of magnification,

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but are primarily used just for people to
be able to see things at night or in

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other hard to see locations.

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This heading also covers optical
telescopes.

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These are telescopes that use optical
elements in order to create a magnified

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image.

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These typically are lenses and or mirrors
that work in conjunction to create the

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image through refraction and reflection.

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These are used for your typical sky
viewing as well as for hunting and a

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variety of other end uses.

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The picture in the middle at the bottom
is a viewer that you see at a lot of

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landmarks that you may drop a quarter in to see
the high points of your location.

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These are specifically included by the
ENs here as well.

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Monoculars are a small handheld device
that you will only that only use one eye

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to view through.

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They can also either be mounted to a
helmet or some other device in order to

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make them hands free.

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Again,
this would be typical for law enforcement

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or military applications.

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Also can be used as spotting scopes for
hunters and can incorporate night vision

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or IR as we previously talked about with
the binoculars.

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I just wanted to make a quick note of the
parts and accessories subheading here as

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well.

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These include covers, mountings, frames,
housings, tubes, and others.

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Remember,
these must be used exclusively with or as

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a part of an item within the heading.

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It is interesting to note that there is
an accessory provision here as well,

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and not just one for parts.

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Just remember,
to be considered an accessory here,

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it still must be exclusively
exclusively used with items within the

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heading and not a more general use item.

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OK,
I told you I would leave it under an hour.

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So that concludes everything that I have
to discuss today and now we can go

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through some questions.

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I am going to go to my contact page here
though.

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