Cover glass for mobile phone touch screen

CLASSIFICATION
COVER GLASS FOR MOBILE PHONE TOUCH
SCREEN



Cover glass for the
manufacture of a mobile phone touch screen, consisting of tempered glass
(165.12 mm x 85.52 mm x 0.55 mm). After being cut to rectangular shape, the
glass has undergone the following processes :

(i) Holes punched into
the glass, and edges ground;

(ii) Ultrasonic
cleaning;

(iii) Glass tempering
(pre-heating for 2 hours at 350 °C ? heating for 8 hours at 410°?cooling for
2 hours at 45-55 °C; 

(iv) Ultrasonic
cleaning;

(v) Visual inspection;

(vi) Printing (Logo ?
Black matrix ? infrared ? Icon);

(vii) Final inspection.

HS codes considered: 70.07
and 85.17

Classification (final decision): 8517.70.

Classification
rationale: 
GIRs 1 (Note 2 (b) to Section XVI) and 6.

 

Cesar Dalston www.dalston.com.br

Source: Classification
Rulings – HS Committee 53rd Session, March 2014.