CAPÍTULO IV: RESULTADOS O MARCO EMPIRICO
PARTE 1: EL SECTOR DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE VIVIENDA Y SU ENTORNO
4.2. Las Decisiones de Inversión en el Sector de la Construcción de Viviendas en Ecuador
Instruments and Appliances for Measuring, Checking, Testing, Navigating and Other Purposes, Except Optical Instruments
3311 Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances
33110 Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment 38510p
orthopaedic appliances(1)
3312 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment
33120 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for 38510p
measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment(2)
(1) Includes manufacture of instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary practice or science (e.g. electro-cardiographs, dental drill engines, ophthalmic instruments and needles used in medicine), x- ray tubes, high tension generators, sterilizers, massage apparatus, respiratory apparatus, gas masks, crutches, surgical belts, artificial teeth and limbs, medical, surgical and dental furniture (e.g operating tables, dentists' chair, etc.). However, it excludes the following:
(a) Manufacture of surgical dressings, fracture bandages, catgut and cement used in dentistry which is classified in Item 24230 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and botanical products. (b) Manufacture of thermometers which is classified in Item 33120 Manufacture of instruments and
appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment.
(c) Manufacture of corrective spectacle lenses and of their frames or of compound optical microscope which is classified in Item 33201 Manufacture of optical instruments.
(d) The activity of denture fitting by dentists or spectacles fitting by optometrists which is classified in the appropriate items of Group 851 Human health activities.
(2) Includes manufacture of sensitive balances, drawing marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (e.g. callipers, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, gauges), non-optical microscopes, electrical measuring and checking apparatus (e.g spectrum analysers, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, etc.), radiation detectors and counters, apparatus for telecommunications, apparatus for testing vehicle motors, thermostats, pressure controllers, navigational, meteorological, geophysical and related instruments , supply meters for water, gas and electricity, machines for testing physical properties of metals, textiles, rubber, wood, plastic, concrete and other materials, instruments for carrying out physical or chemical analyses ( e.g. polarimeters, pH-meters, colorimeters, refractometers, etc.), and other measuring, checking or testing instruments, apparatus or machines (e.g. hydrometers, thermometers, barometers, manometers, pedometers, revolution counters, taximeters, balancing machines, etc.),except industrial process control equipment. However, it excludes the following:
(a) Manufacture of pumps incorporating measuring devices which is classified in Item 29120 Manufacture of pumps, compressors, taps and valves.
(b) Manufacture of medical and surgical instruments which is classified in Item 33110. Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment and orthopacdic appliances.
(c) Manufacture of industrial process control equipment which is classified in Item 33130 Manufacture of industrial process control equipment.
(d) Manufacture of binoculars, monoculars and similar optical devices which is classified in Item 33201 Manufacture of optical instruments.
DIVISION 33 :
MANUFACTURE OF MEDICAL, PRECISION AND OPTICAL
INSTRUMENTS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS
GROUP CLASS ITEM DESCRIPTION M.I.C.1972(U)
3313 Manufacture of industrial process control equipment
33130 Manufacture of industrial process control 38510p
equipment(1)
332 Manufacture of Optical Instruments and Photographic Equipment
3320 Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment(2)
33201 Manufacture of optical instruments(3) 38520p
33202 Manufacture of photographic equipment(4) 38520p
(1) Includes manufacture of instruments and apparatus used for automatic continuous measurement and control of variables such as temperature, pressure, viscosity and the like of materials or products as they are being manufactured or other wise processed.
(2) Excludes the following:-
(a) Manufacture of photochemical products which is classified in Item 24290 Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
(b) Manufacture of unworked glass optical elements which is classified in Item 26100 Manufacture of glass and glass products but unworked optical elements of other materials remain classified in this item. (c) Manufacture of photo-copying apparatus incorporating an optical system or of the contact type
and thermo-copying apparatus which are classified in Item 30001 Manufacture of office and accounting machinery.
(d) Manufacture of optical fibre cables made up of individually sheathed fibres which is classified in Class 3130 Manufacture of insulated wire and cable.
(e) Manufacture of photographic flash bulbs which is classified in Item 31500 Manufacture of electric lamps and lighting equipment.
(f) Manufacture of television cameras which is classified in Item 32200 Manufacture of television and radio transmitters and apparatus for line telephony and line telegraphy.
(g) Manufacture of video cameras which is classified in Item 32300 Manufacture of television and radio receivers, sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus, and associated goods.
(h) Manufacture of medical and surgical instruments containing optical elements (e.g. endoscopes) which is classified in Item 33110 Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances and manufacture of measuring or checking appliances containing optical elements in Item 33120 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment, if for other uses (e.g. theodolites).
(3) Includes manufacture of optical instruments such as optical elements of glass, quartz, fluorspar, plastics or metal, prisms and lenses, ophthalmic lenses (including contact lenses), optical fibres and cables of optical fibres not individually sheathed, spectacle frames and frames fitted with lenses, binoculars, monoculars, telescopes, microscopes, telescopic sights, lasers, hand magnifying glasses, optical mounted glass mirrors and door eyes; projectors, enlargers and reducers (e.g. microfilm, microfiche or other microfilm readers).
(4) Includes cameras, cinematographic projectors, discharge lamp and other flashlight apparatus, apparatus and equipment for photographic laboratories, apparatus for the projection of circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials and projection screens.
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DIVISION 33 :
MANUFACTURE OF MEDICAL, PRECISION AND OPTICAL
INSTRUMENTS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS
GROUP CLASS ITEM DESCRIPTION M.I.C.1972(U)