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Chapter 34 |
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SOAP,
ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING
PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING
PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, “DENTAL WAXES”
AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER |
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Notes. |
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1.
This Chapter does not cover: |
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(a)
Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of a kind
used as mould release preparations (heading 15.17); |
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(b)
Separate chemically defined compounds; or |
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(c)
Shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations,
containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading 33.05, 33.06
or 33.07). |
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2.
For the purposes of heading 34.01, the expression “soap” applies only to soap
soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 34.01 may contain
added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or
medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in
heading 34.01 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes.
In other forms they are to be classified in heading 34.05 as “scouring
powders and similar preparations”. |
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3.
For the purposes of heading 34.02, “organic surface-active agents” are
products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5 % at 20oC and left to stand for
one hour at the same temperature: |
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(a)
give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without
separation of insoluble matter; and |
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(b)
reduce the surface tension of water to 4.5 x 10-2 N/m (45 dyne/cm) or less. |
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4.
In heading 34.03 the expression “petroleum oils and oils obtained from
bituminous minerals” applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27. |
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5.
In heading 34.04, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression
“artificial waxes and prepared waxes” applies only to: |
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(a)
Chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not
water-soluble; |
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(b)
Products obtained by mixing different waxes; |
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(c)
Products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing
fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials. |
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The
heading does not apply to: |
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(a)
Products of heading 15.16, 34.02 or 38.23, even if having a waxy character; |
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(b)
Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or
coloured, of heading 15.21; |
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(c)
Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 27.12, whether or not intermixed
or merely coloured; or |
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(d)
Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings
34.05, 38.09, etc.). |
| HS code |
Product
description in English |
| 3401 |
Soap; organic
surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of
bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap;
organic surface- active products and preparations for washing the skin, in
the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not
containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or
covered with soap or detergent. |
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Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of
bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and
nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent: |
| 340111 |
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- For toilet use (including medicated products): |
| 34011140 |
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- - Medicated soap including disinfectant soap |
| 34011150 |
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- - Other soap including bath soap |
| 34011160 |
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- - Other, of felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or
detergent |
| 34011190 |
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- - Other |
| 340119 |
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- Other: |
| 34011910 |
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- - Of felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or
detergent |
| 34011990 |
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- - Other |
| 340120 |
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Soap in other forms: |
| 34012020 |
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- Soap chips |
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- Other: |
| 34012091 |
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- - Of a kind used for flotation de-inking of recycled paper |
| 34012099 |
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- - Other |
| 34013000 |
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Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the
form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing
soap |
| 3402 |
Organic
surface-active agents (other than soap); surface- active preparations,
washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning
preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading
34.01. |
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Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale: |
| 340211 |
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- Anionic: |
| 34021110 |
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- - Sulphated fatty alcohols |
| 34021140 |
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- - Sulphonated alkylbenzene |
| 34021190 |
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- - Other |
| 34021200 |
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- Cationic |
| 340213 |
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- Non-ionic: |
| 34021310 |
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- - Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene |
| 34021390 |
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- - Other |
| 340219 |
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- Other: |
| 34021910 |
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- - Of a kind suitable for use in fire-extinguishing preparations |
| 34021990 |
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- - Other |
| 340220 |
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Preparations put up for retail sale: |
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- In liquid form: |
| 34022014 |
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- - Surface active preparations |
| 34022015 |
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- - Washing preparations or cleaning preparations, including bleaching,
cleansing or degreasing preparations |
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- Other: |
| 34022094 |
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- - Surface active preparations |
| 34022095 |
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- - Washing preparations or cleaning preparations, including bleaching,
cleansing or degreasing preparations |
| 340290 |
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Other: |
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- In liquid form: |
| 34029011 |
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- - Anionic wetting agents |
| 34029012 |
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- - Anionic washing preparations or cleaning preparations, including
bleaching, cleansing or degreasing preparations |
| 34029013 |
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- - Other washing preparations or cleaning preparations, including bleaching,
cleansing or degreasing preparations |
| 34029014 |
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- - Other anionic surface active preparations |
| 34029019 |
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- - Other |
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- Other: |
| 34029091 |
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- - Anionic wetting agents |
| 34029092 |
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- - Anionic washing preparations or cleaning preparations, including
bleaching, cleansing or degreasing preparations |
| 34029093 |
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- - Other washing preparations or cleaning preparations, including bleaching,
cleansing or degreasing preparations |
| 34029094 |
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- - Other anionic surface active preparations |
| 34029099 |
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- - Other |
| 3403 |
Lubricating
preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release
preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release
preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the
oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other
materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 %
or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
minerals. |
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Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: |
| 340311 |
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- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or
other materials: |
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- - In liquid form: |
| 34031111 |
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- - - Lubricating preparations |
| 34031119 |
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- - - Other |
| 34031190 |
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- - Other |
| 340319 |
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- Other: |
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- - In liquid form: |
| 34031911 |
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- - - Preparations for aircraft engines |
| 34031912 |
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- - - Other preparations containing silicone oil |
| 34031919 |
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- - - Other |
| 34031990 |
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- - Other |
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Other: |
| 340391 |
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- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or
other materials: |
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- - In liquid form: |
| 34039111 |
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- - - Preparations containing silicone oil |
| 34039119 |
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- - - Other |
| 34039190 |
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- - Other |
| 340399 |
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- Other: |
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- - In liquid form: |
| 34039911 |
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- - - Preparations for aircraft engines |
| 34039912 |
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- - - Other preparations containing silicone oil |
| 34039919 |
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- - - Other |
| 34039990 |
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- - Other |
| 3404 |
Artificial
waxes and prepared waxes. |
| 34042000 |
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Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol) |
| 340490 |
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Other: |
| 34049010 |
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- Of chemically modified lignite |
| 34049090 |
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- Other |
| 3405 |
Polishes
and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal,
scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the
form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular
rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding
waxes of heading 34.04. |
| 34051000 |
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Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather |
| 34052000 |
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Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden
furniture, floors or other woodwork |
| 34053000 |
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Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes |
| 340540 |
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Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations: |
| 34054020 |
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- In packaging of a net weight not exceeding 1 kg |
| 34054090 |
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- Other |
| 340590 |
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Other: |
| 34059010 |
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- Metal polishes |
| 34059090 |
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- Other |
| 34060000 |
Candles,
tapers and the like. |
| 3407 |
Modelling
pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known
as “dental wax” or as “dental impression compounds”, put up in sets, in
packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar
forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of
calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate). |
| 34070010 |
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Modelling pastes, including those put up for children’s amusement |
| 34070020 |
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Preparations known as “dental wax” or “dental impression compounds”, put up
in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks
or similar forms |
| 34070030 |
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Other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined
gypsum or calcium sulphate) |