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Section VI
Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries

Notes

1.

(A)

Goods (excluding radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading 28.44 or 28.45 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.

(B)

Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading 28.43, 28.46 or 28.52 are to be classified in those subheadings and in no other heading of this Section.

2.

Subject to Note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 30.04, 30.05, 30.06, 32.12, 33.03, 33.04, 33.05, 33.06, 33.07, 35.06, 37.07 or 38.08 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.

3.

Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:

(a)

having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked;

(b)

presented together; and

(c)

identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another.

4.

Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue of being described by name or function and also to heading 38.27, then it is classifiable in a heading that references the product by name or function and not under heading 38.27.

Chapter 34
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…

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading 15.17);

(b)

separate chemically defined compounds; or

(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).

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".

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 per cent at 20°C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature:

(a)

give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and

(b)

reduce the surface tension of water to 4,5 x 10-² N/m (45 dyne/cm) or less.

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.

5.

In heading 34.04, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression "artificial waxes and prepared waxes" applies only to:

(a)

chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble;

(b)

products obtained by mixing different waxes;

(c)

products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials. The heading does not apply to:

(a)

products of heading 15.16, 34.02 or 38.23, even if having a waxy character;

(b)

unmixed animal waxes and unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading 15.21;

(c)

mineral waxes and similar products of heading 27.12, whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or

(d)

waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 34.05, 38.09, etc.).

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC
34.01 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 put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent:
3401.1 - 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:
3401.11 7 -- For toilet use (including medicated products) kg 20% free free free
3401.19 8 -- Other kg 20% free free free
3401.20 5 - Soap in other forms kg 20% free free free
3401.30 3 - 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 kg 20% free free free

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