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 OF PLASTER
NOTES
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading 1517);
(b) separate chemically defined compounds; or
(c)shampoos, dentrifices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading 3305, 3306 or 3307).
2. For the purposes of heading 3401, the expression "soap" applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 3401 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 3401 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in heading 3405 as "scouring powders and similar preparations".
3. For the purposes of heading 3402, "organic surface-active agents" are products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5% at 20C 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 4.5 x 10-2N/m (45 dyne/Cm) or less.
4. In heading 3403, the expression "petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals" applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27.
5. In heading 3404, 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 1516, 3402 or 3823, even if having a waxy character;
(b) unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading 1521;
(c) mineral waxes and similar products of heading 2712 whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or
(d) waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 3405, 3809, etc.).
| Tariff Item | Description of goods | Unit | Rate of duty | |||
| Standard | Preferential Areas | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
| 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 | |||||
| - Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations. In the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, fell and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent: | ||||||
| 340111 | -- For toilet use (including medicated products): | |||||
| 34011110 | --- Medicated toilet soaps | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011120 | --- Shaving soaps other than shaving cream | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011190 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 340119 | -- Other: | |||||
| --- Bars and blocks of not less than 500 gm in weight: | ||||||
| 34011911 | ---- Industrial soap | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011919 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011920 | --- Flakes, chips and powder | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011930 | --- Tablets and cakes | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| --- Household and laundry soaps not elsewhere specified or included: | ||||||
| 34011941 | ---- Household soaps | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011942 | ---- Laundry soaps | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34011990 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34012000 | - Soap in other forms | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 340130 | - 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 : | |||||
| --- For toilet use (including medicated products): | ||||||
| 34013011 | ---- Medicated toilet soaps | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34013012 | ---- Shaving cream and shaving gel | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34013019 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34013090 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 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 heading340. | |||||
| - Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale: | ||||||
| 340211 | -- Anionic: | |||||
| 34021110 | --- Silicone surfactant | kg. | 30% | 20% | ||
| 34021190 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | 20% | ||
| 34021200 | -- Cationinc | kg. | 30% | 20% | ||
| 34021300 | -- Non-ionic | kg. | 30% | 20% | ||
| 34021900 | - Other | kg. | 30% | 20% | ||
| 340220 | - Preparations put up for retail sale: | |||||
| 34022010 | --- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34022020 | --- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| surface active agents | ||||||
| 34022090 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 340290 | - Other: | |||||
| ---- Synthetic detergents; | ||||||
| 34029011 | ---- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029012 | ---- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029019 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34029020 | --- Sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated castor oil; sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated fish oil; sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated sperm oil; sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated neats fool oil | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029030 | --- Penetrators | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| --- Wetting agents: | ||||||
| 34029041 | ---- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029042 | ---- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029049 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| --- Washing preparations whether or not containing soap : | ||||||
| 34029051 | ---- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029052 | ---- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029059 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| --- Other: | ||||||
| 34029091 | ---- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029092 | ---- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34029099 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 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 prom bituminous-minerals | |||||
| - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: | ||||||
| 34031100 | -- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| 34031900 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - | ||
| - Other: | ||||||
| 34039100 | -- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34039900 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | |||
| 3404 | artificial waxes and prepared waxes | |||||
| 34041000 | - Of chemically modified lignite | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34042000 | - Of poly (oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol) | kg. | 30% | |||
| 340490 | - Other: | |||||
| 34049010 | --- Scaling wax (including bottle sealing wax) in sticks, cakes or similar forms | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34049020 | --- Polyethylene wax. | kg. | 30% | |||
| --- Artificial waxes (including water soluble waxes) prepared waxes, not emulsified or containing solvents: | ||||||
| 34049031 | ---- Poly brominated biphenyls | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34049032 | ---- Poly chlorinated biphenyls | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34049033 | ---- Poly chlorinated terphenyls | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34049039 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34049090 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | |||
| 3405 | polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coach-work, 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 3404 | |||||
| 34051000 | - Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34052000 | - Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other wood work | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34053000 | - Polishes and similar preparations for coach-work, other than metal polishes | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34054000 | - Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations | kg. | 30% | |||
| 340590 | - Other: | |||||
| 34059010 | --- Polishes and compositions for application to metal including diamond polishing powder or paste | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34059090 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | |||
| 3406 | candles, tapers and the like | |||||
| 340600 | - Candles, tapers and the like: | |||||
| 34060010 | --- Candles | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34060090 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | |||
| 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 RETAILsale 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) | |||||
| 340700 | - 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 | --- Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement | kg. | 30% | |||
| 34070090 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | |||