Part Part 34 - Customs Tariff Act 1987

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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

l.-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 (1517);

(b) Separate chemically defined compounds; or

(c) Shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (3305, 3306 or 3307).

2.-For the purposes of 3401, “soap” applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of 3401 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in 3401 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in 3405 as “scouring powders and similar preparations”.

3.- For the purposes of 3402, “organic surface-active agents” are products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5% 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 3403, “petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals” applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27.

5.- In 3404, subject to the exclusions provided below, “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 1516, 1519 or 3402, even if having a waxy character;

(b) Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not coloured, of 1521;

(d) Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (3405, 3809, etc.).

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; PAPER, WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH SOAP OR DETERGENT:

3401.11.00	- - For toilet use (including medicated products)	10%DC:5%
3401.19.00	- - Other	10%DC:5%
3401.20.00	- Soap in other forms	10%DC:5%
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 3401:
3402.1	- Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale:
3402.11.00	- - Anionic	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
3402.12.00	- - Cationic	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
3402.13.00	- - Non-ionic	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
3402.19.00	- - Other	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
3402.20.00	- Preparations put up for retail sale	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
3402.90.00	-Other	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%

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, FUR SKINS 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:
3403.1	- Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals:
3403.11.00	- - Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials	2%
3403.19.00	- - Other	2%
3403.9	- Other:
3403.91.00	- - Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials	2%
3403.99.00	- - Other	2%
3404	ARTIFICIAL WAXES AND PREPARED WAXES:
3404.10.00	- Of chemically modified lignite	10%DC:5%
3404.20.00	- Of polyethylene glycol	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
	From 1 January 1991	12.5%DC:7.5%
	From 1 January 1992	10%DC:5%
3404.90	- Other:
3404.90.10	- - - Goods, as follows:(a) ethylene bis-stearamide;(b) ethylene oxide derivatives;(c) glycerol esters	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC:12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
	From 1 January 1991	12.5% DC:7.5%
	From 1 January 1992	10%DC:5%
3404.90.90	- - - Other	10%DC:5%

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 3404:
3405.10.00	- Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC: 12.5%
	From 1 January 1990	15%DC:10%
	From 1 January 1991	12.5%DC:7.5%
	From 1 January 1992	10%DC:5%
3405.20.00	- Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork	20%DC:15%
	From 1 January 1989	17.5%DC: 12.5%
	From 1 January 1990From 1 January 1991	15%DC:10%12.5%DC:7.5%
	From 1 January 1992	10%DC:5%
3405.30.00	-Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes	10%DC:5%
3405.40.00	-Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations	10%DC:5%
3405.90.00 3406.00.00	- OtherCANDLES, TAPERS AND THE LIKE	10%DC:5%10%DC:5%
3407.00.00	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)	10%DC:5%