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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.
Notes
1.
This Chapter does not cover the following:
(a)
edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.03 | 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 per cent or more by mass of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals: | ||||||
| 3403.1 | - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: | ||||||
| 3403.11 | 4 | -- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials | kg | free | free | free | free |
| 3403.19 | -- Other: | ||||||
| 3403.19.10 | 2 | --- In aerosol containers | kg | free | free | free | free |
| 3403.19.90 | 0 | --- Other | kg | free | free | free | free |
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