2008 Schedule B - Chapter 34

Section VI - Chapter 34                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Soap, Organic Surface-active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial     
 Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and Similar Articles,           
 Modeling 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        
        mold release preparations (heading 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 (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       
     molded 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 percent at 20 degrees 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 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). Goods of headings 1516, 3402 or 3823, even if having a waxy character;                       
                                                                                                    
  (b). Unmixed animal waxes and unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not colored, of                 
        heading 1521;                                                                               
                                                                                                    
  (c). Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 2712, whether or not intermixed or              
        merely colored; or                                                                          
                                                                                                    
  (d). Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 3405,               
        3809, etc.).                                                                                
                                                                                                    
 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use                                     
              as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded 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, molded pieces or shapes, and                            
                paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated                             
                or covered with soap or detergent:                                                  
      For toilet use (including medicated products) kg                                              
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Soap in other forms . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   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                                     
 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 3401:                                    
               Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for                             
                retail sale:                                                                        
      Anionic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Cationic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Nonionic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other:                                                                                        
        Aromatic or modified aromatic  . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Preparations put up for retail sale:                                                             
      Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-                                         
                   active agent kg                                                                  
      Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Other:                                                                                           
      Synthetic detergents . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
                  Other:                                                                            
        Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-                                       
                     active agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
                    Other:                                                                          
           Washing preparations  . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Cleaning preparations . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt                                 
              or nut release preparations, antirust or anticorrosion                                
              preparations and mold 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 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or oils                                
              obtained from bituminous minerals:                                                    
               Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous                           
                minerals:                                                                           
      Preparations for the treatment of textile materials,                                          
                   leather, furskins or other materials:                                            
        Preparations for the treatment of textile materials kg                                      
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Preparations for the treatment of textile materials,                                          
                   leather, furskins or other materials kg                                          
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Artificial waxes and prepared waxes:                                                               
   Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)  .kg                                                  
   Other:                                                                                           
      Of chemically modified lignite . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 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 3404:                                                      
   Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear                                          
                or leather  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                     
   Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for the                                               
                maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodworkX                          
   Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than                                      
                metal polishes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                     
   Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring                                                   
                preparations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                  
 Candles, tapers and the like  . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Modeling 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 sulfate):                                              
   Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's                                           
                amusement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg