---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 Schedule B - Chapter 34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document was produced for the Commodity Analysis Branch (CAB) of the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division. Questions and comments can be directed to them via phone at 800-549-0595 (Menu Option 2). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.). 3401 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: 3401110000 For toilet use (including medicated products) kg 3401190000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3401200000 Soap in other forms . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3401300000 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 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 heading 3401: Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale: 3402110000 Anionic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3402120000 Cationic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3402130000 Nonionic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 340219 Other: 3402191000 Aromatic or modified aromatic . . . . .kg 3402195000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 340220 Preparations put up for retail sale: 3402201100 Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface- active agent kg 3402205100 Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 340290 Other: 3402901000 Synthetic detergents . . . . . . . . . . .kg Other: 3402903000 Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface- active agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg Other: 3402905010 Washing preparations . . . . . . . .kg 3402905030 Cleaning preparations . . . . . . . .kg 3402905050 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3403 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: 340311 Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials: 3403111000 Preparations for the treatment of textile materials kg 3403115000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3403190000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg Other: 3403910000 Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials kg 3403990000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3404 Artificial waxes and prepared waxes: 3404200000 Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol) .kg 340490 Other: 3404905110 Of chemically modified lignite . . . . . .kg 3404905160 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 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 heading 3404: 3405100000 Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear or leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 3405200000 Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodworkX 3405300000 Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 3405400000 Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3405900000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 3406000000 Candles, tapers and the like . . . . . . . . .kg 3407 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): 3407002000 Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg 3407004000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document was produced for the Commodity Analysis Branch (CAB) of the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division. Questions and comments can be directed to them via phone at 800-549-0595 (Menu Option 2). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- File produced on 15 January 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------