2008 Schedule B - Chapter 31

Section VI - Chapter 31                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Fertilizers                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Notes                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
1.  This chapter does not cover:                                                                    
                                                                                                    
  (a). Animal blood of heading 0511;                                                                
                                                                                                    
  (b). Separate chemically defined compounds (other than those answering to the                     
        descriptions in notes 2(a), 3(a), 4(a), or 5 below); or                                     
                                                                                                    
  (c). Cultured potassium chloride crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less         
        than 2.5 g each, of heading 3824; optical elements of potassium chloride, of heading        
        9001.                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
2.  Heading 3102 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the      
     forms or packages described in heading 3105:                                                   
                                                                                                    
  (a). Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:                          
                                                                                                    
     (i).    Sodium nitrate, whether or not pure;                                                   
                                                                                                    
     (ii).   Ammonium nitrate, whether or not pure;                                                 
                                                                                                    
     (iii).  Double salts, whether or not pure, of ammonium sulfate and ammonium                    
              nitrate;                                                                              
                                                                                                    
     (iv).   Ammonium sulfate, whether or not pure;                                                 
                                                                                                    
     (v).    Double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and                  
              ammonium nitrate;                                                                     
                                                                                                    
     (vi).   Double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and                  
              magnesium nitrate;                                                                    
                                                                                                    
     (vii).  Calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure or treated with oil;                            
                                                                                                    
     (viii). Urea, whether or not pure.                                                             
                                                                                                    
  (b). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in 2(a) above mixed together.           
                                                                                                    
  (c). Fertilizers consisting of ammonium chloride or of any of the goods described in 2(a)         
        or 2(b) above mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic nonfertilizing substances.        
                                                                                                    
  (d). Liquid fertilizers consisting of the goods of subparagraph 2(a) (iii) or 2(a) (viii) or of   
        mixtures of those goods, in an aqueous or ammoniacal solution.                              
                                                                                                    
3.  Heading 3103 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the      
     forms or packages described in heading 3105:                                                   
                                                                                                    
  (a). Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:                          
                                                                                                    
       (i).   Basic slag;                                                                           
                                                                                                    
       (ii).  Natural phosphates of heading 2510, calcined or further heat-treated than for         
               the removal of impurities;                                                           
                                                                                                    
       (iii). Superphosphates (single, double or triple);                                           
                                                                                                    
       (iv).  Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate containing not less than 0.2 percent by                
               weight of fluorine calculated on the dry anhydrous product.                          
                                                                                                    
  (b). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in 3(a) above, mixed together,          
        but with no account being taken of the fluorine content limit.                              
                                                                                                    
  (c). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in 3(a) or 3(b) above, but with no      
        account being taken of the fluorine content limit, mixed with chalk, gypsum or other        
        inorganic nonfertilizing substances.                                                        
                                                                                                    
4.  Heading 3104 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the      
     forms or packages described in heading 3105:                                                   
                                                                                                    
  (a). Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:                          
                                                                                                    
       (i).   Crude natural potassium salts (for example, carnallite, kainite and sylvite);         
                                                                                                    
       (ii).  Potassium chloride, whether or not pure, except as provided in note (c) above;        
                                                                                                    
       (iii). Potassium sulfate, whether or not pure;                                               
                                                                                                    
       (iv).  Magnesium potassium sulfate, whether or not pure.                                     
                                                                                                    
  (b). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in 4(a) above mixed together.           
                                                                                                    
5.  Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and diammonium                       
     hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate), whether or not pure, and intermixtures          
     thereof, are to be classified in heading 3105.                                                 
                                                                                                    
6.  For the purpose of heading 3105, the term "other fertilizers" applies only to products of a     
     kind used as fertilizers and containing, as an essential constituent, at least one of the      
     fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.                                        
                                                                                                    
 Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or                                  
              chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or                             
              chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products t                                  
 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous:                                                      
   Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution. . .t                                                   
               Ammonium sulfate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium                              
                sulfate and ammonium nitrate:                                                       
      Ammonium sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
   Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution t                                           
   Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or                                           
                other inorganic nonfertilizing substances . .t                                      
   Sodium nitrate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
   Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium                                        
                nitrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                      
   Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or                                              
                ammoniacal solution . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                      
   Other, including mixtures not specified in the foregoing                                         
                subheadings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                      
 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic:                                                       
   Superphosphates:                                                                                 
      Normal and enriched superphosphates, less than 40                                             
                   percent available phosphorus pentoxide (P205)                                    
                   equivalent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                      
      Concentrated superphosphates, 40 percent or more                                              
                   available phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) equivalent t                               
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic:                                                         
   Potassium chloride  . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
   Potassium sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
 Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three of the                                     
              fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium;                              
              other fertilizers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar                        
              forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg                            
              (22 lbs.):                                                                            
   Products of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in                                       
                packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg (22 lbs.) kg                         
   Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the three fertilizing                                 
                elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium .t                                      
   Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium                                                    
                phosphate)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                      
   Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium                                                  
                phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium                                     
                hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) t                                     
                Other mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the two                            
                fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus:                                       
      Containing nitrates and phosphates . . . .t                                                   
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
   Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the two fertilizing                                   
                elements phosphorus and potassium . . . . . .t                                      
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t