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Chapter Note 34

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Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations,lubricating preparations,etc.

Notes:

1.
This Chapter does not cover:
    (a) Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of kind used as mould release preparations (heading No. 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 No. 33.05, 33.06 or 33.07).

2.
For the purposes of heading No. 34.01, the expression "soap" applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading No. 34.01 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading No. 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 No. 34.05 as "souring powders and similar preparations".

3.
For the purposes of heading No. 34.02, "organic surface-active agents" are products which when mixed with water at a concentrations on 0.5% at 20 degree cel. and left to stand for one hour at the same termperature.
    (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 No. 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 No. 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 No. 15.16, 34.02 or 38.23 even if having a waxy character;

(b) Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading No. 15.21;

(c) Mineral waxes or similar products of heading No. 27.12, whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or

(d) Waxes mixed with, dispersed or in dissolved in a liquid medium ( heading Nos. 34.05, 38.09, etc.)

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