Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating
preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring
preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling 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 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 " scouring
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 concentration of 0.5 % 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 Nlm (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 in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings Nos. 34.05, 38.09, etc.).
1 -Importation is subject to
the observance of Article 16 of the law on foodstuffs, beverages and cosmetics
adopted in the year 1967 (1346).
2 -Exportation is subject to
the approval of the Ministry of
Commerce .