1. -
This Chapter does not cover :
(a)
Edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading 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 33.05,
33.06 or 33.07).
2. -
For the purposes of heading 34.01, the expression “soap” applies only to
soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 34.01 may
contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders,
fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain
classified in heading 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 34.05 as “scouring powders and similar preparations”.
3. -
For the purposes of heading 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 N/m (45 dyne/cm) or
less.
4. -
In heading 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 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 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 15.21;
(c)
Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 27.12, whether or not
intermixed or merely coloured; or
(d)
Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings
34.05, 38.09, etc.).