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 øC 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 10Â2 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 CHAPTER27.

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.).

GENERAL

This Chapter covers products mainly obtained by the industrial treatment of fats oils or waxes (e.g. soap certain lubricating preparations prepared waxes certain polishing or scouring preparations candles). It also includes certain artificial products e.g. surface-active agents surface-active preparations and artificial waxes.

The Chapter does not cover separate chemically defined compounds or natural products not mixed or prepared.

7 HEADINGS

34.01 - SOAP; ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR USE AS SOAP IN THE FORM OF BARS CAKES MOULDED PIECES OR SHAPES WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING SOAP; PAPER WADDING FELT AND NONWOVENS IMPREGNATED COATED OR COVERED WITH SOAP OR DETERGENT.

34.02 - 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 No. 34.01.

34.03 - LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS (INCLUDING CUTTING-OIL PREPA RATIONS BOLT OR NUT RELEASE PREPARATIONS ANTI-RUST OR ANTI-CORROSION PREPARATIONS AND MOULD RELEASE PREPA RATIONS 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 % OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OF OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS.

34.04 - ARTIFICIAL WAXES AND PREPARED WAXES.

34.05 - 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 No. 34.04.

34.06 - CANDLES TAPERS AND THE LIKE.

34.07 - MODELLING 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 SULPHATE).