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Heading 2712

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured.

3 subheadings

Subheadings

2712.10

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured. - Petroleum jelly

1 tariff items
2712.20

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured. - Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0.75% of oil

1 tariff items
2712.90

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured. - Other

2 tariff items

Explanatory Notes

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Petroleum jelly See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 2712 , part (A). See also the diagram in the explanatory note to subheadings 2710 12 11 to 2710 19 99 , part I.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Crude See additional note 3 to this chapter.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil These subheadings cover paraffin wax described in the HS Explanatory Note to heading 2712 , part (B), first and seventh paragraphs.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax (natural products) These subheadings cover the products described in the HS Explanatory Note to heading 2712 , part (B), third, fourth and fifth paragraphs. Ozokerite (natural wax) is rarely marketed at present (sources exhausted and poor financial return), the terms ozokerite and ceresin (refined ozokerite) being in practice wrongly applied to...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Other These subheadings cover the products described in the HS Explanatory Note to heading 2712 , part (B), second, sixth and seventh paragraphs, other than synthetic paraffin of subheading 2712 20 10 or 2712 20 90 . These products show the following characteristics: 1.  the crystallising point, as determined by the ASTM D 938 method (equivalent to the ISO 2207 method), is not lower than...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Crude See additional note 4 to this chapter. As regards the subheadings for products intended: — for undergoing a specific process, — for undergoing a chemical transformation, see additional notes 5 and 6 to this chapter, and the relevant explanatory notes.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Chapter 27 Notes (3)
1. 1. This Chapter does not cover: • (a) Separate chemically defined organic compounds, other than pure methane and propane which are to be classified in heading 27.11; • (b) Medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04; or • (c) Mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons of heading 33.01, 33.02 or 38.05.
2. 2. References in heading 27.10 to "petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals" include not only petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals but also similar oils, as well as those consisting mainly of mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons, obtained by any process, provided that the weight of the non-aromatic constituents exceeds that of the aromatic constituents. However, the references do not include liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60% by volume distils...
3. 3. For the purposes of heading 27.10, "waste oils" means waste containing mainly petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (as described in Note 2 to this Chapter), whether or not mixed with water. These include: • (a) Such oils no longer fit for use as primary products (for example, used lubricating oils, used hydraulic oils and used transformer oils); • (b) Sludge oils from the storage tanks of petroleum oils, mainly containing such oils and a high concentration of...

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