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Heading 3403

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, 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.

4 subheadings

Subheadings

3403.11

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, 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. - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: - Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials

2 tariff items
3403.19

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, 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. - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: - Other

6 tariff items
3403.91

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, 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. - Other: - Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials

2 tariff items
3403.99

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, 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. - Other: - Other

3 tariff items

Explanatory Notes

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt- or nut-release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, 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...

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

Other This subheading includes preparations for lubricating machines, appliances and vehicles. This subheading covers the preparations referred to in the HS Explanatory Note to heading 3403 , first paragraph, (A), which contain by weight less than 70 % of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous materials. This subheading does not include such preparations containing by weight 70 % or...

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

Other These subheadings cover preparations of the type referred to in heading 3403 which do not contain petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous materials. The expression ‘petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous materials’ means the products defined in note 2 to Chapter 27. These subheadings include: 1.  lubricating preparations consisting of molybdenum disulphide and...

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

Chapter 34 Notes (5)
1. 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. 2. For the purpose 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. 3. For the purpose 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. 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. 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...

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