1521 90 91 — Beeswax and other insect waxes, crude

1521 Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, waxes of other insects and spermacets, dyed or undyed, p refined or unrefined: 1521 10 - vegetable waxes 1521 90 - other

(I) Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), refined or unrefined, stained or unpainted. The main plant waxes are as follows: (1) Carnauba wax, which is distinguished from the leaves of the palm of the corif (Corypha cerifera) or carnauba (Copernicia cerifera). It is a greenish, grayish or yellowish substance, more or less oily, almost crystalline from the structure, very fragile, with a pleasant smell of hay. (2) Uricuri wax obtained from palm leaves (Attalea excelsa). (3) Palm wax, spontaneously released in the spots of the leaves of the wax palm (Ceroxylon andicola), collect it from the tree trunk. It usually appears in the form of porous fragile balls of yellowish-white color. (4) Candelil wax produced by boiling a Mexican plant in water (Euphorbia antisyhilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis). It's a solid, translucent brown substance. (5) Hare cane wax, existing in a natural state on the surface of the cane and obtained industrially from defecation foam in the production of sugar. In its raw form, it is soft, blackish in color, with a smell resembling molasses. (6) Cotton wax and linen wax contained in vegetable fibers, from where they are extracted by solvents. (7) Ocotilla wax extracted with solvents from the bark of a tree growing in Mexico. (8) Pisang wax derived from dust that appears on the leaves of certain types of banana tree. (9) Esparto wax, obtained from the grass of Esparto, it is collected in the form of dust when opening pile of dried grass. This heading covers vegetable waxes, raw or refined, bleached or coloured, including in the form of flatbreads, sticks, etc. This heading, however, does not include: (a) jojoba oil (heading 1515); (b) products known in trade as myrtle wax and Japanese wax (heading 1515); (c) mixtures of vegetable waxes; (d) vegetable waxes mixed with animal, mineral or artificial waxes; (e) vegetable waxes mixed with fats, resins, mineral or other substances (other than dyes).

These mixtures generally fall in Chapter 34 (usually heading 3404 or 3405). (II) Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured. Beeswax is the substance from which bees make the hexagonal cells of the honeycombs in hives. In its natural state it has a granular structure, is light yellow, orange or sometimes brown in colour, with a particularly pleasant odour; after bleaching and purification it becomes white or pale yellow, with a very slight odour. Beeswax is used, inter alia, in the manufacture of candles, waxed fabric or paper, polishing pastes, polishes, etc. The best known other insect waxes are: (1) Shellac wax, obtained from shellac by extraction with alcohol. It is in the form of brown lumps with the odour of shellac. (2) Chinese wax (also known as insect wax or tree wax). It is found mainly in China; it is secreted and deposited by insects on the branches of certain species of ash tree in the form of a whitish coating, which is collected and purified (melted in boiling water and filtered). It is a white or yellowish substance, glossy, crystalline and tasteless, with an odour reminiscent of rendered beef tallow. Beeswax and other insect waxes are classified in this heading either in the crude state (including in the natural honeycomb), or pressed or refined, whether or not bleached or coloured. The heading excludes: (a) mixtures of insect waxes, insect waxes mixed with spermaceti, vegetable, mineral or artificial waxes, or insect waxes mixed with fats, resins, mineral or other substances (other than colouring matter); these mixtures generally fall in Chapter 34 (e.g., heading 3404 or 3405); (b) wax in comb form prepared for beehives (heading 9602). (III) Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured. Spermaceti is a waxy substance extracted from the fat or oil contained in the cranial cavities or in the subcutaneous ducts of sperm whales and similar cetaceans. Crude spermaceti, which consists of one third pure spermaceti and two thirds fat, is in the form of yellowish or brown lumps with an unpleasant odour. Pressed spermaceti is obtained after the extraction of all the fat. It is in the form of small hard yellowish-brown flakes which leave hardly any grease mark on paper. Refined spermaceti is obtained by treating pressed spermaceti with dilute caustic soda. It is in the form of pure white shiny strips with a pearly lustre. Spermaceti is used in the manufacture of certain candles, in perfumery, in pharmacy or as a lubricant. All the above products remain classified in this heading whether or not coloured.

This heading does not include sperm whale oil, whether raw or refined, separated by spermacete (heading 1504).

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) pig fat or poultry fat of heading 0209;

(b) cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804);

(c) edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 0405 (generally, Chapter 21);

(d) greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306;

(e) fatty acids, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, sulphonated oils or other goods of Section VI; or

(f) factice derived from oils (heading 4002).

2. Heading 1509 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading 1510).

3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.

4. Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 1522.

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheading 1509 30, virgin olive oil has a free acidity expressed as oleic acid not exceeding 2,0 g/ 100 g and can be distinguished from the other virgin olive oil categories according to the characteristics indicated in the Codex Alimentarius Standard 33-1981.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 1514 11 and 1514 19, the expression ‘low-erucic-acid rape or colza oil’ means the fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 % by weight.

Additional notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. In subheadings and subheadings 1507 10, 1508 10, 1510 10, 1511 10, 1512 11, 1512 21, 1513 11, 1513 21, 1514 11, 1514 91, 1515 11, 1515 21, 1515 50 110 0, 1515 50 190 0, 1515 90 210 0, 1515 90 290 0, 1515 90 500 0 – 1515 90 690 0 and 1518 00 310 0:

(a) non-volatile oils of vegetable origin in liquid or solid form obtained by pressing shall be considered as “raw” unless they have undergone any other treatment than the following:

decantation within a normal period of time,

centrifugation or filtration, provided that only mechanical force such as gravity, pressure or centrifugal force (excluding any adsorption filtration process or any other physical or chemical process) has been used to separate the oils from their solid constituents;

(b) non-volatile oils of vegetable origin in liquid or solid form obtained by extraction shall continue to be considered “raw” if they cannot be distinguished by color, smell, taste or recognized special analytical properties from oils and fats of vegetable origin obtained under pressure;

(c) the term “raw oils” includes soybean oil refined with hydration and cotton oil purified from gossypol.

2. В субпозиции 1510 10 термин «масло оливковое из жмыха сырое» означает масло со следующими характеристиками:

(a) with one of the following wax content values:

(i) the wax content is greater than 350 mg/kg provided that the erythrodiol and uvaol content is greater than 4.5%; or

(ii) the wax content of more than 300 mg/kg but not more than 350 mg/kg provided that:

the total content of aliphatic alcohols more than 350 mg / kg, and

- the content of erythrodiol and uvaol is more than 3.5%;

(b) with a monopalmitate content of 2-glyceryl not exceeding 1.4%;

(c) the total content of transoleic isomers not exceeding 0.20 % and the total content of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers not exceeding 0.10 %.

3. Subheadings 1522 00 310 0 and 1522 00 390 0 do not include:

(a) residues from the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index of less than 70 or more than 100;

(b) residues formed during the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index greater than 70 or less than 100, the peak area of which, representing the retained volume of -sitosterol, is less than 93.0% of the total peak area of sterol.

Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. In this group:

the term “packaging” means all types of packaging intended for packing, storing and transporting goods, including transport packagings forming an independent transport unit;

The term “net mass” means the mass of the product per packaging unit, excluding the mass of the packaging unit.