2915 90 70 — Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: other: other

2915 Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: – Formic acid, its salts and esters: 2915 11 – – Formic acid 2915 12 – – Salts of formic acid 2915 13 – – Esters of formic acid – Acetic acid and its salts; acetic anhydride: 2915 21 – – Acetic acid 2915 24 – – Acetic anhydride 2915 29 – – Other – Esters of acetic acid: 2915 31 – – Ethyl acetate 2915 32 – – Vinyl acetate 2915 33 – – n-Butyl acetate 2915 36 – – Dinoseb (ISO) acetate 2915 39 – – Other 2915 40 – Mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, their salts and esters 2915 50 – Propionic acid, its salts and esters 2915 60 – Butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters 2915 70 – Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and

47 Ethers 2915 90 Other

This heading covers saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxy acids, esters and salts, and halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrotic derivatives (including complex derivatives) of any of these products. (I) Formic acid (H·COOH) and its salts and esters. (a) Formic acid occurs in nature and is obtained by synthesis. Moving colorless caustic liquid, slightly smoking in the air, has an annoying smell. Used in dyeing, tanning, latex coagulation, medicine as an antiseptic or in organic synthesis. (b) The main salts of formic acid are: (1) sodium formate (H·COO·Na). Floating crystalline white powder; used in medicine, tanning and organic synthesis; (2) calcium formate ((H·COO)2Ca). Crystals; (3) aluminum formate ((H·COO)3Al). White powder used in the textile industry as an herb and to impart waterproof properties. There is also a basic formate, usually supplied as an aqueous solution; (4) nickel formate ((H·COO)2Ni). It is used as a catalyst in the process of hydrogenation of oil. (c) The principal esters of formic acid are: (1) methylformate (H·COO·CH3). Colorless liquid with a pleasant smell; (2) ethyl formate (H·COO·C2H5). Colorless movable metal and flammable liquid with the smell of rum; (3) benzyl-, bornyl-, citronelli -, geranyl -, embellished -, linalyl-, mentyl-, phenylethyl-, rod-and terpenyl formates. They are mainly used in perfumes. acetic acid (CH3·COOH) and its salts and esters. (a) Acetic acid is obtained by dry distillation of wood or by synthesis. A highly acidic liquid with a characteristic pungent smell of caustic vinegar. In the cold, it hardens, forming colorless crystals (ice acetic acid). It is a solvent for phosphorus and sulfur and for many organic substances. Technical acetic acid has a slightly yellowish color and very often a slight smell of burns. Used in the textile industry, in tanning, as a coagulant for latex or for the production of acetates, synthetic plasticizers, pharmaceuticals, etc. (b) The main salts of acetic acid are: (1) sodium acetate (CH3·COO·Na). Crystals without color and odor, anhydrous white or light yellow powder. It is used as an herb and for the production of many chemicals;

48 (2) cobalt acetate ((CH3·COO)2·Co). Floating purple-red crystals with the smell of acetic acid; (3) calcium acetate ((CH3·COO)2·Ca). In the pure state - colorless crystals; (4) basic copper acetate (CH3·COO·Cu·OH). Needle crystals or small crystalline scales of blue color; decomposes upon contact with air and becomes greenish; (5) neutral copper acetate ((CH3·COO)2·Cu). Greenish-blue powder or small crystals; breaks down upon contact with air and turns into whitish powder; (6) lead acetate, neutral ((CH 3·COO)2Pb) or basic (for example, Pb(CH3COO)2·3PbO·H 2O). Neutral acetate has the form of colorless, light yellow or blue toxic crystals. Basic acetate is a dense white powder, used in medicine and as a reagent for chemical analyses; (7) lithium and potassium acetates are used in medicine; chromium, aluminum and iron acetates are used as herbs. (c) The principal acetic acid esters are: (1) methyl acetate (CH3·COO·CH3). It is obtained from dry distillation products of wood. Fruit odor liquid; used to produce artificial fruit essences and as a solvent of fats, resins, cellulose nitrate, etc.; (2) ethyl acetate (CH3·COO·C2H5). Colorless very mobile and flammable liquid with a fruity smell; as an impurity may contain ethanol. Used as a solvent of cellulose nitrate, varnishes, etc., is also used in medicine as an anticonvulsant and analgesic agent; (3) vinyl acetate (CH3·SOO·CH=CH2). Colorless liquid with a characteristic odor; the monomer is used to produce polyvinyl acetate (polymers of heading 3905); (4) n-propyl- and isopropyl acetate. Used to make artificial fruit essences; (5) n-butyl acetate. Colorless liquid; used to make artificial fruit essences and as a solvent; (6) isobutyl acetate. Colorless liquid; used to produce artificial fruit essences and as a solvent; (7) n-pentyl acetate (n-amyl acetate) and 3-methylbutyl acetate (isoamyl acetate). Used to produce artificial fruit essences; (8) 2-ethoxyethyl acetate; (9) benzyl-, terpenyl-, linalyl-, geranyl-, citronellil-, anisyl-, p-tolyl-, cinnamil-, phenylethyl-, bornyl- and isobornyl acetates. All are used in perfumes; (10) glycerol acetates (mono-, di-, triacetin).

49 This heading also includes acetic ang idrid ((CH3·CO)2·O). A pungent colorless liquid with a strong irritating odor; used for chemical synthesis. (III) Mono-, di- and trichloroacetic acids and their salts and esters. (a) Monochloroacetic acid (CH2·Cl·UNF). Colorless crystals. (b) Dichloroacetic acid (CH·Cl2·UNF). A colorless liquid. (c) Trichloroacetic acid (CCl3·UNF). Colorless crystals with a pungent odor; used in organic synthesis and medicine. (IV) Propionic acid (CH3·CH2·UNC) and its salts and esters . Propionic acid is a liquid with a smell resembling that of acetic acid. (V) Oily acids and their salts and esters. (a) Oily acid is a dense, oily liquid with an unpleasant rotten smell; colorless. It is used to desolate skins. (b) Isomabutyric acid (2-methylpropanic acid). (VI) Valerian acids and their salts and esters. (a) Valerian acid is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid with a very unpleasant rotten smell. (b) Isovalerian acid (3-methylbutanic acid). (c) Trimethylacetic acid (2.2-dimethylpropanic acid, or beolinic acid). (d) 2-methylbutanic acid. (VII) Palmitic acid (CH3(CH2)14·UNF) and its salts and esters. (a) Palmitic acid is found in fats in the form of glyceride; it is a white powder, shiny crystals or colorless scales. (b) Its main salts are: (1) calcium palmitate, used in perfumes; (2) aluminum palmitate, used to impart water resistance to tissues and to thicken lubricating oils. Water-soluble salts of palmitic acid (e.g., sodium, potassium and ammonia palmitates) are soaps but are classified in this heading. (VIII) Stearic acid (CH3·(CH2)16·UNC) and its salts and esters. (a) Stearic acid is found in fats as glyceride; it is a white amorphous substance similar to wax. (b) Its main salts are: (1) calcium stearate, used to impart water resistance to tissues; (2) magnesium stearate, used in the production of varnishes; (3) zinc stearate, used in medicine, in the production of rubber and plastics and in the manufacture of gluten; (4) aluminum stearate, used for the same purposes as aluminum palmitate;

50(5) copper stearate, used for bronzing gypsum and as an anti-fouling agent; (6) lead stearate, used as a siccative. Water-soluble salts of stearic acid (e.g. sodium, potassium and ammonia stearates) are soaps, but they are classified in this heading. (c) Esters also include ethyl and butyl stearates (used as plasticizers) and glycol stearate (used as a substitute for natural wax). (IX) Other products falling under this heading are: (a) Ethyl chloroformate, sometimes called ethyl chlorocarbonate, a colorless tear-like liquid with a suffocating odor, flammable. It is used in organic synthesis. (b) Acetyl chloride (CH3·CO·Cl). A colorless liquid in the air emits smoke that irritates the eyes, has a strong smell. (c) Acetyl bromide (CH3·CO·Br). Same properties as chloride; used in organic synthesis. (d) Mono-, di- and tribromacetic acids and their salts and esters. (e) n-Hexanic (capronic) and 2-ethylbutyric acid and their salts and esters. (f) n-Octanoic (caprylic) and 2-ethylhexanoic acid and their salts and esters. This heading does not include: (a) edible aqueous solutions of acetic acid containing 10 wt.% or less of acetic acid (heading 2209); (b) salts and esters of crude stearic acid (mainly heading 3401, 3404 or 3824); (c) mixtures of mono-, di- and tristearates of glycerol, fat emulsifiers (heading 3404 if they have the properties of artificial waxes, or heading 3824 in other cases); (d) fatty acids for a pure (heading 3823) product of 90 %.

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. Unless otherwise specified in the context, the headings of this chapter include only:

(a) individual organic compounds of a particular chemical composition, whether or not containing impurities;

(b) mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (containing or not containing impurities), except for mixtures of isomers of acyclic hydrocarbons (but not stereoisomers), saturated or unsaturated (Chapter 27);

(c) products of headings 2936 to 2939 or simple esters of sugars, acetals of sugars, esters of sugars and their salts, of heading 2940, or products of heading 2941, whether chemically defined or indefinite;

(d) products referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in water;

(e) products referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in other solvents, provided that dissolution is the usual and necessary method used solely for the preservation or transportation of these products, and that the solvent does not render the product suitable for a specific application other than conventional use;

(f) products referred to in points (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above, with the addition of a stabilizing substance (including an anti-traceability agent) necessary for their preservation or transport;

(g) products referred to in points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above, with the addition of an anti-dust agent or a coloring or fragrant substance or emetic to facilitate their identification or for safety purposes, provided that these additives do not make the product suitable for a specific use other than traditional use;

(h) the following products diluted to a standard concentration for the production of azo dyes: diazonium salts, substances reacting with these salts, diazotizing amines and their salts.

2. This group does not include:

(a) the goods of heading 1504 or of raw glycerol of heading 1520;

(b) ethyl alcohol (heading 2207 or 2208);

(c) methane or propane (heading 2711);

(d) the carbon compounds referred to in Note 2 to Chapter 28;

(e) immunological products of heading 3002;

(f) urea (heading 3102 or 3105);

(g) dyes of vegetable or animal origin (heading 3203), synthetic organic dyes, synthetic organic products used as optical bleaches or phosphors (heading 3204), or dyes or other dyes packaged in molds or packages for retail sale (heading 3212);

(h) enzymes (heading 3507);

(ij) metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine or similar substances, packaged in moulds (e.g. tablets, sticks or similar forms) intended for use as fuel, or liquid or liquefied gaseous fuel in containers of not more than 300 cm in capacity, used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters (heading 3606);

(k) products supplied as fire extinguishing charges or grenades for extinguishing fires of heading 3813; ink stain removal preparations packaged for retail sale of heading 3824; or

(l) optical elements, for example of ethylenediamintartrate (heading 9001).

3. Goods which may be included in two or more headings of this Chapter are classified in the heading, the latter in ascending order of the codes in this Chapter of the Nomenclature.

4. For the purposes of headings 2904 to 2906, 2908 to 2911 and 2913 to 2920, any reference to halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosed derivatives also applies to mixed derivatives such as sulfohalogenated, nitrohalogenated, nitrosulfonated or nitrosulfohalogenated derivatives.

For the purposes of heading 2929, nitrogen or nitrozo groups are not regarded as nitrogen-containing functional groups.

For the purposes of headings 2911, 2912, 2914, 2918 and 2922, the term “oxygen-containing functional group” means that the characteristic organic oxygen-containing groups of these headings are limited to the oxygen-containing functional groups referred to in headings 2905 to 2920.

5. (A) Esters of organic compounds with acidic functional groups of subgroups I to VII with organic compounds of the same subgroups shall be included with that of them which falls in the heading last in ascending order of codes in these subgroups of the Nomenclature.

(B) Ethyl alcohol esters with organic compounds with acid functional groups of subgroups I to VII are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding organic compounds with acid functional groups.

(C) Subject to note 1 to section VI and note 2 to chapter 28:

(1) Inorganic salts of organic compounds, such as compounds with acidic, phenolic or enolic functional groups, or organic bases of subgroups I to X or heading 2942, are to be classified in the headings for organic compounds;

(2) salts resulting from chemical reactions between organic compounds of subgroups I to X or heading 2942 are to be classified in the heading for the base or acid (including compounds with phenolic or enolic functional groups) from which these salts are formed, the latter in ascending order of the codes in the group; and

(3) Coordinating or complex compounds, other than substances of sub-group XI or heading 2941, are classified in the heading last in ascending order of the codes of Chapter 29, among those suitable for fragments formed by the "splitting" of all metal bonds other than metal-carbon bonds.

(D) Metal alcohols are to be classified in the same heading as the alcohols concerned, with the exception of ethanol (heading 2905).

(E) Carboxylic acid halides are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding acids.

6. The compounds of headings 2930 and 2931 are organic compounds whose molecules, in addition to hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, contain atoms of other nonmetals or metals (such as sulfur, arsenic or lead) directly bound to carbon atoms.

Headings 2930 (organic sulphur compounds) and 2931 (other organo-inorganic compounds) do not include sulfonated or halogenated derivatives (including complex derivatives) which, in addition to hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, have only directly carbon-related sulphur or halogen atoms giving them the properties of sulfonated or halogenated derivatives (or complex derivatives).

7. Headings 2932 to 2934 do not include three-membered ring epoxides, ketone peroxides, cyclic polymers of aldehydes or thioaldehydes, anhydrides of polybasic carboxylic acids, cyclic esters of polyalcohols or phenols with polybasic acids or imides of polybasic acids.

These provisions are applicable only if heteroatom cycles are formed only as a result of the cyclization reaction or as a result of the reactions mentioned above.

8. In heading 2937:

(a) the term “hormones” covers release hormones or factors that stimulate hormone secretion, hormone inhibitors and hormone antagonists (antihormones);

(b) the term “mainly used as hormones” applies not only to hormone derivatives and their structural analogues used principally for hormonal action, but also to such derivatives and structural analogues as are used principally as intermediates in the synthesis of substances of this heading.

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. Within any one heading of this chapter, derivatives of a chemical compound (or group of chemical compounds) are to be classified in the same subheading as that compound (or group of compounds), provided that they are not more specifically covered by any other subheading and that there is no residual subheading named ‘Other’ in the series of subheadings concerned.

2. Note 3 to Chapter 29 does not apply to the subheadings of this chapter.

Additional notes 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. Subheading 2901 10 000 1 covers ethane, butane and isobutane in the form of separate isomers of a purity of 95% or more. This percentage of compounds is calculated respectively by volume for gaseous products or by weight for liquefied products. Ethane, butane and isobutane having a lower degree of purity fall in heading 2711.

2. Subheading 2901 10 000 2 covers pentane and isopentane as separate isomers of a purity of 95 % or more by weight.