3823 11 — Stearic acid, industrial

3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils after refining; industrial fatty alcohols: - industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils after refining: 3823 11 - - - stearic acid 3823 12 - - oleic acid 3823 13 - - - fatty acids of thallic oil 3823 19 - - - other 3823 70 - industrial fatty alcohols

(A) Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids are usually obtained by saponification or hydrolysis of natural fats and oils. The separation of solid (saturated) and liquid (unsaturated) fatty acids is usually carried out by their crystallization in the presence of a solvent or a solvent. The liquid fraction (for which the trade name "oleic acid" or "olein" is used) consists of oleic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids (for example, linoleic and linolenic acids) with an admixture of a small amount of n saturated fatty acids. The solid fraction (for which the trade name "stearic acid" or "stearin" is used) consists mainly of palmitic and stearic acids with an impurity of a small amount of unsaturated fatty acids. This heading covers, inter alia: (1) A product with the commercial name "stearic acid" ("stearin") is a white solid with a characteristic odor. Relatively hard and rather fragile material, usually sold in the form of balls, flakes or powder. In addition, when transported hot in isothermal tanks, this substance can enter in liquid form. (2) A product with the commercial name "oleic acid" ("olein") is a colorless or brown oily liquid with a characteristic odor. (3) Tall oil fatty acids are a product that is mainly oleic and linoleic acids. They are obtained by distillation of raw talum oil. The product contains 90% or more (in terms of dry matter) fatty acids. (4) Distilled fatty acids, which are obtained after the hydrolytic breakdown of various fats and oils (for example, coconut oil, palm oil, animal fat) and subsequent purification (distillation). (5) Fatty acid distillate obtained from fats and oils by distillation in vacuum with water vapor, used as one of the stages of the refining process. Fatty acid distillate is characterized by a high content of free fatty acids. (6) Fatty acids obtained by catalytic oxidation of synthetic

High molecular hydrocarbons. (7) Acid oils after refining with a relatively high content of free fatty acids, obtained by decomposition of soapstock (a product formed during the refining of raw oils) with mineral acids. This heading does not cover: (a) oleic acid with a purity of 85% or more (in terms of dry matter) (heading 2916); (b) other fatty acids with a purity of 90% or more (in terms of dry matter) (usually headings 2915, 2916 or 2918). (B) Fatty alcohols included in this heading are mixtures of acyclic alcohols obtained by catalytic reduction of mixtures of fatty acids of this heading (see paragraph (A) above), or esters thereof, saponification of spermacet fat, catalytic reaction between olefins, carbon monoxide and hydrogen (“oxo-synthesis”), hydration of olefins, oxidation of hydrocarbons or other methods. Fatty alcohols are usually liquid products, but some of them are solid. The principal fatty alcohols of this heading are (1) Lauryl alcohol, which is a mixture of saturated fatty alcohols produced by the catalytic reduction of fatty acids from coconut oil. At normal temperatures, it is a liquid substance, but in cold weather it becomes semi-solid. (2) Cetyl alcohol, which is a mixture of cetyl and stearyl alcohols with a high predominance of the first, obtained from sperm acet or spermacet oil. At room temperature, it is a crystalline solid. (3) Stearyl alcohol, which is a mixture of stearyl and cetyl alcohols obtained by reducing stearin or oils with a high content of stearic acid, or from spermacet oil by hydrogenation and hydrolysis followed by distillation. At room temperature, it is a white crystalline substance. (4) Oleil alcohol, which is obtained by reducing olein or from alcohols released from SP ermacet oil under pressure. At room temperature, it is a liquid substance. (5) Mixtures of primary aliphatic alcohols, usually containing alcohols, the molecules of which have from six to thirteen carbon atoms. These are liquid products, usually obtained using "oxo-synthesis". The fatty alcohols referred to in paragraphs (1) to (4) are mainly used for the preparation of their sulfonated derivatives, salts of which with alkali metals are organic surfactants of heading 3402. The fatty alcohols described in paragraph (5) are mainly used in the manufacture of plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride. This heading also includes industrial fatty alcohols of a waxy character. This heading does not cover fatty alcohols of a certain chemical composition of 90% or more purity (in terms of dry matter) (usually heading 2905).

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) separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following:

(1) artificial graphite (heading 3801);

(2) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up as described in heading 3808;

(3) products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 3813);

(4) certified reference materials specified in note 2 below;

(5) products specified in note 3(a) or 3(c) below;

(b) mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally, heading 2106);

(c) products of heading 2404;

(d) slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic or their mixtures and meeting the requirements of note 3(a) or 3(b) to Chapter 26 (heading 2620);

(e) medicaments (heading 3003 or 3004); or

(f) spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of chemical compounds of base metals (heading 2620), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 7112) or catalysts consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV).

2. (A) For the purpose of heading 3822, the expression ‘certified reference materials’ means reference materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes.

(B) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 3822 shall take precedence over any other heading in the nomenclature.

3. Heading 3824 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of the nomenclature:

(a) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2,5 g each, of magnesium oxide or of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals;

(b) fusel oil; Dippel's oil;

(c) ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;

(d) stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 9612), put up in packings for retail sale; and

(e) ceramic firing testers, fusible (for example, Seger cones).

4. Throughout the nomenclature, ‘municipal waste’ means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, offices, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles. The term ‘municipal waste’, however, does not cover:

(a) individual materials or articles segregated from the waste, for example wastes of plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass or metals, electrical and electronic waste and scrap (including spent batteries) which fall in their appropriate headings of the nomenclature;

(b) industrial waste;

(c) waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in note 4(k) to Chapter 30; or

(d) clinical waste, as defined in note 6(a) below.

5. For the purposes of heading 3825, ‘sewage sludge’ means sludge arising from urban effluent treatment plant and includes pre-treatment waste, scourings and unstabilised sludge. Stabilised sludge when suitable for use as fertiliser is excluded (Chapter 31).

6. For the purposes of heading 3825, the expression ‘other wastes’ applies to:

(a) clinical waste, that is, contaminated waste arising from medical research, diagnosis, treatment or other medical, surgical, dental or veterinary procedures, which often contain pathogens and pharmaceutical substances and require special disposal procedures (for example, soiled dressings, used gloves and used syringes);

(b) waste organic solvents;

(c) wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freezing fluids; and

(d) other wastes from chemical or allied industries. The expression ‘other wastes’ does not, however, cover wastes which contain mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals (heading 2710).

7. For the purposes of heading 3826, the term ‘biodiesel’ means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel, derived from animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils whether or not used.

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. Subheadings 3808 52 and 3808 59 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing one or more of the following substances : alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); carbofuran (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds; trichlorfon (ISO).

2. Subheadings 3808 61 to 3808 69 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing alpha-cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).

3. Subheadings 3824 81 to 3824 89 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances : oxirane (ethylene oxide); polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate; aldrin (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); chlordane (ISO); chlordecone (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN); 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); endosulfan (ISO); endrin (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); mirex (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); pentachlorobenzene (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers; short-chain chlorinated paraffins. Short-chain chlorinated paraffins are mixtures of compounds, with a chlorination degree of more than 48 % by weight, with the following molecular formula : CxH(2x-y+2)Cly, where x=10 – 13 and y= 1 – 13.

4. For the purposes of subheadings 3825 41 and 3825 49, ‘waste organic solvents’ are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.