4010 33 00 — Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber: transmission belts or belting: endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm

4010 Conveyor belts or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber: – Conveyor belts or belting: 4010 11 – – Reinforced only with metal 4010 12 – – Reinforced only with textile materials 4010 19 – – Other – Transmission belts or belting: 4010 31 – – Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm 4010 32 – – Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm

4010 33 – – Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm 4010 34 – – Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm 4010 35 – – Endless toothed transmission belts, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 150 cm 4010 36 – – Endless toothed transmission belts, of an outside circumference exceeding 150 cm but not exceeding 198 cm 4010 39 – – Other

The heading covers conveyor or transmission belts and belting wholly of vulcanised rubber or of fabric impregnated, coated or laminated with rubber, or of fabric made from textile yarn or cord impregnated or coated with rubber (see Note 8 to this Chapter). It also covers belts or belting of vulcanised rubber reinforced with glass fabric or glass fibres, or with metal wire gauze. Belts and belting (other than belts or belting wholly of vulcanised rubber) usually consist of a carcass made of several plies of fabric, whether or not rubberised (e.g., woven fabric with warp and weft threads, knitted or crocheted fabrics, layers of parallel threads), or of steel cord and steel ropes or strips or bands, completely covered with vulcanised rubber, or of steel cord. The heading covers belting in the length (for subsequent cutting to length), and belts already cut to length (whether or not joined at the ends or fitted with fasteners). It also covers endless belts. All these goods may be of rectangular, trapezoidal (V-belts and V-belting), circular or other cross-section. Belts or belting of trapezoidal cross-section are articles having one or more V-shaped segments in cross-section. The V-shaped surfaces are designed to provide an effective wedging action and minimum slippage along the sides of the pulley. This category covers, for example, belts or belting having a cross-section of: (A) Simple trapezoidal shape.

(B) With the trapezoidal form of opposite sides.

(C) With two or more trapezoidal forms on one side (V-shaped, ribbed).

The ribbed straps of the trapezoidal cross-section are endless ribbed straps that enter the engagement and

are fixed due to friction in the notches of this form of blocks. Ribbed belts of the trapezoidal cross-section are a type of belts of the trapezoidal cross-section. Recesses (formed or cut) in trapezoidal cross-section belts or belting reduce the bending stress and help dissipate heat from rapid bending; this is especially important when starting when the belts are moving on small pulleys at high speeds. Such recesses, unlike elongated recesses, do not affect the classification of trapezoidal cross-section belts or belting. Synchronous belts (see Fig.) are designed to transfer energy while maintaining a constant rotational movement between pulleys. A finished product is often simply seen as a regulating belt. Notches, usually on the inner surface of the belt, are made to softly control the geared pulleys. Synchronous belts or belting do not have a trapezoidal cross-section. The belts of this heading may be presented in the form of a sleeve (tube) from which the desired articles may be cut; this type of article shall not affect the classification.

Conveyor belts or drive belts or beltings presented together with the machinery or devices for which they are intended shall be classified with these machinery or equipment, whether or not they are actually mounted (e.g., Section XVI).

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, throughout the Nomenclature, the terms “rubber” and “rubber” mean the following products, whether vulcanized or non-volcanized, solid or non-solid: natural rubber, balata, gutta perch, guayula, chicle and similar natural resins, synthetic rubber, oil-derived factis and the same materials in regenerated form.

2. This group does not include:

(a) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(b) Shoes or parts thereof of Chapter 64;

(c) headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65;

(d) mechanical or electrical devices, or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of solid rubber;

(e) articles of Chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or

(f) articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, gloves, mittens and articles of headings 4011 to 4013).

3. For the purposes of headings 4001 to 4003 and 4005, the term “primary forms” means the following forms:

(a) liquids and pastes (including latex subvulcanized or non-vulcanized and other dispersions and solutions);

(b) irregularly shaped blocks, chunks, piles, powders, granules, crumbs and similar bulk forms.

4. In Note 1 to this Chapter and in heading 4002, the term synthetic rubber means:

(a) unsaturated synthetic substances irreversibly transformed by sulfur vulcanization into non-thermoplastic substances, which do not rupture at a temperature of 18–29 °C when stretched 3 times their original length, and, when stretched 2 times within 5 minutes, return to a length not exceeding the original length by more than one and a half times. In this test, it is allowed to add substances necessary for the formation of cross-links, in particular, activators or accelerators of vulcanization. Substances listed in note 5 (B) (ii) and (iii) are also allowed. However, any substances not intended for cross-linking, such as diluents, plasticizers and fillers, shall not be allowed;

(b) thioplasty (TM); and

(c) natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with plastics, depolymerized natural rubber, mixtures of unsaturated synthetic substances with saturated synthetic high molecular weight polymers, provided that all of the above products meet the requirements of paragraph 4(a) above of this note for vulcanization, elongation and resizing.

5. (A) Headings 4001 and 4002 do not include rubber or a mixture of rubbers if they were mixed with:

(i) vulcanizing agents, accelerators, moderators or activators (other than those which have been added to prepare dulacanized rubber latex);

pigments or other colouring agents other than those used for identification purposes only;

(iii) plasticizers or fillers (other than mineral oil in the case of oil-filled rubber), reinforcing agents, organic solvents or any other substances other than those referred to in paragraph 5(B).

(B) The presence of the following substances in rubber or a mixture of rubbers shall not affect their classification as heading 4001 or 4002 provided that such rubber or a mixture of rubber retains its essential property of the raw material:

(i) emulsifiers or antiadhesives;

(ii) small amounts of degradation products of emulsifiers;

(iii) very small amounts of heat-sensitive agents (mainly for the preparation of thermally sensitive rubber latexes), cationic surfactants (usually for the preparation of electropositive rubber latexes), antioxidants, coagulants, rubber-to-crumb agents, frost-resistant agents, peptisers, anticoagulants, stabilizers, viscosity-regulating agents, or similar special-purpose additives.

6. For the purposes of heading 4004, the term “waste, trimmings and scraps” means waste, trimmings and scraps produced in the manufacture or treatment of rubber and articles thereof which are absolutely unusable as such by cuts, wear or other causes.

7. Threads consisting entirely of vulcanized rubber having a cross-sectional dimension greater than 5 mm are classified as strips or ribbons, rods or profiles in shape in heading 4008.

8. Heading 4010 covers conveyor belts, drive belts or belting of fabric impregnated, coated or duplicated with rubber or of fabric made of textile yarn or cord impregnated or coated with rubber.

9. For the purposes of headings 4001, 4002, 4003, 4005 and 4008, the terms “plates”, “sheets” and “bands or tapes” mean only plates, sheets and strips or ribbons and blocks of regular geometric shape, not cut or cut into rectangular (including square) shapes, being or not finished articles with embossed or unembossed or otherwise treated surface, other than materials cut into pieces of another shape or subjected to further processing.

For the purposes of heading 4008, the terms “bars” and “shaped profiles” mean only articles not cut or cut in length with a treated or untreated surface but without further treatment.

Additional note

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. Sleeves, gloves or mittens impregnated or coated with porous rubber, in which textile materials, woven or machine or hand knitted, felt or felt or nonwoven materials are presented merely for reinforcement purposes, belong to Chapter 40, even if they:

- made of textile materials, woven or machine or hand knitted (other than those of heading 5906), felt or felt or nonwoven materials impregnated or coated with porous rubber, or

- made of unimpregnated or uncoated textile materials, woven or machine or hand knitted, felt or felt or nonwoven materials and subsequently impregnated or covered with porous rubber.

(Note 3 (c) to chapter 56 and note 5, last paragraph, to chapter 59.)