Organic Chemicals
Notes:
1. Except where the context otherwise requires, the
headings of this Chapter apply only to :
(a) Separate chemically defined organic compounds, whether or not containing impurities;
(b) Mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (whether or not containing impurities), except mixtures of acyclic hydrocarbon isomers (other than stereoisomers), whether or not saturated (Chapter 27);
(c) The products of heading Nos. 29.36 to 29.39 or the sugar ethers and sugar esters and their salts, of heading No. 29.40, or the products of heading No. 29.41, whether or not chemically defined;
(d) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in water;
(e) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;
(f) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above with an added stabiliser (including an anti-caking agent) necessary for their preservation or transport;
(g) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring or odoriferous substance added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;
(h) The following products, diluted to standard strengths, for the production of azo dyes : diazonium salts, couplers used for these salts and diazotisable amines and their salts.
2. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Goods of heading No. 15.04 or crude glycerol of heading No. 15.20;
(b) Ethyl alcohol (heading No. 22.07 or 22.08);
(c) Methane or propane (heading No. 27.11);
(d) The compounds of carbon mentioned in Note 2 to Chapter 28;
(e) Urea (heading No. 31.02 or 31.05);
(f) Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (heading No. 32.03), synthetic organic colouring matter, synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores (heading No. 32.04) or dyes or other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale (heading No. 32.12);
(g) Enzymes (heading No. 35.07);
(h) Metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine or similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels, or liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 (heading No. 36.06);
(ij) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades, of heading No. 38.13; ink removers put up in packings for retail sale, of heading No. 38.24; or
(k) Optical elements, for example, of ethylenediamine
tartrate (heading No. 90.01).
3. Goods which could be included in two or more of the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in that one of those headings which occurs last in numerical order.
4. In heading Nos. 29.04 to 29.06, 29.08 to 29.11 and 29.13 to 29.20, any reference to halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives includes a reference to compound derivatives, such as sulphohalogenated, nitrohalogenated, nitrosulphonated or nitrosulphohalogenated derivatives.
Nitro or nitroso groups are not to be taken as "nitrogen-functions" for the purposes of heading No. 29.29.
For the purposes of heading Nos. 29.11, 29.12, 29.14, 29.18 and 29.22, "oxygen-functions" is to be restricted to the functions (the characteristic organic oxygen-containing groups) referred to in heading Nos. 29.05 to 29.20.
5. (a) The esters of acid-function organic compounds of
sub-Chapters I to VII with organic compounds of these sub-Chapters are to be
classified with that compound which is classified in the heading which occurs
last in numerical order in these sub-Chapters.
(b) Esters of ethyl alcohol with acid-function organic compounds of sub-Chapters I to VII are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding acid-function compounds.
(c) Subject to Note 1 to Section VI and Note 2 to Chapter 28 :
(1) Inorganic salts of organic compounds such as acid-, phenol- or enol-function compounds or organic bases, of sub-Chapters I to X or heading No. 29.42, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the organic compound; and
(2) Salts formed between organic compounds of
sub-Chapters I to X or heading No. 29.42 are to be classified in the heading
appropriate to the base or to the acid (including phenol- or enol-function
compounds) from which they are formed, whichever occurs last in numerical
order in the Chapter.
(d) Metal alcoholates are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding alcohols except in the case of ethanol (heading No. 29.05).
(e) Halides of carboxylic acids are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding acids.
6. The compounds of heading Nos. 29.30 and 29.31 are organic compounds the molecules of which contain, in addition to atoms of hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen, atoms of other non-metals or of metals (such as sulphur, arsenic, mercury or lead) directly linked to carbon atoms.
Heading No. 29.30 (organo-sulphur compounds) and heading No. 29.31 (other organo-inorganic compounds) do not include sulphonated or halogenated derivatives (including compound derivatives) which, apart from hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, only have directly linked to carbon the atoms of sulphur or of a halogen which give them their nature of sulphonated or halogenated derivatives (or compound derivatives).
7. Heading Nos. 29.32, 29.33 and 29.34 do not include epoxides with a three-membered ring, ketone peroxides, cyclic polymers of aldehydes or of thioaldehydes anhydrides of polybasic carboxylic acids, cyclic esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols with polybasic acids or imides of polybasic acids.
These provisions apply only when the ring-position hetero-atoms are those resulting solely from the cyclising function or functions here listed.
SUB-HEADING NOTE
Within any one heading of this Chapter, derivatives of a chemical compound (or group of chemical compounds) are to be classified in the same sub-heading as that compound (or group of compounds) provided that they are not more specifically covered by any other sub-heading and that there is no residual sub-heading named "Other" in the series of sub-headings concerned.
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Description of article |
Rate of duty | |
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Standard |
Preferential Areas |
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I. - HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES |
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29.01 |
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Acyclic hydrocarbons |
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2901.10 |
- Saturated |
15% |
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- Unsaturated: |
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2901.21 |
-- Ethylene |
15% |
... |
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2901.22 |
-- Propene (propylene) |
15% |
.... |
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2901.23 |
--Butene (butylene) and isomers thereof |
15% |
... |
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2901.24 |
-- Buta-1,3-diene and isoprene |
15% |
... |
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2901.29 |
-- Other |
15% |
... |
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29.02 |
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Cyclic hydrocarbons |
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- Cyclanes, cyclenes and cycloterpenes : |
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2902.11 |
-- Cyclohexane |
15% |
... |
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2902.19 |
-- Other |
15% |
... |
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2902.20 |
- Benzene |
15% |
... |
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2902.30 |
- Toluene |
15% |
... |
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- Xylenes: |
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2902.41 |
-- o-Xylene |
15% |
... |
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2902.42 |
-- m-Xylene |
15% |
... |
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2902.43 |
-- p-Xylene |
5% |
... |
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2902.44 |
-- Mixed xylene isomers |
15% |
... |
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2902.50 |
- Styrene |
15% |
... |
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2902.60 |
- Ethylbenzene |
15% |
... |
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2902.70 |
- Cumene |
15% |
... |
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2902.90 |
-Other |
15% |
... |
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29.03 |
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Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons |
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- Saturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: |
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2903.11 |
-- Chloromethane (methyl chloride) and chloroethane (ethyl chloride) |
35% |
... |
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2903.12 |
-- Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) |
35% |
... |
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2903.13 |
-- Chloroform (trichloromethane) |
35% |
... |
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2903.14 |
-- Carbon tetrachloride |
35% |
... |
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2903.15 |
-- 1,2-Dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride) |
15% |
... |
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2903.16 |
-- 1,2-Dichloropropane (propylene dichloride) and dichlorobutanes |
35% |
... |
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2903.19 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: |
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2903.21 |
-- Vinyl chloride (chloroethylene) |
15% |
... |
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2903.22 |
-- Trichloroethylene |
35% |
... |
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2903.23 |
-- Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) |
35% |
... |
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2903.29 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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2903.30 |
- Fluorinated, brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons |
35% |
... |
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- Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocar bans containing two or more different halogens: |
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2903.41 |
-- Trichlorofluoromethane |
35% |
... |
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2903.42 |
-- Dichlorodifluoromethane |
35% |
... |
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2903.43 |
-- Trichlorotrifluoroethanes |
35% |
... |
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2903.44 |
-- Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes and chloro- |
35% |
... |
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pentafluoroethane |
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2903.45 |
-- Other derivatives perhalogenated only |
35% |
... |
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with fluorine and chlorine |
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2903.46 |
-- Bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane and dibromotetrafluoroethanes |
35% |
... |
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2903.47 |
-- Other perhalogenated derivatives |
35% |
... |
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2903.49 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Halogenated derivatives of cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic hydrocarbons : |
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2903.51 |
-- 1,2,3,4,5,6 - Hexachlorocyclohexane |
35% |
... |
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2903.59 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons : |
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2903.61 |
-- Chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene and p-dichlorobenzene |
35% |
... |
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2903.62 |
-- Hexachlorobenzene and DDT [1,1,1- trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane] |
35% |
... |
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2903.69 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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29.04 |
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Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated |
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2904.10 |
- Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters |
35% |
.... |
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2904.20 |
- Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups |
35% |
... |
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2904.90 |
- Other |
35% |
.... |
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II. - ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRA TED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES |
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29.05 |
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Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated,sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
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- Saturated monohydric alcohols: |
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2905.11 |
-- Methanol (methyl alcohol) |
25% |
... |
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2905.12 |
-- Propanol (propyl alcohol) and propan- 2-ol (isopropyl alcohol) |
35% |
... |
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2905.13 |
-- Butanlol (n-butyl alcohol) |
35% |
... |
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2905.14 |
-- Other butanols |
35% |
... |
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2905.15 |
-- Pentanol (amyi alcohol) and isomersthereof |
35% |
... |
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2905.16 |
-- Octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof |
35% |
... |
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2905.17 |
-- Dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (stearyl alcohol) |
35% |
.... |
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2905.19 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Unsaturated monohydric alcohols : |
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2905.22 |
-- Acyclic terpene alcohols |
35% |
... |
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2905.29 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Diols: |
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2905.31 |
-- Ethylene glycol (ethanediol) |
25% |
... |
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2905.32 |
-- Propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol) |
35% |
... |
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2905.39 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Other polyhydric alcohols : |
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2905.41 |
-- 2 Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl) propane-1,3-diol (trimethylolpropane) |
35% |
... |
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2905.42 |
-- Pentaerythritol |
35% |
... |
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2905.43 |
-- Mannitol |
35% |
... |
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2905.44 |
-- D-glucitol (sorbitol) |
35% |
... |
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2905.45 |
-- Glycerol |
35% |
... |
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2905.49 |
-- Other |
35% |
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2905.50 |
- Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of acyclic alcohols |
35% |
... |
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29.06 |
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Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
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- Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic : |
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2906.11 |
-- Menthol |
35% |
... |
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2906.12 |
-- Cyclohexanol, methylcyclohexanols and dimethylcyclohexanols |
35% |
... |
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2906.13 |
-- Sterols and inositols |
35% |
... |
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2906.14 |
-- Terpineols |
35% |
... |
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2906.19 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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- Aromatic: |
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2906.21 |
-- Benzyl alcohol |
35% |
... |
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2906.29 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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III. - PHENOLS, PHENOL-ALCOHOLS, AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES |
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29.07 |
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Phenols; phenol-alcohols |
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- Monophenols: |
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2907.11 |
-- Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts |
25% |
... |
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2907.12 |
-- Cresols and their salts |
35% |
... |
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2907.13 |
-- Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof |
35% |
... |
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2907.14 |
-- Xylenols and their salts |
35% |
... |
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2907.15 |
-- Naphthols and their salts |
35% |
... |
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2907.19 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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-Polyphenols: |
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2907.21 |
-- Resorcinol and its salts |
35% |
... |
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2907.22 |
-- Hydroquinone (quinol) and its salts |
35% |
... |
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2907.23 |
-- 4, 4'-Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol) A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts |
35% |
... |
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2907.29 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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2907.30 |
- Phenol-alcohols |
35% |
... |
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29.08 |
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Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols |
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2908.10 |
- Derivatives containing only halogen substituents and their salts |
35% |
... |
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2908.20 |
- Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and esters |
35% |
... |
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2908.90 |
- Other |
35% |
... |
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IV. - ETHERS, ALCOHOL PEROXIDES, ETHER PEROXIDES, KETONE PEROXIDES, EPOXIDES WITH A THREE-MEMBERED RING, ACETALS AND HEMIACETALS, AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES |
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29.09 |
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Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
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- Acyclic ethers and their halogenated, sulpho nated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: |
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2909.11 |
-- Diethyl ether |
35% |
... |
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2909.19 |
-- Other |
35% |
... |
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2909.20 |
- Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
35% |
... |
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2909.30 |
- Aromatic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
35% |
... |
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- Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : |
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