SECTION VI PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

Chapter 38 Miscellaneous chemical products.

Statistical code

Description

Tariff rate

Tariff rate (EPA)

Unit

H.S. code

General

Temporary

WTO

GSP

LDC

Singapore

Mexico

Malaysia

Chile

Thailand

38.01

Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures.

Free

3801.10

000

Artificial graphite

2.5%

Free

3801.20

000

Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite

2.5%

Free

3801.30

000

Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3801.90

000

Other

3.2%

(3.2%)

Free

38.02

Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black.

Free

3802.10

000

Activated carbon

2.9%

(2.9%)

Free

3802.90

000

Other

2.5%

Free

38.03

3803.00

000

Tall oil, whether or not refined.

Free

(Free)

Free

38.04

3804.00

000

Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 38.03.

Free

(Free)

Free

38.05

Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing α-terpineol as the main constituent.

Free

3805.10

000

Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils

Free

(Free)

3805.90

Other

100

1 Pine oil

Free

(Free)

900

2 Other

2.5%

Free

38.06

Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums.

Free

3806.10

000

Rosin and resin acids

Free

(Free)

3806.20

000

Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin adducts

Free

(Free)

3806.30

000

Ester gums

3.9%

3.3%

Free

3806.90

000

Other

Free

(Free)

38.07

3807.00

000

Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch.

Free

(Free)

Free

38.08

Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers).

Free

3808.50

000

Goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter

4.9%

3.9%

Free

Other

3808.91

Insecticides

4.9%

3.9%

Free

010

- Agricultural chemicals

- Other

091

-- Put up in forms or packings for retail sale

-- Other

092

--- Miticides

099

--- Other

3808.92

Fungicides

4.9%

3.9%

Free

010

- Agricultural chemicals

- Other

091

-- Put up in forms or packings for retail sale

099

-- Other

3808.93

Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators

4.9%

3.9%

Free

010

- Agricultural chemicals

- Other

091

-- Put up in forms or packings for retail sale

099

-- Other

3808.94

000

Disinfectants

4.9%

3.9%

Free

3808.99

Other

4.9%

3.9%

Free

010

- Agricultural chemicals

090

- Other

38.09

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included.

Free

3809.10

000

With a basis of amylaceous substances

25% or 30 yen/kg, whichever is the greater

21.3% or 25.50 yen/kg, whichever is the greater

Free

Other

3809.91

Of a kind used in the textile or like industries

4.2%

3.2%

Free

010

- Prepared glazings and dressings

090

- Other

3809.92

000

Of a kind used in the paper or like industries

4.6%

3.9%

Free

3809.93

000

Of a kind used in the leather or like industries

4.6%

3.9%

Free

38.10

Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods.

Free

3810.10

000

Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials

4.6%

3.9%

Free

3810.90

000

Other

4.6%

3.9%

Free

38.11

Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils.

Free

Anti-knock preparations :

3811.11

000

Based on lead compounds

Free

(Free)

3811.19

000

Other

Free

(Free)

Additives for lubricating oils :

3811.21

000

Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

Free

(Free)

3811.29

000

Other

Free

(Free)

3811.90

Other

Free

(Free)

010

- For fuel oil

090

- Other

38.12

Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; antioxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics.

Free

3812.10

000

Prepared rubber accelerators

5.3%

4.4%

Free

3812.20

000

Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3812.30

Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics

100

1 Rubber anti-oxidants

5.3%

4.4%

Free

200

2 Other

3.8%

2.6%

Free

38.13

3813.00

000

Preparations and charges for fire -extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades.

4.6%

3.9%

Free

38.14

3814.00

000

Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers.

4.6%

3.9%

Free

38.15

Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included.

Free

Supported catalysts

3815.11

000

With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance

3.2%

2.2%

Free

3815.12

With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance

100

1 Platinum catalyst

Free

(Free)

2 Other

210

(1)For purification of the exhaust gas of motor vehicles

Free

(Free)

220

(2)Other

3.2%

2.2%

Free

3815.19

Other

100

1 Iron catalysts

Free

(Free)

2 Other

3.2%

2.2%

Free

210

- Silica-alumina catalysts

290

- Other

3815.90

Other

100

1 Iron catalysts and platinum catalyst

Free

(Free)

200

2 Silica-alumina catalysts

4.6%

3.9%

Free

3 Other

3.2%

2.2%

Free

310

- Catalysts

390

- Other

38.16

3816.00

Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of heading 38.01.

3.9%

3.3%

Free

010

- Refractory cements and mortars

090

- Other

38.17

3817.00

000

Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 27.07 or 29.02.

3.9%

3.3%

Free

38.18

3818.00

Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics.

Free

010

1 Silicon doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms

Free

(Free)

020

2 Other

3.8%

Free

38.19

3819.00

000

Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals.

3.8%

2.6%

Free

38.20

3820.00

000

Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids.

3.8%

2.6%

Free

38.21

3821.00

000

Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells.

2.5%

Free

38.22

3822.00

000

Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 30.02 or 30.06; certified reference materials.

Free

(Free)

Free

38.23

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.

Free

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining :

3823.11

000

Stearic acid

2.5%

(2.5%)

Free

3823.12

000

Oleic acid

2.5%

(2.5%)

Free

3823.13

000

Tall oil fatty acids

Free

3823.19

000

Other

2.5%

(2.5%)

Free

3823.70

000

Industrial fatty alcohols

2.5%

(2.5%)

Free

38.24

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included.

Free

3824.10

000

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores

2.5%

Free

3824.30

Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders

Free

100

1 Mixtures of metal carbides

3.2%

(3.2%)

Free

200

2 Other

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.40

000

Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.50

000

Non-refractory mortars and concretes

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.60

000

Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905.44

3.8%

2.3%

Free

Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane :

3824.71

000

Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.72

000

Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromotetrafluoroethanes

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.73

000

Containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.74

000

Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.75

000

Containing carbon tetrachloride

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.76

000

Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.77

000

Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.78

000

Containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.79

000

Other

3.8%

2.6%

Free

Mixtures and preparations containing oxirane (ethylene oxide), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate :

3824.81

000

Containing oxirane (ethylene oxide)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.82

000

Containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.83

000

Containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3824.90

Other

Free

100

1 Master blends for the manufacture of chewing gum, excluding those containing sugar or other sweetening matter or flavors

Free

(Free)

200

2 Derivatives of mixtures of fatty acids

4.6%

3.9%

Free

300

3 Naphthenic acids, their water-insoluble salts and their esters

3.9%

3.3%

Free

4 Other

3.8%

Free

910

- Mixture containing octabromodiphenyl oxide and heptabromodiphenyl oxide as main constituent; mixture containing dibromoneopentyl glycol as main constituent

Free

920

- Calcium 5'-ribonucleotides and dinatorium 5'-ribonucleotides

2.6%

990

- Other

2.6%

38.25

Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter.

Free

3825.10

000

Municipal waste

Free

(2.6%)

3825.20

000

Sewage sludge

Free

(2.6%)

3825.30

000

Clinical waste

Free

(Free)

Waste organic solvents :

3825.41

000

Halogenated

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3825.49

000

Other

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3825.50

000

Wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids

3.8%

2.6%

Free

Other wastes from chemical or allied industries :

3825.61

000

Mainly containing organic constituents

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3825.69

000

Other

3.8%

2.6%

Free

3825.90

Other

100

1 Selenium residue and tellurium residue, and ammoniacal gas liquors and spent oxide produced in coal gas purification:

Free

(Free)

900

2 Other

3.8%

2.6%

Free