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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359/annex-I/chapter-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359/annex-I/chapter-38.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1995/1359",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/95 of 13 June 1995 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 802/80",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/38",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS",
  "text": "CN code\nDescription\nRate of duty\nautonomous (%)\nconventional (%)\nSupplementary unit\n3801\nArtificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures\n38011000\nArtificial graphite\n6\n3,6\n—\n380120\nColloidal or semi-colloidal graphite\n38012010\nColloidal graphite in suspension in oil; semi-colloidal graphite\n18\n7,4\n—\n38012090\nOther\n9\n4,1\n—\n38013000\nCarbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings\n10\n5,3\n—\n38019000\nOther\n6\n3,7\n—\n3802\nActivated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black\n38021000\nActivated carbon\n5\n5,7\n—\n38029000\nOther\n14\n5,7\n—\n380300\nTall oil, whether or not refined\n38030010\nCrude\n4\nFree\n—\n38030090\nOther\n7\n4,1\n—\n380400\nResidual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading No 3803\n38040010\nConcentrated sulphite lye\n9\n5\n—\n38040090\nOther\n18\n7,4\n—\n3805\nGum, 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 alpha-terpineol as the main constituent\n380510\nGum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils\n38051010\nGum turpentine\n5\n4\n—\n38051030\nWood turpentine\n7\n3,7\n—\n38051090\nSulphate turpentine\n7\n3,2\n—\n38052000\nPine oil\n7\n3,7\n—\n38059000\nOther\n7\n3,4\n—\n3806\nRosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums\n380610\nRosin and resin acids\n38061010\nObtained from fresh oleoresins\n6\n5\n—\n38061090\nOther\n6\n5\n—\n38062000\nSalts of rosin or of resin acids\n10\n4,6\n—\n38063000\nEster gums\n17\n6,5\n—\n38069000\nOther\n10\n4,6\n—\n380700\nWood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch\n38070010\nWood tar\n4\n2,1\n—\n38070090\nOther\n6\n4,6\n—\n3808\nInsecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting 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)\n380810\nInsecticides\n38081010\nBased on pyrethroids\n15\n6\n—\n38081020\nBased on chlorinated hydrocarbons\n15\n6\n—\n38081030\nBased on carbamates\n15\n6\n—\n38081040\nBased on organophosphorus compounds\n15\n6\n—\n38081090\nOther\n15\n6\n—\n380820\nFungicides\nInorganic\n38082010\nPreparations based on copper compounds\n8\n4,6\n—\n38082015\nOther\n15\n6\n—\nOther\n38082030\nBased on dithiocarbamates\n15\n6\n—\n38082040\nBased on benzimidazoles\n15\n6\n—\n38082050\nBased on diazoles or triazoles\n15\n6\n—\n38082060\nBased on diazines or morpholines\n15\n6\n—\n38082080\nOther\n15\n6\n—\n380830\nHerbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators\nHerbicides\n38083011\nBased on phenoxy-phytohormones\n15\n6\n—\n38083013\nBased on triazines\n15\n6\n—\n38083015\nBased on amides\n15\n6\n—\n38083017\nBased on carbamates\n15\n6\n—\n38083021\nBased on dinitroaniline derivatives\n15\n6\n—\n38083023\nBased on derivatives of urea, of uracil or of sulphonylurea\n15\n6\n—\n38083027\nOther\n15\n6\n—\n38083030\nAnti-sprouting products\n15\n6\n—\n38083090\nPlant-growth regulators\n18\n7,4\n—\n380840\nDisinfectants\n38084010\nBased on quaternary ammonium salts\n15\n6\n—\n38084020\nBased on halogenated compounds\n15\n6\n—\n38084090\nOther\n15\n6\n—\n380890\nOther\n38089010\nRodenticides\n15\n6\n—\n38089090\nOther\n15\n6\n—\n3809\nFinishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs 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\n380910\nWith a basis of amylaceous substances\n38091010\nContaining by weight of such substances less than 55 %\n13 + 13,9 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 20\n12,2 + 13,1 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 18,8\n—\n38091030\nContaining by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less than 70 %\n13 + 19,4 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 20\n12,2 + 18,2 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 18,8\n—\n38091050\nContaining by weight of such substances 70 % or more but less than 83 %\n13 + 23,6 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 20\n12,2 + 22,2 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 18,8\n—\n38091090\nContaining by weight of such substances 83 % or more\n13 + 27,7 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 20\n12,2 + 26 Ecu/100 kg/net MAX 18,8\n—\nOther\n38099100\nOf a kind used in the textile or like industries\n16\n6,3\n—\n38099200\nOf a kind used in the paper or like industries\n16\n6,3\n—\n38099300\nOf a kind used in the leather or like industries\n16\n6,3\n—\n3810\nPickling 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\n38101000\nPickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials\n14\n6,5\n—\n381090\nOther\n38109010\nPreparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes and rods\n9\n4,1\n—\n38109090\nOther\n9\n5\n—\n3811\nAnti-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\nAnti-knock preparations\n381111\nBased on lead compounds\n38111110\nBased on tetraethyl-lead\n19\n6,5\n—\n38111190\nOther\n17\n5,8\n—\n38111900\nOther\n17\n5,8\n—\nAdditives for lubricating oils\n38112100\nContaining petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals\n13\n5,3\n—\n38112900\nOther\n16\n5,8\n—\n38119000\nOther\n17\n5,8\n—\n3812\nPrepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidizing preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics\n38121000\n— Prepared rubber accelerators\n16\n6,3\n—\n38122000\nCompound plasticizers for rubber or plastics\n18\n7,4\n—\n381230\n— Anti-oxidizing preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics\n38123020\nAnti-oxidizing preparations\n18\n7,4\n—\n38123080\nOther\n18\n7,4\n—\n38130000\nPreparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades\n15\n6,5\n—\n381400\nOrganic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers\n38140010\nBased on butyl acetate\n18\n6,5\n—\n38140090\nOther\n18\n6,5\n—\n3815\nReaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included\nSupported catalysts\n38151100\nWith nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance\n14\n6,5\n—\n38151200\nWith precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance\n14\n6,5\n—\n38151900\nOther\n14\n6,5\n—\n38159000\nOther\n14\n6,5\n—\n38160000\nRefractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of heading No 3801\n4\n2,7\n—\n3817\nMixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading No 2707 or 2902\n381710\nMixed alkylbenzenes\n38171010\nDodecylbenzene\n13\n6,3\n—\n38171050\nLinear alkylbenzene\n13\n6,3\n—\n38171080\nOther\n13\n6,3\n—\n38172000\nMixed alkylnaphthalenes\n13\n6,3\n—\n381800\nChemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics\n38180010\nDoped silicon\n9\n7,4\n—\n38180090\nOther\n9\n7,4\n—\n38190000\nHydraulic 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\n18\n6,6\n—\n38200000\nAnti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids\n18\n7,4\n—\n38210000\nPrepared culture media for development of micro-organisms\n11\n5\n—\n38220000\nComposite diagnostic or laboratory reagents, other than those of heading No 3002 or 3006\n18\n6,1\n—\n3823\nPrepared 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; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included\n38231000\nPrepared binders for foundry moulds or cores\n18\n7,4\n—\n38232000\nNaphthenic acids, their water-insoluble salts and their esters\n6\n3,2\n—\n38233000\nNon-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders\n12\n5,3\n—\n38234000\nPrepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes\n18\n7,4\n—\n382350\nNon-refractory mortars and concretes\n38235010\nConcrete ready to pour\n18\n7,4\n—\n38235090\nOther\n18\n7,4\n—\n382360\nSorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44\nIn aqueous solution\n38236011\nContaining 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content\n12 + 25,2 Ecu/100 kg/net\n11,3 + 23,7 Ecu/100 kg/net\n—\n38236019\nOther\n12 + 47,2 Ecu/100 kg/net\n11,6 + 45,6 Ecu/100 kg/net\n—\nOther\n38236091\nContaining 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content\n12 + 36 Ecu/100 kg/net\n11,3 + 33,8 Ecu/100 kg/net\n—\n38236099\nOther\n12 + 67,1 Ecu/100 kg/net\n11,6 + 64,9 Ecu/100 kg/net\n—\n382390\nOther\n38239010\nPetroleum sulphonates, excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines; thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, and their salts\n14\n5,7\n—\n38239020\nIon exchangers\n12\n6,5\n—\n38239030\nGetters for vacuum tubes\n12\n6\n—\n38239040\nPyrolignites (for example, of calcium); crude calcium tartrate; crude calcium citrate\n7\n5,1\n—\n38239050\nAlkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas\n9\n5\n—\n38239060\nAnti-rust preparations containing amines as active constituents\n18\n6,6\n—\n38239070\nInorganic composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products\n18\n6,5\n—\nOther\n38239081\nAnti-scaling and similar compounds\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239083\nPreparations for electroplating\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239085\nLiquid polychlorobiphenyls, liquid chloroparaffins; mixed polyethylene glycols\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239087\nMixtures of mono-, di- and tri-, fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifiers for fats)\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239091\nProducts and preparations for pharmaceutical or surgical uses\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239093\nAuxiliary products for foundries (other than those falling within subheading 3823 10)\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239095\nFire-proofing, water-proofing and similar protective preparations used in the building industry\n18\n7,4\n—\nMixtures containing perhalogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different halogens\n38239096\nContaining acyclic hydrocarbons perhalogenated only with fluorine and chlorine\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239097\nOther\n18\n7,4\n—\n38239098\nOther\n18\n7,4\n—",
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  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Ad valorem duty rate reduced to 9 % (suspension) for an indefinite period."
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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