HSN codes for soap, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, polishing items, candles

Posted on 10 June 2022 Category : HSN Codes for GST

HSN code CHAPTER-34

Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster

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Notes:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading 1517 00 00);

(b) separate chemically defined compounds; or

(c) shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading 3305 00 00, 3306 00 00 or 3307 00 00).

2. For the purposes of heading 3401 00 00, the expression "soap" applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 3401 00 00 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 3401 00 00 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in heading 3405 00 00 as "scouring powders and similar preparations".

3. For the purposes of heading 3402 00 00, "organic surface-active agents" are products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5% at 20°C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature:

(a) give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and

(b) reduce the surface tension of water 4.5 X 10-2N/m (45 dyne/Cm) or less.

4. In heading 3403 00 00, the expression "petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals" applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27.

5. In heading 3404 00 00, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression "artificial waxes and prepared waxes" applies only to:

(a) chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble;

(b) products obtained by mixing different waxes;

(c) products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials. This heading does not apply to:

(i) products of headings 1516 00 00, 3402 00 00 or 3823 00 00, even if having a waxy character;

(ii) unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading 1521 00 00;

(iii) mineral waxes and similar products of heading 2712 00 00 whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or

(iv) waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (heading 3405 00 00, 3809 00 00 etc.)

HSN Code Description of goods

HSN code 3401 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for

use as soap (household and laundry), in the form of bars,

cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing

soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for

washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up

for retail sale, whether or not containing soap (including

shaving cream/gel); paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens,

impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

3401 11    --    For toilet use (including medicated
        products):
3401 11 10    ---    Medicated toilet soaps
3401 11 20    ---    Shaving soaps other than shaving cream
3401 11 90    ---    Other
3401 19    --    Other:
    ---    Bars and blocks of not less than 500 gm in
    ----    weight:
3401 19 11        Industrial soap
3401 19 19    ----    Other
3401 19 20    ---    Flakes, chips and powder
3401 19 30    ---    Tablets and cakes
    ---    Household and laundry soaps not elsewhere
    ----    specified or included :
3401 19 41        Household soaps
3401 19 42    ----    Laundry soaps
3401 19 90    ---    Other
3401 20 00    -    Soap in other forms
3401 30    -    Organic surface-active products and
        preparations for washing the skin, in the
form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap :

--- For toilet use (including medicated products):

3401 30 11    ---- Medicated toilet soaps
3401 30 12    ----    Shaving cream and shaving gel
3401 30 19    ----    Other
3401 30 90    ---    Other

HSN code 3402 Organic surface-active agents (other than soap), surface-active

preparations, washing preparations (including

auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations,

whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading

3401

-    Organic surface-active agents, whether or
        not put up for retail sale:
3402 11    --    Anionic:
3402 11 10    ---    Silicone surfactant
3402 11 90    ---    Other
3402 12 00    --    Cationinc
3402 13 00    --    Non-ionic
3402 19 00    --    Other
3402 20    -    Preparations put up for retail sale:
3402 20 10    ---    Washing preparations (including auxili
        ary washing preparations) and cleaning
        preparations, having a basis of soap or
        other organic surface active agents
3402 20 20    ---    Cleaning or degreasing preparations not
        having a basis of soap or other organic
        surface active agents
3402 20 90    ---    Other
3402 90    --    Other:
    ---    Synthetic detergents:
3402 90 11    ----    Washing preparations (including auxiliary
        washing preparations) and cleaning
        preparations, having a basis of soap or other
    ----    organic surface active agents
3402 90 12        Cleaning or degreasing preparations not
        having a basis of soap or other organic
    ----    surface active agents
3402 90 19        Other
3402 90 20    ---    Sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or
        chlorinated castor oil; sulphonated or
        sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated fish oil;
        sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or
        chlorinated sperm oil; sulphonated or
        sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated neats
        foot oil
3402 90 30    ---    Penetrators
    ---    Wetting agents:
3402 90 41    ----    Washing preparations (including auxiliary
        washing preparations) and cleaning
        preparations, having a basis of soap or other
    ----    organic surface active agents
3402 90 42        Cleaning or degreasing preparations not
        having a basis of soap or other organic
    ----    surface active agents
3402 90 49        Other
    ---    Washing preparations whether or not containing
    ----    soap :
3402 90 51        Washing preparations (including auxiliary
        washing preparations) and cleaning preparations,
        having a basis of soap or other
    ----    organic surface active agents
3402 90 52        Cleaning or degreasing preparations not
        having a basis of soap or other organic
    ----    surface active agents
3402 90 59        Other
    ---    Other :
3402 90 91    ----    Washing preparations (including auxiliary
        washing preparations) and cleaning
        preparations, having a basis of soap or other
    ----    organic surface active agents
3402 90 92        Cleaning or degreasing preparations not hav-
        ing a basis of soap or other organic
    ----    surface active agents
3402 90 99        Other

HSN code 3403 Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations,

bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion
preparations and mould release preparations, based on
lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or
grease treatment of textile materials, leather, fur skins or other

materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic

constituents, 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils or of
oils obtained from bituminous minerals

-    Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from
        bituminous minerals:
3403 11 00    --    Preparations for the treatment of textile
        materials, leather, furskins or other materials
3403 19 00    --    Other
-    Other:

3403 91 00    --    Preparations for the treatment of textile
        materials, leather, furskins or other materials
3403 99 00    --    Other

HSN code 3404 Artificial waxes and prepared waxes

3404 20 00    -    Of poly (oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)
3404 90    -    Other:
3404 90 10    ---    Sealing wax (including bottle sealing wax)
3404 90 20        in sticks, cakes or similar forms
    ---    Polyethylene wax
    ---    Artificial waxes (including water soluble
        waxes) prepared waxes, not emulsified or
    ----    containing solvents :
3404 90 31        Poly brominated biphenyls
3404 90 32    ----    Poly chlorinated biphenyls
3404 90 33    ----    Poly chlorinated terphenyls
3404 90 39    ----    Other
3404 90 90    ---    Other

HSN code 3405 Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork,
glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar
preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding,
felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated,
coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of
heading 3404

3405 10 00    -    Polishes, creams and similar preparations
        for footwear or leather
3405 20 00    -    Polishes, creams and similar preparations
        for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors
        or other wood work
3405 30 00    -    Polishes and similar preparations for
        coach-work, other than metal polishes
3405 40 00    -    Scouring pastes and powders and other
        scouring preparations
3405 90    -    Other:
3405 90 10    ---    Polishes and compositions for application
        to metal including diamond polishing powder
        or paste
3405 90 90    ---    Other

HSN code 3406 Candles, tapers and the like

3406 00 - Candles, tapers and the like:

HSN code 3406 00 10 Candles

HSN code 3406 00 90 Other

HSN code 3407 Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's
amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as

"dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packing’s

for retail sale or in plates,horseshoe shapes,sticks or similar forms;

other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster

(of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate)

3407 00    -    Modelling pastes, including those put up for
        children’s amusement; preparations known
        as “dental wax” or as “dental impression
        compounds”, put up in sets, in packings for
        retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or

similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry,

with basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate)

3407 00 10    ---    Modelling pastes, including those put up for
        children’s amusement
3407 00 90    ---    Other

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