PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENT IS A WASTE WATER/SLUDGE ARISING FROM THE MILLING OF PALM OIL WHICH HAS MINIMAL ECONOMIC VALUE. THE PRACTICE IN SOUTHV EAST ASIA HAS BEEN TO RELEASE THE SLUDGE TO OPEN PONDS FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION. IN RECENT YEARS LOCAL COMPANIES IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA HAVE STARTED TO SKIM THE TOP OF THESE PONDS TO RECOVER THE MATERIAL WITH THE MOST COMMERCIAL VALUE WHICH FLOATS ON TOP OF THE PONDS. KNOWN AS PALM ACID OIL THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN IMPORTED BY EUROPEAN ANIMAL FEED CONSUMERS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING : GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3823 - ACID OILS FROM REFINING GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING - BULK. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 382319 - OTHER THAN STEARIC ACID, CLEIC ACID, TALL OIL FATTY ACIDS. CN CODE 38231990 - OTHER THAN FATTY ACID DISTILLATE. TARIC CODE 3823199010 - OF A KIND USED IN ANIMAL FEED.