MASTERBATCH PIGMENT DISPERSION THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS A SIMPLE PROCESS WHEREBY METHYL METHACRYLATE MONOMER (MMA) (TARIC: 2916140090) IS MIXED WITH A CATALYST TO A REACTION STAGE. THE MIX OF MMA CAN VARY FROM JUST 50% OF THE LIQUID UP TO 90% + OF THE LIQUID MIX , WITH THE PIGMENT ADDED BEING FROM 50% OF THE TOTAL MIX TO JUST 5% OF THE TOTAL MIX AND THIS MIX ALL DEPENDS ON STRENGTH OF THE FINAL PIGMENT MIX THE CUSTOMER REQUIRES. THE LIQUID THEN IS COOLED AND STORED FOR A WHILE BEFORE BEING PUMPED INTO A STIRING VAT AND AT THIS STAGE A COLOUR "PIGMENT" (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) IS ADDED AND A PROCESS OF STIRRING IS PERFORMED TO FORM THE FINAL PIGMENT PREPARATION WHICH IS A "PIGMENT THAT IS DISPERSED IN NON AQUEOUS LIQUID". THIS LIQUID IS THEN PACKAGE IN SMALL OR LARGE PLASTIC DRUMS OR LARGER IBC CONTAINERS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRs) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3206 - OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 3203, 3204 OR 3205 GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 320619 - PIGMENTS AND PREPARATIONS BASED ON TITANIUM DIOXIDE, OTHER THAN CONTAINING 80% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE CALCULATED ON THE DRY MATTER TARIC CODE 3206190090 - OTHER THAN PREPARATION CONTAINING BY WEIGHT: 72% (± 2%) OF MICA (CAS RN 12001-26-2) AND 28% (± 2%) OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CAS RN 13463-67-7) ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER NOTE 3 TO CHAPTER 32