THIS LUBRICATING PREPARATION IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 3403191000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING.
GENERAL INTERPRETATION RULES (GIR)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE LUBRICATING OIL BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3403.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY TO SUBHEADING LEVEL.
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES
PROVIDED THEY DO NOT CONTAIN, AS BASIC CONSTITUENTS, 70% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS (SEE HEADING 27.10), THIS HEADING INCLUDES, INTER ALIA, PREPARED MIXTURES OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:
(A) LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS DESIGNED TO REDUCE FRICTION BETWEEN THE MOVING PARTS OF MACHINERY, VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT OR OTHER APPLIANCES, APPARATUS OR INSTRUMENTS. SUCH LUBRICANTS USUALLY CONSIST OF, OR ARE BASED ON, MIXTURES OF ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL OILS, FATS OR GREASES, OFTEN WITH ADDITIVES (E.G., GRAPHITE, MOLYBDENUM, DISULPHIDE, TALC, CARBON BLACKS, CALCIUM OR OTHER METALLIC SOAPS, PITCH, OR RUST, OXIDATION, ETC., INHIBITORS). HOWEVER, THE HEADING ALSO INCLUDES SYNTHETIC LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS BASED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, DIOCTYL OR DINONYL SEBACATES, PHOSPHORIC ESTERS, POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLS, POLY(OXYETHYLENE) (POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL) OR POLY(OCYPTOPYLENE) (POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL) THESE SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS, WHICH INCLUDE GREASES BASED ON SILICONES OR JET LUBE OILS (OR SYNTHETIC ESTER LUBES), ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE UNDER SPECIALLY EXACTING CONDITIONS (E.G., FIRE-RESISTANCE LUBRICANTS, LUBRICANTS FOR PRECISION INSTRUMENTS BEARING OR JET ENGINES).
(C) BUTTING-OIL PREPARATIONS. THESE ARE USUALLY BASED ON ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL OILS, OFTEN WITH THE ADDITION OF SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS.
(D) BOLT OR NUT RELEASE PREPARATIONS. THESE ARE PREPARATIONS INTENDED FOR LOOSENING BOLTS, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS. THEY GENERALLY CONSIST PRINCIPALLY OF LUBRICATING OILS AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN SOLID LUBRICANTS, SOLVENTS, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, RUST REMOVERS, ETC.