GLYCOL BASE BASE IS PRESENTED IN LIQUID AND PASTE FORM THESE BASES THAT COME IN A RANGE OF COLOURS ARE INTENDED TO BE MIXED WITH A TECHNOLOGY VARNISH TO PRODUCE A PRINTING INK. THE TECHNOLOGY VARNISH HAVE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT PARTS DEPENDING ON THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE REQUIRED OF THE FINAL PRINTING INK FOR EXAMPLE RUB RESTANCE AND FINISH (GLOSS/MATT). THE GLYCOL BASES ARE MANUFACTURED BY DISSOLVING NITROCELLULOSE RESIN IN ETHOXY PROPANOL WHICH IS THEN MIXED WITH A PIGMENT THEN WITH MORE ETHOXY PROPANOL AND PROPANOL.. THE GLYCOL BASE ITSELF CANNOT BE USED DIRECTLY ON ANY PRINTING PRESS AS THE BASE LACKS THE ADDITIVES THAT PROVIDE THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE INK.

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 3208 - PAINTS AND VARNISHES (INCLUDING ENAMELS AND LACQUERS) BASED ON SYNTHETIC POLYMERS OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED NATURAL POLYMERS, DISPERSED OR DISSOLVED IN A NON-AQUEOUS MEDIUM; SOLUTIONS AS DEFINED IN NOTE 4 TO THIS CHAPTER. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 320890 - OTHER CN CODE 32089099 - OTHER THAN SOLUTIONS AS DEFINED IN NOTE 4 TO THIS CHAPTER : BASED ON CHEMICALLY MODIFIED NATURAL POLYMERS