Waxes; artificial, prepared

HS v2017 Code: 3404

About waxes; artificial, prepared

HS code 3404 covers a range of artificial and prepared waxes, which are essential materials in various industries. These waxes serve as lubricants, polishes, and coatings, finding applications in sectors such as automotive, cosmetics, and manufacturing. As a versatile and widely-used product group, the artificial waxes industry plays a significant role in the global economy, supporting a diverse array of downstream industries.

Production process

The production of artificial waxes typically involves chemical synthesis or modification of natural waxes. Common techniques include hydrogenation, esterification, and polymerization of various feedstocks, such as fatty acids, alcohols, and hydrocarbon compounds. The resulting waxes can be further processed, blended, or refined to achieve desired properties and specifications for different applications.

Production inputs

The main inputs for the artificial waxes industry include a range of petrochemical and oleochemical feedstocks, such as 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude, 1515 (Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified), and 2905 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. Additionally, the industry relies on specialized processing equipment and energy sources to facilitate the various chemical transformations involved in wax production.

Production outputs

The primary outputs of the artificial waxes industry are a diverse range of wax products, including 3404 Waxes; artificial, prepared, 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), and 3806 Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums. These waxes are then consumed by a wide range of industries, such as 3304 (Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations), 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, furskins 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), and 3506 Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg.

Family tree for waxes; artificial, prepared

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    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/34'>34: Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3404'>3404: Waxes; artificial, prepared</a>"]

    A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3401'>3401: Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3402'>3402: Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3403'>3403: Lubricating preparations and those used in oil or grease treatment of textile and similar materials; excluding preparations containing 70% or more (by weight) of petroleum or bituminous mineral oils</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3405'>3405: Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3406'>3406: Candles, tapers and the like</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3407'>3407: Modelling pastes, including those for children; dental wax, impression compounds, in sets or packings for retail sale or in plates and similar forms; dentistry preparations with plaster base</a>"]

    B --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/340420'>340420: Waxes; artificial and prepared, of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)</a>"]
B --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/340490'>340490: Waxes; artificial and prepared, other than of polyethylene glycol</a>"]


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