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- 1. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the tariff schedule the expression "rubber" means the following products, whether or not vulcanized or hard: natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, synthetic rubber, factice derived from oils and such substances reclaimed.
- 2. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Goods of section XI (textiles and textile articles);
- (b) Footwear or parts thereof of chapter 64;
- (c) Headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of chapter 65;
- (d) Mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof of section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of hard rubber;
- (e) Articles of chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or
- (f) Articles of chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, mittens and mitts and articles of headings 4011 to 4013).
- 3. In headings 4001 to 4003 and 4005, the expression "primary forms" applies only to the following forms :
- (a) Liquids and pastes (including latex, whether or not prevulcanized, and other dispersions and solutions);
- (b) Blocks of irregular shape, lumps, bales, powders, granules, crumbs and similar bulk forms.
- 4. In note 1 to this chapter and in heading 4002, the expression "synthetic rubber" applies to:
- (a) Unsaturated synthetic substances which can be irreversibly transformed by vulcanization with sulfur into non-thermoplastic substances which, at a temperature between 18°C and 29°C, will not break on being extended to three times their original length and will return, after being extended to twice their original length, within a period of 5 minutes, to a length not greater than 1-1/2 times their original length. For the purposes of this test, substances necessary for the cross-linking, such as vulcanizing activators or accelerators, may be added; the presence of substances as provided for by note 5(b)(ii) and (iii) is also permitted. However, the presence of any substances not necessary for the cross-linking, such as extenders, plasticizers and fillers, is not permitted;
- (b) Thioplasts (TM); and
- (c) Natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with plastics, depolymerized natural rubber, mixtures of unsaturated synthetic substances with saturated synthetic high polymers provided that all the above-mentioned products comply with the requirements concerning vulcanization, elongation and recovery in (a) above.
- 5.
- (a) Headings 4001 and 4002 do not apply to any rubber or mixture of rubbers which has been compounded, before or after coagulation, with:
- (i) Vulcanizing agents, accelerators, retarders or activators (other than those added for the preparation of prevulcanized rubber latex);
- (ii) Pigments or other coloring matter other than those added solely for the purpose of identification;
- (iii) Plasticizers or extenders (except mineral oil in the case of oil-extended rubber), fillers, reinforcing agents, organic solvents or any other substances, except those permitted under (b);
- (b) The presence of the following substances in any rubber or mixture of rubbers shall not affect its classification in heading 4001 or 4002, as the case may be, provided that such rubber or mixture of rubbers retains its essential character as a raw material:
- (i) Emulsifiers or antitack agents;
- (ii) Small amounts of breakdown products of emulsifiers;
- (iii) Very small amounts of the following: heat-sensitive agents (generally for obtaining thermosensitive rubber latexes), cationic surface-active agents (generally for obtaining electro-positive rubber latexes), antioxidants, coagulants, crumbling agents, freeze-resisting agents, peptizers, preservatives, stabilizers, viscosity-control agents or similar special-purpose additives.
- (a) Headings 4001 and 4002 do not apply to any rubber or mixture of rubbers which has been compounded, before or after coagulation, with:
- 6. For the purposes of heading 4004 the expression "waste, parings and scrap" means rubber waste, parings and scrap from the manufacture or working of rubber and rubber goods definitely not usable as such because of cutting-up, wear or other reasons.
- 7. Thread wholly of vulcanized rubber, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 5 mm, is to be classified as strip, rods or profile shapes, of heading 4008.
- 8. Heading 4010 includes conveyor or transmission belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber.
- 9. In headings 4001, 4002, 4003, 4005 and 4008, the expressions "plates", "sheets" and "strip" apply only to plates, sheets and strip, and to blocks of regular geometric shape, uncut or simply cut to rectangular (including square) shape, whether or not having the character of articles and whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked, but not otherwise cut to shape or further worked.In heading 4008 the expressions "rods" and "profile shapes" apply only to such products, whether or not cut to length or surface-worked but not otherwise worked.
- 1. For the purposes of subheading 4008.21, the rate of duty "Free (B)" appearing in the "Special" subcolumn applies only to articles measuring not more than 38.1 cm in width and not more than 45.7 cm in length.
- 2. For the purposes of subheading 4008.29, the rate of duty "Free (C)" appearing in the "Special" subcolumn applies only to profile shapes that are cut to size.
- 3. For the purposes of heading 4017, the rate of duty "Free (C)" appearing in the "Special" subcolumn applies only to tubes and pipes having attached fittings.
U.S. Tariff Rates
Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
Natural rubber latex, whether or not pre-vulcanized
Natural rubber in other forms
Smoked sheets
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Other
Technically specified natural rubber (TSNR)
Grade 5
Grade CV
Grade L
Grade 10
Grade 20
Other
Other
Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums
Balata
Gutta-percha and guttas, not elsewhere specified or included
Chicle
Other
Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR); carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber (XSBR)
Latex
Other
Containing 50 percent or less styrene by weight of the dry polymer
Styrene-butadiene-styrene block co- polymers produced by solution polymerization (SBS, thermoplastic elastormers), in granules, crumbs or powders
Other
Containing over 50 percent styrene by weight of the dry polymer
Butadiene rubber (BR)
Isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR); halo-isobutene-isoprene rubber (CIIR or BIIR)
Isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR)
Other
Chloroprene (chlorobutadiene) rubber (CR)
Latex
Other
Acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR)
Latex
Other
Isoprene rubber (IR)
Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene rubber (EPDM)
Mixtures of any product of heading 4001 with any product of this heading
Other
Latex
Other
Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and powders and granules obtained therefrom
Compounded with carbon black or silica
Solutions; dispersions other than those of subheading 4005.10
Other
Plates, sheets, and strip
Other
Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example, discs and rings), of unvulcanized rubber
"Camel-back" strips for retreading rubber tires
Other
Of natural rubber
Other
Vulcanized rubber thread and cord
Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber
Of cellular rubber
Plates, sheets and strip
Of natural rubber
Other
Other
Of natural rubber
Profile shapes
Other
Other
Profile shapes
Other
Of noncellular rubber
Plates, sheets and strip
Other
Profile shapes
Other
Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges)
Not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials
Without fittings
With fittings
Brake hoses for the vehicles of subheadings 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or headings 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711
Other
Reinforced or otherwise combined only with metal
Without fittings
With fittings
Brake hoses for the vehicles of subheadings 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or headings 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711
Other
Reinforced or otherwise combined only with textile materials
Without fittings
With fittings
Brake hoses for the vehicles of subheadings 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or headings 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711
Other
Reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials
Without fittings
With fittings
Brake hoses for the vehicles of subheadings 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or headings 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711
Other
Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber
Conveyor belts and belting
Reinforced only with metal
Reinforced only with textile materials
With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
Of a width exceeding 20 cm
Other
Other
Other
Combined with textile materials
With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
Of a width exceeding 20 cm
Other
Other
Other
Transmission belts or belting
Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts),V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm
Combined with textile materials
Other
Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm
Combined with textile materials
Other
Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm
Combined with textile materials
Other
Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), other thanV-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm
Combined with textile materials
Other
Endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 150 cm
Combined with textile materials
With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
Of a width exceeding 20 cm
Other
Other
Other
Endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference exceeding 150 cm but not exceeding 198 cm
Combined with textile materials
With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
Of a width exceeding 20 cm
Other
Other
Other
Other
Of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts and belting)
Combined with textile materials
Other
Other
Combined with textile materials
With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber
Of a width exceeding 20 cm
Other
Other
Other
New pneumatic tires, of rubber
Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)
Radial
Having a rim diameter of 33.02 cm (13 inches) or less
Having a rim diameter greater than <il>33.02 cm (13 inches)</il> but not more than <il>35.56 cm (14 inches)</il>
Having a rim diameter greater than <il>35.56 cm (14 inches)</il> but not more than <il>38.10 cm (15 inches)</il>
Having a rim diameter greater than <il>38.10 cm (15 inches)</il> but not more than <il>40.64 cm (16 inches)</il>
Having a rim diameter greater than <il>40.64 cm (16 inches)</il> but not more than <il>43.18 cm (17 inches)</il>
Having a rim diameter greater than <il>43.18 cm (17 inches)</il> but not more than <il>45.72 cm (18 inches)</il>
Having a rim diameter greater than <il>45.72 cm (18 inches)</il>
Other
Of a kind used on buses or trucks
Radial
On-the-highway
Light truck
Other
Off-the-highway
For use on a rim measuring 40.6 cm or more in diameter
Other
Other
On-the-highway
Light truck
Other
Off-the-highway
For use on a rim measuring <il>40.6 cm</il> or more in diameter
Other
Of a kind used on aircraft
For use in civil aircraft
Other
Of a kind used on motorcycles
Of a kind used on bicycles
Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines
Having a "herring-bone" or similar tread
Other
Of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines
Having a "herring-bone" or similar tread
Having a rim size not exceeding 61 cm
Having a rim size exceeding 61 cm
Other
Radial
Having a rim size not exceeding 61 cm
Having a rim size exceeding 61 cm
Other
Having a rim size not exceeding 61 cm
Having a rim size exceeding 61 cm
Other
Having a "herring-bone" or similar tread
Of a kind used on golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, and for turf, lawn and garden, and trailer applications
Other
Radial
Of a kind used on golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, and for turf, lawn and garden, and trailer applications
Other
Other
Of a kind used on golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, and for turf, lawn and garden, and trailer applications
Other
Retreaded or used pneumatic tires of rubber; solid or cushion tires, tire treads and tire flaps, of rubber
Retreaded tires
Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)
Radial
Other
Of a kind used on buses or trucks
Radial
On-the-highway truck and bus tires
Light truck
Other
Other
Other
On-the-highway truck and bus tires
Light truck
Other
Other
Of a kind used on aircraft
For use in civil aircraft
Other
Other
Other
Radial
Other
Used pneumatic tires
Aircraft
For use in civil aircraft
Other
Of a kind used on vehicles, including tractors, for the on-highway transport of passengers or goods
Other
Other
Of a kind used on vehicles, including tractors, for the on-highway transport of passengers or goods, or on vehicles of heading 8705
Other
Other
Solid or cushion tires
Other
Of natural rubber
Bicycle rim strips
Other
Other
Bicycle rim strips
Other
Inner tubes, of rubber
Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars), buses or trucks
Motor car
Truck and bus
Of a kind used on bicycles
Other
Designed for tires provided for in subheadings 4011.70.00, 4012.19.20, 4012.20.15 and 4012.20.45
Other
Motorcycle (including moped)
Other
Hygienic or pharmaceutical articles (including nursing nipples), of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber, with or without fittings of hard rubber
Sheath contraceptives
Other
Nursing nipples
Other
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber
Gloves, mittens and mitts
Of a kind used for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes
Of a kind used for medical or surgical purposes
Medical gloves, mittens and mitts
Surgical gloves, mittens and mitts
Other
Other
Seamless
Disposable
Other
Other
Other
Aprons
Other
Other articles of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber
Of cellular rubber
Other
Floor coverings and mats
Erasers
Gaskets, washers and other seals
Of a kind used in the automotive goods of chapter 87
O-Rings
Oil seals
Other
Other
O-Rings
Oil seals
Other
Boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable
Other inflatable articles
Other
Containers, with or without their closures, of a kind used for the packing, transporting or marketing of merchandise
Household articles not elsewhere specified or included
Handles and knobs
Caps, lids, seals, stoppers and other closures
Toys for pets
Other
Of natural rubber
Vibration control goods of a kind used in the vehicles of headings 8701 through 8705
Other
Rubber bands
Other
Other
Vibration control goods of a kind used in the vehicles of headings 8701 through 8705
Other
Mechanical articles for motor vehicles
Other
Hard rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap; articles of hard rubber
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