EU tariff chapter 33

ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS. 7 headings and 49 eight-digit codes, with conventional duty rates from free to 17.3 per cent.

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) natural oleoresins or vegetable extracts of heading 1301 or 1302;

(b) soap or other products of heading 3401; or

(c) gum, wood or sulphate turpentine or other products of heading 3805.

2. The expression ‘odoriferous substances’ in heading 3302 refers only to the substances of heading 3301, to odoriferous constituents isolated from those substances or to synthetic aromatics.

3. Headings 3303 to 3307 apply, inter alia, to products, whether or not mixed (other than aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils), suitable for use as goods of these headings and put up in packings of a kind sold by retail for such use.

4. The expression ‘perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations’ in heading 3307 applies, inter alia, to the following products: scented sachets; odoriferous preparations which operate by burning; perfumed papers and papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics; contact lens or artificial eye solutions; wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with perfume or cosmetics; animal toilet preparations.

Headings and duty rates

Heading 3301

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
Essential oils of citrus fruit:
3301 12Of orange:
3301 12 10Not deterpenated7 %
3301 12 90Deterpenated4.4 %
3301 13Of lemon:
3301 13 10Not deterpenated7 %
3301 13 90Deterpenated4.4 %
3301 19Other:
3301 19 20Not deterpenated7 %
3301 19 80Deterpenated4.4 %
Essential oils other than those of citrus fruit:
3301 24Of peppermint (Mentha piperita):
3301 24 10Not deterpenatedFree
3301 24 90Deterpenated2.9 %
3301 25Of other mints:
3301 25 10Not deterpenatedFree
3301 25 90Deterpenated2.9 %
3301 29Other:
Of clove, niaouli and ylang-ylang:
3301 29 11Not deterpenatedFree
3301 29 31Deterpenated(106)2.9 %
Other:
Not deterpenated:
3301 29 42Of roseFree
3301 29 49OtherFree
Deterpenated:
3301 29 71Of geranium; of jasmin; of vetiver2.3 %
3301 29 79Of lavender or of lavandin2.9 %
3301 29 91Other(106)2.9 %
3301 30 00Resinoids2 %
3301 90Other:
3301 90 10Terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils2.3 %
Extracted oleoresins:
3301 90 21Of liquorice and hops3.2 %
3301 90 30OtherFree
3301 90 90Other3 %
  • (106) Autonomous duty: 2,3.

Heading 3302

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
3302 10Of a kind used in the food or drink industries:
Of a kind used in the drink industries:
Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage:
3302 10 10Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0,5 %(193)17.3 %
Other:
3302 10 21Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch12.8 %
3302 10 29Other(49)9 %
3302 10 40OtherFree
3302 10 90Of a kind used in the food industriesFree
3302 90Other:
3302 90 10Alcoholic solutionsFree
3302 90 90OtherFree
  • (193) Upon import into the European Union, the supplementary unit applied for duty purposes is l alc. 100 %.
  • (49) See Annex 1.

Heading 3303 00

Perfumes and toilet waters:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
3303 00 10PerfumesFree
3303 00 90Toilet watersFree

Heading 3304

Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or suntan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
3304 10 00Lip make-up preparationsFree
3304 20 00Eye make-up preparationsFree
3304 30 00Manicure or pedicure preparationsFree
Other:
3304 91 00Powders, whether or not compressedFree
3304 99 00OtherFree

Heading 3305

Preparations for use on the hair:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
3305 10 00ShampoosFree
3305 20 00Preparations for permanent waving or straighteningFree
3305 30 00Hair lacquersFree
3305 90 00OtherFree

Heading 3306

Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
3306 10 00DentifricesFree
3306 20 00Yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss)4 %
3306 90 00OtherFree

Heading 3307

Pre-shave, shaving or aftershave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorisers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties:

CN codeDescriptionConventional dutySupplementary unit
3307 10 00Pre-shave, shaving or aftershave preparations6.5 %
3307 20 00Personal deodorants and antiperspirants6.5 %
3307 30 00Perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations6.5 %
Preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, including odoriferous preparations used during religious rites:
3307 41 00‘Agarbatti’ and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning6.5 %
3307 49 00Other6.5 %
3307 90 00Other6.5 %

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