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2004 Schedule B - Chapter 40
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This document was produced for the Commodity Analysis Branch (CAB) of 
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Chapter - 40                                                                                        
2004 Schedule B                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Rubber and Articles Thereof                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Notes                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
1.   Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout                                        
     the export 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 of 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 chapters 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 degrees C and 29 degrees 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                                               
	  five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a                                             
	  half 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 sub-                                                 
	  stances 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.   As follows:                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
     (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 latexes),                                                   
		 cationic surface-active agents (generally for                                                    
		 obtaining electro-positive rubber latexes),                                                      
		 agents, peptizers, preservatives, stabilizers,                                                   
		 viscosity-control agents, or similar special-                                                    
		 purpose additives.                                                                               
                                                                                                    
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 (0.2 in.), 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, 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.                                             
                                                                                                    
4001         Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule,                                                   
	     chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms                                             
	     or in plates, sheets or strip:                                                                
4001100000     Natural rubber latex, whether or not                                                           
	       pre-vulcanized (kg dry rubber content) . . . kg                                             
                                                                                                    
               Natural rubber in other forms:                                                       
4001210000        Smoked sheets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4001220000        Technically specified natural rubber                                                        
		  (TSNR)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg                                                    
4001290000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4001300000     Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and                                                      
	       similar natural gums  . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
                                                                                                    
4002         Synthetic rubber and factice derived from                                                        
	     oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets                                                   
	     or strip; mixtures of any product of heading                                                  
             4001 with any product of this heading, in                                              
	     primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip:                                                  
               Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR); carboxylated                                         
	       styrene-butadiene rubber (XSBR):                                                            
4002110000        Latex  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4002190000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4002200000     Butadiene rubber (BR) . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR);                                             
	       halo-isobuteneisoprene rubber (CIIR or BIIR):                                               
4002310000        Isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR)  . X                                                
4002390000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Chloroprene (chlorobutadiene) rubber (CR):                                           
4002410000        Latex  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4002490000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR):                                                
4002510000        Latex  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4002590000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4002600000     Isoprene rubber (IR)  . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4002700000     Ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene                                                         
	       rubber (EPDM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
4002800000     Mixtures of any product of heading 4001 with                                                   
	       any product of this heading   . . . . . . . .kg                                             
               Other:                                                                               
4002910000        Latex  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4002990000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4003000000   Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in                                                          
	     plates, sheets or strip . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
                                                                                                    
4004000000   Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other                                                        
	     than hard rubber) and powders and granules                                                    
	     obtained therefrom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
                                                                                                    
4005         Compounded rubber, unvulcanized, in primary                                                      
	     forms or in plates, sheets or strip:                                                          
4005100000     Compounded with carbon black or silica  . . .kg                                                
4005200000     Solutions; dispersions other than those of                                                     
	       subheading 4005.10  . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
               Other:                                                                               
4005910000        Plates, sheets and strip . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4005990000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4006         Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and                                                        
	     profile shapes) and articles (for example,                                                    
	     discs and rings), of unvulcanized rubber:                                                     
4006100000     "Camel-back" strips for retreading rubber                                                      
		tires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
4006900000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4007000000   Vulcanized rubber thread and cord . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4008         Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes                                                   
	     of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber:                                                  
               Of cellular rubber:                                                                  
4008110000        Plates, sheets and strip . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4008190000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
               Of noncellular rubber:                                                               
4008210000        Plates, sheets and strip . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4008290000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4009         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:                                                                            
4009110000        Without fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
400912            With fittings:                                                                              
4009120020          Brake hoses for the vehicles of                                                           
		    subheading 8701.20 or headings 8702,                                                          
		    8703, 8704, 8705, or 8711 . . . . . . . kg                                                    
4009120050          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Reinforced or otherwise combined only with                                           
	       metal:                                                                                      
4009210000        Without fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
400922            With fittings:                                                                              
4009220020          Brake hoses for the vehicles of                                                           
		    subheading 8701.20 or headings 8702,                                                          
		    8703, 8704, 8705, or 8711 . . . . . . . kg                                                    
4009220050          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Reinforced or otherwise combined only with                                           
	       textile materials:                                                                          
4009310000        Without fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
400932            With fittings:                                                                              
4009320020             Brake hoses for the vehicles of                                                        
	 	       subheading 8701.20 or headings 8702,                                                      
		       8703, 8704, 8705, or 8711 . . . . . .kg                                                    
4009320050          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Reinforced or otherwise combined with other                                          
	       materials:                                                                                  
4009410000        Without fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
400942            With fittings:                                                                              
4009420020          Brake hoses for the vehicles of sub-                                                      
		    heading 8701.20 or headings 8702, 8703,                                                       
		    8704, 8705, or 8711 . . . . . . . . . . kg                                                    
4009420050          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4010         Conveyor or transmission belts or belting of                                                     
	     vulcanized rubber:                                                                            
               Conveyor belts or belting:                                                           
4010110000        Reinforced only with metal . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4010120000        Reinforced only with textile materials . .kg                                                
4010130000        Reinforced only with plastics  . . . . . .kg                                                
4010190000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Transmission belts or belting:                                                       
4010310000        Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal                                                   
		  cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an                                                        
		  outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but                                                       
		  not exceeding 180 cm . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4010320000        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 .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4010330000        Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal                                                   
		  cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an                                                        
		  outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but                                                      
		  not exceeding 240 cm   . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4010340000        Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal                                                   
		  cross-section (V-belts), other than                                                             
		  V-ribbed, of an outside circumference                                                           
		  exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding                                                              
		  240 cm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4010350000        Endless synchronous belts, of an outside                                                    
		  circumference exceeding 60 cm but not                                                           
		  exceeding 150 cm   . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4010360000        Endless synchronous belts, of an outside                                                    
		  circumference exceeding 150 cm but not                                                          
		  exceeding 198 cm   . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4010390000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4011         New pneumatic tires, of rubber:                                                                  
                                                                                                    
401110         Of a kind used on motor cars (including                                                        
	       station wagons and racing cars):                                                            
4011101000        Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011105000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
401120         Of a kind used on buses or trucks:                                                             
                  Radial:                                                                           
                    On-the-highway:                                                                 
4011201005             Light truck . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011201015             Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                
                      Off-the-highway:                                                              
4011201025             For use on a rim measuring 40.6 cm                                                     
		       or more in diameter . . . . . . . . .No.                                                   
4011201035             Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
                  Other:                                                                            
                    On-the-highway:                                                                 
4011205010             Light truck . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011205020             Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                
                      Off-the-highway:                                                              
4011205030             For use on a rim measuring 40.6 cm                                                     
		       or more in diameter   . . . . . . . .No.                                                   
4011205050             Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
4011300000     Of a kind used on aircraft  . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011400000     Of a kind used on motorcycles . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011500000     Of a kind used on bicycles   . . . . . . . . No                                                
                                                                                                    
                 Other, having a "herring-bone" or similar                                          
		 tread:                                                                                           
4011610000        Of a kind used on agricultural or                                                           
		  forestry vehicles and machines . . . . . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4011620000        Of a kind used on construction or                                                           
		  industrial handling vehicles and machines                                                       
		  and having a rim size not exceeding                                                             
		  61 cm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4011630000        Of a kind used on construction or                                                           
		  industrial handling vehicles and machines                                                       
		  and having a rim size exceeding 61 cm  . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4011690000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                 
                                                                                                    
                 Other:                                                                             
4011920000        Of a kind used on agricultural or                                                           
		  forestry vehicles and machines  . . . . .No.                                                    
                                                                                                    
401193            Of a kind used on construction or                                                           
		  industrial handling vehicles and machines                                                       
		  and having a rim size not exceeding 61 cm:                                                      
4011934000          Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011938000          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
401194            Of a kind used on construction or                                                           
		  industrial handling vehicles and machines                                                       
		  and having a rim size exceeding 61 cm:                                                          
4011944000          Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011948000          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
401199            Other:                                                                                      
4011994500          Radial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4011998500          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
4012         Retreaded or used pneumatic tires, of rubber;                                                    
	     solid or cushion tires, tire treads and tire                                                  
	     flaps, of rubber:                                                                             
               Retreaded tires:                                                                     
4012110000        Of a kind used on motor cars (including                                                     
		  station wagons and racing cars)  . . . . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4012120000        Of a kind used on buses or trucks  . . . .No.                                               
4012130000        Of a kind used on aircraft . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4012190000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4012200000     Used pneumatic tires  . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4012901000     Solid or cushion tires  . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4012906000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4013         Inner tubes, of rubber:                                                                          
401310         Of a kind used on motor cars (including                                                        
	       station wagons and racing cars), buses or                                                   
	       trucks:                                                                                     
4013100010        Motor car  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4013100020        Truck and bus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4013200000     Of a kind used on bicycles  . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4013900000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
4014         Hygienic or pharmaceutical articles (including                                                   
	     nursing nipples), of vulcanized rubber, other                                                 
	     than hard rubber, with or without fittings of                                                 
	     hard rubber:                                                                                  
4014100000     Sheath contraceptives . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
401490         Other:                                                                                         
4014901000        Nursing nipples  . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gross                                             
4014905000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
4015         Articles of apparel and clothing accessories                                                     
	     (including gloves, mittens or mitts), for all                                                 
	     purposes, of vulcanized rubber other than hard                                                
	     rubber:                                                                                       
               Gloves, mittens and mitts:                                                           
4015110100        Surgical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dz prs.                                             
4015190002        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dz prs.                                             
4015900000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
4016         Other articles of vulcanized rubber other than                                                   
	     hard rubber:                                                                                  
4016100000     Of cellular rubber  . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
               Other:                                                                               
4016910000        Floor coverings and mats . . . . . . . . . X                                                
4016920000        Erasers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
4016930000        Gaskets, washers and other seals . . . . . X                                                
4016940000        Boat or dock fenders, whether or not                                                        
		  inflatable  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X                                                    
4016950000        Other inflatable articles  . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
401699            Other:                                                                                      
4016990500          Household articles not elsewhere                                                          
		    specified or included  . . . . . . . . . X                                                    
4016995010          Mechanical articles for motor vehicles . X                                                
4016996000          Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                                
                                                                                                    
4017000000   Hard rubber (for example, ebonite) in all                                                        
	     forms, including waste and scrap; articles of                                                 
	     hard rubber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X                                             
                                                                      
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This document was produced for the Commodity Analysis Branch (CAB) of 
the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division.  Questions and       
comments can be directed to them via phone at 301-763-3484.           
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File produced on 10 March 2004                                            
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