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2006 Schedule B - Chapter 31                                                                                            
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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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Chapter - 31                                                                                                            
2006 Schedule B                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
Fertilizers                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                        
Notes                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
1.  This chapter does not cover:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
  (a).   Animal blood of heading 0511;                                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
  (b).   Separate chemically defined compounds (other than                                                              
	 those answering to the descriptions in notes (2a),                                                                    
	 (3a), (4a), or 5 below); or                                                                                           
                                                                                                                        
  (c).   Cultured potassium chloride crystals (other than                                                               
	 optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each,                                                                  
	 of heading 3824; optical elements of potassium chloride,                                                              
	 of heading 9001.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                        
2.  Heading 3102 applies only to the following goods, provided                                                          
    that they are not put up in the forms or packages described                                                         
    in heading 3105:                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
  (a).   Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions                                                         
	 given below:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                        
       (i).   Sodium nitrate, whether or not pure;                                                                      
                                                                                                                        
       (ii).  Ammonium nitrate, whether or not pure;                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
       (iii). Double salts, whether or not pure, of ammonium                                                            
	      sulfate and ammonium nitrate;                                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
       (iv).  Ammonium sulfate, whether or not pure;                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
       (v).   Double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of                                                         
	      calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate;                                                                            
                                                                                                                        
       (vi).  Double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of                                                         
	      calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate;                                                                           
                                                                                                                        
       (vii). Calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure or treated                                                         
	      with oil;                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
       (viii).Urea, whether or not pure.                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
  (b).   Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in                                                        
	 (2a) above mixed together.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                        
  (c).   Fertilizers consisting of ammonium chloride or of any of                                                       
	 the goods described in (2a) or (2b) above mixed with chalk,                                                           
	 gypsum or other inorganic nonfertilizing substances.                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
  (d).   Liquid fertilizers consisting of the goods of subparagraph                                                     
	 (2a) (iii) or (2a) (viii) or of mixtures of those goods,                                                              
	 in an aqueous or ammoniacal solution.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
3.  Heading 3103 applies only to the following goods, provided that                                                     
    they are not put up in the forms or packages described in heading 3105:                                             
                                                                                                                        
  (a).   Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:                                            
                                                                                                                        
       (i).   Basic slag;                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
       (ii).  Natural phosphates of heading 2510, calcined or further                                                   
	      heat-treated than for the removal of impurities;                                                                 
                                                                                                                        
       (iii). Superphosphates (single, double or triple);                                                               
                                                                                                                        
       (iv).  Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate containing not less than                                                   
	      0.2 percent by weight of fluorine calculated on the dry                                                          
	      anhydrous product.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
  (b). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (3a) above,                                              
       mixed together, but with no account being taken of the fluorine                                                  
       content limit.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
  (c). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (3a) or (3b)                                             
       above, but with no account being taken of the fluorine content limit,                                            
       mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic nonfertilizing substances.                                           
                                                                                                                        
4.  Heading 3104 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are                                            
    not put up in the forms or packages described in heading 3105:                                                      
                                                                                                                        
  (a).   Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:                                            
                                                                                                                        
       (i).   Crude natural potassium salts (for example, carnallite, kainite                                           
	      and sylvite);                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
       (ii).  Potassium chloride, whether or not pure, except as provided                                               
	      in note (c) above;                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
       (iii). Potassium sulfate, whether or not pure;                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
       (iv).  Magnesium potassium sulfate, whether or not pure.                                                         
                                                                                                                        
  (b). Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (4a) above                                               
       mixed together.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
5.  Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and diammonium                                           
    hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate), whether or not pure, and                                             
    intermixtures thereof, are to be classified in heading 3105.                                                        
                                                                                                                        
6.  For the purpose of heading 3105, the term "other fertilizers" applies                                               
    only to products of a kind used as fertilizers and containing, as an                                                
    essential constituent, at least one of the fertilizing elements                                                     
    nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
3101000000   Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or                                                                
	     not mixed together or chemically treated;                                                                         
	     fertilizers produced by the mixing or                                                                             
	     chemical treatment of animal or vegetable                                                                         
	     products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3102         Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous:                                                              
                                                                                                                        
3102100000     Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution. . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
               Ammonium sulfate; double salts and mixtures                                                              
	       of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate:                                                                       
3102210000        Ammonium sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
3102290000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
3102300000     Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous                                                              
	       solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3102400000     Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium                                                                
	       carbonate or other inorganic nonfertilizing                                                                     
	       substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3102500000     Sodium nitrate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
3102600000     Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate                                                             
	       and ammonium nitrate  . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3102700000     Calcium cyanamide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
3102800000     Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in                                                                 
	       aqueous or ammoniacal solution  . . . . . . .t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3102900000     Other, including mixtures not specified in                                                               
	       the foregoing subheadings . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3103         Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic:                                                               
                                                                                                                        
310310         Superphosphates:                                                                                         
3103100010        Normal and enriched superphosphates, less                                                             
		  than 40 percent available phosphorus                                                                                
		  pentoxide (P205) equivalent  . . . . . . .t                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
3103100020        Concentrated superphosphates, 40 percent                                                              
		  or more available phosphorus pentoxide                                                                              
		  (P2O5) equivalent  . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                         
3103200000     Basic slag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
3103900000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
3104         Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic:                                                                 
                                                                                                                        
3104100000     Carnallite, sylvite, and other crude natural                                                             
	       potassium salts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                  
3104200000     Potassium chloride  . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
3104300000     Potassium sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
3104900000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
3105         Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two                                                             
	     or three of the fertilizing elements nitrogen,                                                                    
	     phosphorus and potassium; other fertilizers;                                                                      
	     goods of this chapter in tablets or similar                                                                       
	     forms or in packages of a gross weight not                                                                        
	     exceeding 10 kg (22 lbs.):                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
3105100000     Products of this chapter in tablets or                                                                   
	       similar forms or in packages of a gross                                                                         
	       weight not exceeding 10 kg (22 lbs.) . . . . kg                                                                 
                                                                                                                        
3105200000     Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing                                                               
	       the three fertilizing elements nitrogen,                                                                        
	       phosphorus and potassium . . . . . . . . . . t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3105300000     Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (di-                                                                   
	       ammonium phosphate)   . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3105400000     Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (mono-                                                                 
	       ammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof                                                                        
	       with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (di-                                                                     
	       ammonium phosphate) . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
               Other mineral or chemical fertilizers                                                                    
	       containing the two fertilizing elements                                                                         
	       nitrogen and phosphorus:                                                                                        
3105510000        Containing nitrates and phosphates . . . .t                                                           
3105590000        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
3105600000     Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing                                                               
 	       the two fertilizing elements phosphorus and                                                                    
	       potassium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
3105900000     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                           
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
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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 20 December 2005                                                                                       
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