NCS/ARS/CL/10163

KRONES Colclean EV 60 is a cold cleaner and degreaser based on mineral oils. It removes oils, greases, resin, wax and hotmelt residues. It is used for surface cleaning of machinery, application devices, equipment and parts. It can also be used as a solvent in various industrial applications such as cleaning, degreasing and extraction processes.

KRONES Colclean EV 60 is a substance of petroleum mineral oil which are obtained from Bituminous Mineral. Bituminous minerals are types of naturally occurring from hydrocarbons of (70-90%), which are composed primarily of hydrogen and carbon. Petroleum mineral oil are common example of  bituminous mineral  which pure organic surface-active agent can be derived.

According to the information provided in the submitted Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and the picture attached, the following substances are the compositions of the product which refer to a type of petroleum-based hydrocarbon mixture namely, Hydrocarbons, C10-C13, n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cyclics, <2% aromatics.

Accordingly, KRONES Colclean EV 60 put up in 1000 L-IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) is classifiable under the Tariff Heading 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, others than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils and Sub-Heading 271012.

Based on the above, the item KRONES Colclean EV 60 is classifiable under HS code 2710122100 - as White spirit, with 5% duty rate and 7.5 VAT in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) 2022 - 2027.

Legal Framework and Justification 

GIR 1:  Legal Notes 

GIR 6: Terms of the subheading