2004 Schedule B - Chapter 31

                                                                                                    
Chapter - 31                                                                                        
2004 Sched ule 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.                                                              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
   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                                              
                                                                                                    
   Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous:                                                    
                                                                                                    
     Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution. . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
               Ammonium sulfate; double salts and mixtures                                          
	       of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate:                                                   
        Ammonium sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
     Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous                                                    
	       solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                              
                                                                                                    
     Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium                                                      
	       carbonate or other inorganic nonfertilizing                                                 
	       substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t                                              
                                                                                                    
     Sodium nitrate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
     Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate                                                   
	       and ammonium nitrate  . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                              
                                                                                                    
     Calcium cyanamide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
     Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in                                                       
	       aqueous or ammoniacal solution  . . . . . . .t                                              
                                                                                                    
     Other, including mixtures not specified in                                                     
	       the foregoing subheadings . . . . . . . . . .t                                              
                                                                                                    
   Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic:                                                     
                                                                                                    
     Superphosphates:                                                                               
        Normal and enriched superphosphates, less                                                   
		  than 40 percent available phosphorus                                                            
		  pentoxide (P205) equivalent  . . . . . . .t                                                     
                                                                                                    
        Concentrated superphosphates, 40 percent                                                    
		  or more available phosphorus pentoxide                                                          
		  (P2O5) equivalent  . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                     
     Basic slag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
   Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic:                                                       
                                                                                                    
     Carnallite, sylvite, and other crude natural                                                   
	       potassium salts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                              
     Potassium chloride  . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
     Potassium sulfate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
   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.):                                                                    
                                                                                                    
     Products of this chapter in tablets or                                                         
	       similar forms or in packages of a gross                                                     
	       weight not exceeding 10 kg (22 lbs.) . . . . kg                                             
                                                                                                    
     Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing                                                     
	       the three fertilizing elements nitrogen,                                                    
	       phosphorus and potassium . . . . . . . . . . t                                              
                                                                                                    
     Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (di-                                                         
	       ammonium phosphate)   . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                              
                                                                                                    
     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:                                                                    
        Containing nitrates and phosphates . . . .t                                                 
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                 
                                                                                                    
     Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing                                                     
 	       the two fertilizing elements phosphorus and                                                
	       potassium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                              
                                                                                                    
     Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t