ABS

Chapter 40Rubber and articles thereof

The headings in this chapter of the AHECC, the Australian export classification published by the ABS. Each one opens on the codes it contains.

Chapter 40 follows the state of the rubber: unvulcanised in headings 4001 to 4006, vulcanised non-hard after that, and hard rubber at 4017. Vulcanisation is the fact that moves a good, not how it looks or how elastic it is.

Tyres are where the errors gather. Heading 4011 subdivides by vehicle type — motor car, bus, agricultural machine, aircraft — never by size or brand. A retreaded tyre falls in 4012, never 4011, and inner tubes have a heading of their own.

17 headings
  • 4001NATURAL RUBBER, BALATA, GUTTA-PERCHA, GUAYULE, CHICLE AND SIMILAR NATURAL GUMS, IN PRIMARY FORMS OR IN PLATES, SHEETS OR STRIP:
    • 4001.10.00Natural rubber latex, whether or not pre-vulcanised
    • 4001.2Natural rubber in other forms:
    • 4001.30.00Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums
  • 4002SYNTHETIC RUBBER AND FACTICE DERIVED FROM OILS, IN PRIMARY FORMS OR IN PLATES, SHEETS OR STRIP; MIXTURES OF ANY PRODUCT OF 4001 WITH ANY PRODUCT OF THIS HEADING, IN PRIMARY FORMS OR IN PLATES, SHEETS OR STRIP:
  • 4003.00.00RECLAIMED RUBBER IN PRIMARY FORMS OR IN PLATES, SHEETS OR STRIP
  • 4004.00WASTE, PARINGS AND SCRAP OF RUBBER (OTHER THAN HARD RUBBER) AND POWDERS AND GRANULES OBTAINED THEREFROM:
    • 4004.00.01Suitable for combustion for use as tyre derived fuel
    • 4004.00.02Processed into crumbs, buffings or granules, unsuitable for combustion as tyre derived fuel
    • 4004.00.03Other
  • 4005COMPOUNDED RUBBER, UNVULCANISED, IN PRIMARY FORMS OR IN PLATES, SHEETS OR STRIP:
  • 4006OTHER FORMS (FOR EXAMPLE, RODS, TUBES AND PROFILE SHAPES) AND ARTICLES (FOR EXAMPLE, DISCS AND RINGS), OF UNVULCANISED RUBBER:
  • 4007.00.00VULCANISED RUBBER THREAD AND CORD
  • 4008PLATES, SHEETS, STRIP, RODS AND PROFILE SHAPES, OF VULCANISED RUBBER OTHER THAN HARD RUBBER:
  • 4009TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, OF VULCANISED RUBBER OTHER THAN HARD RUBBER, WITH OR WITHOUT THEIR FITTINGS (FOR EXAMPLE, JOINTS, ELBOWS, FLANGES):
    • 4009.1Not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials:
    • 4009.2Reinforced or otherwise combined only with metal:
    • 4009.3Reinforced or otherwise combined only with textile materials:
    • 4009.4Reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials:
  • 4010CONVEYOR OR TRANSMISSION BELTS OR BELTING, OF VULCANISED RUBBER:
    • 4010.1Conveyor belts or belting:
    • 4010.3Transmission belts or belting:
      • 4010.31.00Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm
      • 4010.32.00Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm
      • 4010.33.00Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm
      • 4010.34.00Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section (V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm
      • 4010.35.00Endless synchronous belts, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 150 cm
      • 4010.36.00Endless synchronous belts, of an outside circumference exceeding 150 cm but not exceeding 198 cm
      • 4010.39.00Other
  • 4011NEW PNEUMATIC TYRES, OF RUBBER:
    • 4011.10.00Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)
    • 4011.20.00Of a kind used on buses or lorries
    • 4011.30.00Of a kind used on aircraft
    • 4011.40.00Of a kind used on motorcycles
    • 4011.50.00Of a kind used on bicycles
    • 4011.70.00Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines
    • 4011.80.00Of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines
    • 4011.90.00Other
  • 4012RETREADED OR USED PNEUMATIC TYRES OF RUBBER; SOLID OR CUSHION TYRES, TYRE TREADS AND TYRE FLAPS, OF RUBBER:
    • 4012.1Retreaded tyres:
    • 4012.20Used pneumatic tyres:
      • 4012.20.01Intended to be retreaded, of a kind used on buses, lorries or aircraft
      • 4012.20.02Intended to be retreaded, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)
      • 4012.20.03Other
    • 4012.90.00Other
  • 4013INNER TUBES, OF RUBBER:
    • 4013.10.00Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars), buses or lorries
    • 4013.20.00Of a kind used on bicycles
    • 4013.90.00Other
  • 4014HYGIENIC OR PHARMACEUTICAL ARTICLES (INCLUDING TEATS), OF VULCANISED RUBBER OTHER THAN HARD RUBBER, WITH OR WITHOUT FITTINGS OF HARD RUBBER:
  • 4015ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (INCLUDING GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS), FOR ALL PURPOSES, OF VULCANISED RUBBER OTHER THAN HARD RUBBER:
  • 4016OTHER ARTICLES OF VULCANISED RUBBER OTHER THAN HARD RUBBER:
  • 4017.00.00HARD RUBBER (FOR EXAMPLE, EBONITE) IN ALL FORMS, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP; ARTICLES OF HARD RUBBER

Every number opens on the lines beneath it, down to the eight-digit statistical code.