📂 Category 3402

 
 
34
3402
  Agents de surface organiques (autres que les savons); préparations tensio-actives, préparations pour lessives (y compris les préparations auxiliaires de lavage) et préparations de nettoyage, même contenant du savon, autres que celles du n° 3401
 - autres

📖 About this code

This code covers Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate (SLMI), a mild, sulfate-free anionic surfactant widely used in personal care products for its excellent foaming and cleansing properties.

SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, 'DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER > Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading|3401 > Other > Other > Sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate

📦 Example products classified here

  • Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
  • SLMI surfactant
  • Mild anionic surfactant
  • Sulfate-free foaming agent
  • Shampoo base ingredient
  • Facial cleanser component
  • Body wash formulation
  • Gentle cleansing agent
  • Cosmetic grade SLMI
  • Surfactant powder
  • Bath product ingredient
  • Liquid soap foaming agent
  • Hair care surfactant
  • Personal hygiene product ingredient
  • Biodegradable surfactant
  • Mild detergent ingredient
  • Cleansing preparation component
  • High-performance surfactant

🚫 NOT classified here

  • × Soaps (natural or synthetic) -> 3401
  • × Other organic surface-active agents not specified here (e.g., non-ionic, cationic) -> 3402.11 to 3402.13
  • × Washing preparations containing soap -> 3402.90.10
  • × Cleaning preparations not containing soap but with other surfactants -> 3402.90.90
  • × Lubricating preparations -> Chapter 27 or 3403
  • × Polishing or scouring preparations -> 3405

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