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Carnauba Wax
1. Carnauba wax, secreted by the leaves of the corioca palm (Corypha cerifera) or carnauba palm (Copernicia cerifera). This is a greenish, grayish, or yellowish substance, more or less oily, almost crystalline in structure, very brittle, with a pleasant hay-like odor
Source: "Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized System of the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation (HS Russia)" (prepared by the Federal Customs Service of Russia) (Volume 1, Sections I - VI, Groups 1 - 29)