ORGANISATION MONDIALE DES DOUANES Créée en 1952 sous le nom de Conseil de coopération douanière WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION Established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council Rue du Marché, 30, B 1210 – BRUSSELS Telephone + 32-2-209.92.11 Fax + 32-2-209.94.92 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HARMONIZED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES __________________________ 2012 Edition (English text) Amending Supplement n° 7 JUNE 2015 (45 sheets) ------------------- Remove the following sheets and substitute those annexed: V-2501-1 and V-2502-1 VI-2930-3 and 4 VI-3002-1 and 2 VI-3307-2 VI-3506-1 and 2 VII-39-13 and 14 IX-44-3 and 4 IX-44-Annex-1 to 25 XI-56-1 and XI-5601-1* XI-6109-1 and XI-6110-1 Note: Only the page modified by a new Amending Supplement has a reference to this Amending Supplement. A vertical line in the margin indicates where the text has been modified. * : The replacement of these sheets was necessitated by printing errors.
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ORGANISATION MONDIALE DES DOUANES Créée en 1952 sous le nom de Conseil de coopération douanière
WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION Established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council
------------------- Remove the following sheets and substitute those annexed:
V-2501-1 and V-2502-1 VI-2930-3 and 4 VI-3002-1 and 2
VI-3307-2 VI-3506-1 and 2 VII-39-13 and 14
IX-44-3 and 4 IX-44-Annex-1 to 25 XI-56-1 and XI-5601-1*
XI-6109-1 and XI-6110-1
Note: Only the page modified by a new Amending Supplement has a reference to this Amending
Supplement. A vertical line in the margin indicates where the text has been modified. * : The replacement of these sheets was necessitated by printing errors.
EN/AS 7 – June 2015 25.01
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25.01 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water.
This heading relates to sodium chloride, commonly known as salt. Salt is used for culinary purposes (cooking salt, table salt), but it also has many other uses and, if necessary, may be denatured to render it unfit for human consumption.
The heading includes :
(A) Salt which is extracted from underground :
- either by conventional mining (rock salt),
- or by solution mining (water is injected under pressure into a layer of salt and returns to the surface as saturated brine).
(B) Evaporated salt :
- solar salt (sea salt) is obtained by evaporation of sea water by the sun;
- refined salt is obtained by evaporation of saturated brine.
(C) Sea water, brine and other saline solutions.
The heading also covers :
(1) Salt (e.g., table salt) which has been slightly iodised, phosphated, etc., or treated so that it will remain dry.
(2) Salt to which anti-caking agents or free-flowing agents have been added.
(3) Salt which has been denatured by any process.
(4) Residuary sodium chloride, in particular that left after chemical processing (e.g., electrolysis) or obtained as a by-product of the treatment of certain ores.
This heading does not include :
(a) Salted condiments such as celery salt (heading 21.03).
(b) Sodium chloride solutions, including sea water, put up in ampoules, and sodium chloride otherwise put up as medicaments (Chapter 30), and sodium chloride solutions put up for hygiene use in packings for retail sale, other than medical or pharmaceutical, whether or not sterile (heading 33.07).
(c) Cultured sodium chloride crystals weighing not less than 2.5 g each (other than optical elements) (heading 38.24).
(d) Optical elements of sodium chloride (heading 90.01).
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25.02 - Unroasted iron pyrites.
This heading relates to all unroasted iron pyrites, including unroasted cupreous iron pyrites.
Pyrites are mainly composed of iron sulphide; they are grey or yellowish, with a metallic lustre when stripped of their gangue. In powder form, they are usually greyish.
Unroasted pyrites are mainly used for the extraction of sulphur, although certain cupreous pyrites may also serve for the recovery of copper, as a by-product.
The heading excludes all roasted pyrites (heading 26.01).
For the purposes of headings 29.32 to 29.34, with respect to compounds containing more than one heterocyclic ring, if only one of the heterocyclic rings is specifically named in a subheading within headings 29.32 to 29.34, the compound should be classified in that subheading. However, if two or more of the heterocyclic rings are specifically named at the subheading level, the compound should be classified in the specific subheading that occurs last in numerical order.
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29.30 - Organo-sulphur compounds.
2930.20 - Thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates
2930.30 - Thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides
2930.40 - Methionine
2930.50 - Captafol (ISO) and methamidophos (ISO)
2930.90 - Other
This heading includes organo-sulphur compounds whose molecules have sulphur atom(s) directly linked to carbon atom(s) (see Note 6 to this Chapter). It includes compounds whose molecules contain, in addition to sulphur atom(s), other non-metal or metal atom(s) directly linked to carbon atom(s).
(A) DITHIOCARBONATES (XANTHATES)
These are diesters or salts of monoesters of dithiocarbonic acid and correspond to the general formula (ROC(S)SR1) in which R is an organic radical and R1 is a metal (sodium, potassium, etc.) or an organic radical.
(1) Sodium ethyldithiocarbonate (ethylxanthate). Amorphous; used to prepare synthetic indigo, and in the flotation of ores.
(2) Potassium ethyldithiocarbonate (ethylxanthate). Oily, yellowish crystals; used as a flotation agent for lead and zinc ores, and as an antiparasitic and anticryptogamic agent.
(3) Methyl-, butyl-, pentyl- and benzyldithiocarbonates (xanthates).
(B) THIOCARBAMATES, DITHIOCARBAMATES AND THIURAM SULPHIDES
(1) Thiocarbamates include the salts and esters of thiocarbamic acid (H2NCOSH or H2NCSOH) (which does not exist in the free state), whether or not hydrogen atoms of the NH2 group are substituted with alkyl or aryl groups.
(2) Dithiocarbamates include the salts and esters of dithiocarbamic acid, whether or not hydrogen atoms of the NH2 group are substituted with alkyl or aryl groups. The metal salts of substituted dithiocarbamic acids (e.g., zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate) are used as vulcanisation accelerators in the rubber industry.
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(3) Thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides. The alkyl substituted derivatives (e.g., tetraethylthiuram disulphide) are used as vulcanisation accelerators.
(C) SULPHIDES (OR THIOETHERS)
These may be regarded as ethers in which the oxygen atom is replaced by one of sulphur
(1) Methionine. White platelets or powder. An amino acid. Essential component in human nutrition, not synthesised by the body.
(2) Dimethyl sulphide, diphenyl sulphide. Colourless liquids with a very disagreeable odour.
(3) Thiodiglycol or bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulphide; a liquid used as a solvent for dyes in textile printing.
(4) Thioaniline or 4,4’-diaminodiphenyl sulphide.
(D) THIOAMIDES
(1) Thiourea (H2NCSNH2) is the diamide of thiocarbonic acid and is thus the sulphur analogue of urea. Lustrous, white crystals. Used in photography, as an auxiliary in dyeing, and for preparing intermediate compounds in the dyestuff and pharmaceutical industries.
(2) Thiocarbanilide (diphenylthiourea). Colourless, crystalline tablets or amorphous white powder. Used for preparing intermediate compounds in the dyestuffs industry (sulphur dyes, indigo) and synthetic pharmaceutical products; also as an accelerator in the vulcanisation of rubber, and for the flotation of ores.
(3) Di-o-tolylthiourea. White powder, insoluble in water; used as an accelerator in the vulcanisation of rubber.
(E) THIOLS (MERCAPTANS)
These sulphur compounds correspond to alcohols or phenols in which the oxygen atoms have been replaced by sulphur atoms.
(ROH) ............................................................................................................... (RSH) alcohol or phenol mercaptan
(1) Thioalcohols, like alcohols, may be primary, secondary or tertiary, containing the groups (–CH2SH), ( CHSH) or ( CSH), respectively.
They are generally colourless or yellowish liquids with a disagreeable odour.
(a) Methanethiol (methyl mercaptan).
(b) Ethanethiol (ethyl mercaptan).
EN/AS 5 – June 2014 30.02
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30.02 - Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.
3002.10 - Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes
3002.20 - Vaccines for human medicine
3002.30 - Vaccines for veterinary medicine
3002.90 - Other
This heading covers :
(A) Human blood (e.g., human blood in sealed ampoules).
(B) Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses.
Animal blood not prepared for such uses falls in heading 05.11.
(C) Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes.
These products include :
(1) Antisera and other blood fractions, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes.
Sera are the fluid fractions separated from blood after clotting.
The heading covers, inter alia, the following products derived from blood (including vascular endothelial cells) : “normal” sera, human normal immunoglobulin, blood fractions and truncated variants (parts) thereof with enzymatic properties/activity, plasma, thrombin, fibrinogen, fibrin and other blood coagulation factors, thrombomodulin, blood globulins, serum globulins, and haemoglobin. This group also includes modified thrombomodulins and modified haemoglobins obtained by means of biotechnological processes, e.g., sothrombomodulin alfa (INN) and thrombomodulin alfa (INN), as well as cross-linked haemoglobins such as hemoglobin crosfumaril (INN), hemoglobin glutamer (INN) and hemoglobin raffimer (INN).
The heading further includes blood albumin (e.g., human albumin obtained by fractionating the plasma of whole human blood), prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses.
Antisera are obtained from the blood of humans or of animals which are immune or have been immunised against diseases or ailments, whether these are caused by pathogenic bacteria and viruses, toxins or allergic phenomena, etc. Antisera are used against diphtheria, dysentery, gangrene, meningitis, pneumonia, tetanus, staphylococcal or streptococcal infections, snake bite, vegetable poisoning, allergic diseases, etc. Antisera are also used for diagnostic purposes, including in vitro tests. Specific immunoglobulins are purified preparations of antisera.
The heading does not cover blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 35.02) or globulins (other than blood globulins and serum globulins) (heading 35.04). The heading also excludes medicaments which are not separated from the blood but which in some countries are described as “ sera ” or “ artificial sera ”; they include isotonic solutions based on sodium chloride or other chemicals and suspensions of pollen which are used against allergic diseases.
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(2) Immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes.
Products used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes and for immunological tests are to be regarded as falling within this product group. They can be defined as follows :
(a) Monoclonal antibodies (MAB) - specific immunoglobulins from selected and cloned hybridoma cells cultured in a culture medium or ascites.
(b) Antibody fragments – active parts of an antibody protein obtained by means of e. g., specific enzymatic splitting. This group includes inter alia single-chain (scFv) antibodies.
(c) Antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates – conjugates which contain at least one antibody or an antibody fragment. The simplest types are a combination of the following :
(i) antibody – antibody; (ii) antibody fragment – antibody fragment; (iii) antibody - antibody fragment; (iv) antibody – other substance; (v) antibody fragment – other substance.
Conjugates of types (iv) and (v) include, for example, enzymes (e.g., alkaline phosphatase, peroxidase or betagalactosidase) or dyes (fluorescin) covalently bound to the protein structure, which are used for straightforward detection reactions.
This heading also covers interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF).
(D) Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.
These products include :
(1) Vaccines.
The most typical vaccines are prophylactic preparations of microbial origin containing either viruses or bacteria suspended in saline solutions, oil (lipovaccines) or other media. These preparations have usually been treated to reduce their toxicity without destroying their immunizing properties.
Other vaccines include recombinant vaccines, peptide vaccines and carbohydrate vaccines. These vaccines generally contain an antigen, a recognised part of an antigen or a gene coding for a recognised part of an antigen (peptides, recombinants or conjugates of protein and others). The “recognised part of an antigen” is the part of an antigen which triggers the immunological response in the organism. Many of these vaccines target a specific virus or bacterium. These vaccines are used for prophylactic or therapeutic purposes.
The heading also covers mixtures consisting of vaccines or toxoids (such as Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DPT) vaccine).
(2) Prepared room deodorisers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties.
Prepared room deodorisers consist essentially of substances (such as lauryl methacrylate) which act chemically on the odours to be overcome or other substances designed to physically absorb odours by, for example, Van der Waal’s bonds. When for retail sale they are generally put up in aerosol cans.
Products, such as activated carbon, put up in packings for retail sale as deodorisers for refrigerators, cars, etc. are also classified in this heading.
(V) Other products, such as :
(1) Depilatories.
(2) Scented sachets containing parts of aromatic plants used for perfuming linen cupboards.
(3) Perfumed papers and papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics.
(4) Contact lens or artificial eye solutions. These may be for cleaning, disinfecting, soaking or enhancing comfort during wear.
(5) Wadding, felt and nonwovens impregnated, coated or covered with perfume or cosmetics.
(6) Animal toilet preparations, such as dog shampoos, and plumage-improving washes for birds.
(7) Sodium chloride solutions put up for hygiene use in packings for retail sale, other than medical or pharmaceutical, whether or not sterile.
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EN/AS 7 – June 2015 35.06
VI-3506-1
35.06 - Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; produts suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg.
3506.10 - Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg
- Other :
3506.91 - - Adhesives based on polymers of headings 39.01 to 39.13 or on rubber
3506.99 - - Other
This heading covers :
(A) Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives and put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg.
This group covers the prepared glues and adhesives of (B) below and other products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, provided they are put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives in packages the content of which does not exceed 1 kg.
The packages in which glues or adhesives are usually put up for retail sale include glass bottles or jars, metal boxes, collapsible metal tubes, cartons, paper bags, etc.; sometimes the “packaging” is merely a paper band wrapped round, for example, a slab of bone glue. A small brush of the appropriate type is sometimes packed with glues or adhesives (e.g., those put up in jars or tins ready for direct use). Such brushes are classified with the glues or adhesives if packed therewith.
Products having other uses in addition to use as glues or adhesives (e.g., dextrins, methyl cellulose in granules) are classified in this heading only if there is some indication on the packages that they are intended for sale as glues or adhesives.
(B) Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not covered by a more specific heading in the Nomenclature, for example :
(1) Gluten glues (“Vienna glues”) normally obtained from gluten rendered soluble by partial fermentation. These glues are usually in the form of flakes or powders and vary in colour from yellowish to brown.
(2) Glues or other adhesives obtained by chemically treating natural gums.
(3) Adhesives based on silicates, etc.
(4) Preparations specially formulated for use as adhesives, consisting of polymers or blends thereof of headings 39.01 to 39.13 which, apart from any permitted additions to the products of Chapter 39 (fillers, plasticisers, solvents, pigments, etc.), contain other added substances not falling in that Chapter (e.g., waxes, rosin esters, unmodified natural shellac).
(5) Adhesives consisting of a mixture of rubber, organic solvents, fillers, vulcanising agents and resins.
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Except when they comply with the provisions of paragraph (A) above, the heading excludes products covered by a more specific heading in the Nomenclature, for example :
(a) Casein glues (heading 35.01), glues of animal origin (heading 35.03) and glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches (heading 35.05).
(b) Other products, which can be used as glues or other adhesives either directly or after treatment, for example, bird lime (heading 13.02), silicates, not mixed (heading 28.39), calcium caseinate (heading 35.01), dextrin (heading 35.05), dispersions or solutions of polymers of headings 39.01 to 39.13 (Chapter 39 or heading 32.08) and dispersions or solutions of rubber (Chapter 40).
It is to be noted that certain of the products included in this heading are usable as glues or adhesives in the form in which they are sold, while others must be dissolved or dispersed in water before use.
The heading does not cover prepared glazings and dressings for textiles, etc. (heading 38.09) or foundry core binders (heading 38.24); in certain countries, these substances are sometimes called “glues”, but they are not used for their adhesive properties.
The heading also excludes products having the character of mastics, fillings, etc., of heading 32.14.
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(c) Textile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, which cannot, without fracturing, be bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of 7 mm, at a temperature between 15 ºC and 30 ºC;
(d) Plates, sheets and strip of cellular plastics combined with textile fabrics (as defined in Note 1 to Chapter 59), felt or nonwovens, where the textile is present merely for reinforcing purposes.
In this respect, unfigured, unbleached, bleached or uniformly dyed textile fabrics, felt or nonwovens, when applied to one face only of these plates, sheets or strip, are regarded as serving merely for reinforcing purposes. Figured, printed or more elaborately worked textiles (e.g., by raising) and special products, such as pile fabrics, tulle and lace and textile products of heading 58.11, are regarded as having a function beyond that of mere reinforcement.
Plates, sheets and strip of cellular plastics combined with textile fabric on both faces, whatever the nature of the fabric, are excluded from this Chapter (generally heading 56.02, 56.03 or 59.03).
Combinations of plastics and materials other than textiles
This Chapter also covers the following products, whether they have been obtained by a single operation or by a number of successive operations provided that they retain the essential character of articles of plastics :
(a) Plates, sheets, etc., incorporating a reinforcement or a supporting mesh of another material (wire, glass fibres, etc.) embedded in the body of the plastics.
(b) Plates, sheets, etc., of plastics, separated by a layer of another material such as metal foil, paper, paperboard.
Products consisting of paper or paperboard covered with a thin protective sheet of plastics on both faces are excluded from this Chapter provided they retain the essential character of paper or paperboard (generally heading 48.11).
(c) Paper-reinforced stratified plastic sheeting, and products consisting of one layer of paper or paperboard coated or covered with a layer of plastics, the latter constituting more than half the total thickness, other than wall coverings of heading 48.14.
(d) Products consisting of glass fibres or sheets of paper, impregnated with plastics and compressed together, provided they have a hard, rigid character. (If having more the character of paper or of articles of glass fibres they are classified in Chapter 48 or 70, as the case may be.)
The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply, mutatis mutandis, to monofilaments, rods, sticks, profile shapes, tubes, pipes and hoses and articles.
It should be noted that gauze and netting of base metal simply dipped in plastics are excluded (Section XV), even if the meshes are filled in by the dipping process.
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In the case of plates or sheets composed of plies of wood and plastics, those in which the wood constitutes only a support or reinforcement of the plastics are classified in the present Chapter; those in which the plastics have a merely subsidiary function (e.g., when they form the foundation for a fine veneer) are excluded (Chapter 44). It should be noted in this regard that building panels composed of layers of wood and plastics are classified, as a general rule, in Chapter 44 (see the General Explanatory Note to that Chapter).
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In addition to the exclusions mentioned in Note 2, the Chapter excludes :
(a) Concentrated dispersions of colouring matter in plastics having the character of products of Chapter 32; see, for example, the Explanatory Notes to heading 32.04 (paragraph (I) (C) regarding concentrated dispersions of colouring matter in plastics, and paragraph (II) (2) concerning organic luminophores, e.g., rhodamine B in plastics), heading 32.05 (seventh paragraph concerning concentrated dispersions of colour lakes in plastics) and heading 32.06 (Part A), sixth paragraph, subparagraph (I) concerning concentrated dispersions of other colouring matter in plastics).
(b) Preparations specially formulated for use as adhesives, consisting of polymers or blends thereof of headings 39.01 to 39.13 which, apart from any permitted additions to the products of this Chapter (fillers, plasticisers, solvents, pigments, etc.), contain other added substances not falling in this Chapter (e.g., waxes, rosin esters, unmodified natural shellac) and products of headings 39.01 to 39.13 put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg (heading 35.06).
(c) Plastics and articles thereof (other than the goods of heading 39.18 or 39.19), printed with motifs, characters or pictorial representations, which are not merely incidental to the primary use of the goods (Chapter 49).
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Subheading Explanatory Note.
Subheading Note 1
This Note governs the classification of polymers (including copolymers), chemically modified polymers and polymer blends at subheading level. Before these products can be classified at subheading level, however, they must first be classified in the proper heading under the provisions of Notes 4 and 5 to this Chapter (see the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter).
Classification of polymers (including copolymers) and chemically modified polymers
According to Subheading Note 1, polymers (including copolymers) and chemically modified polymers are to be classified in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (a) of the Note or subparagraph (b) of the Note, depending upon whether or not there is a subheading named “ Other ” in the same series of subheadings.
A subheading named “ Other ” does not include subheadings such as “ Other polyesters ” and “ Of other plastics ”.
The expression “ in the same series ” applies to subheadings of the same level, namely, one-dash subheadings (level 1) or two-dash subheadings (level 2) (see the Explanatory Note to General Interpretative Rule 6).
It should be noted that some headings (e.g., heading 39.07) contain both types of series of subheadings.
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(4) Articles of wood (except certain kinds specified in Note 1 to this Chapter and which, together with others, are referred to in the Explanatory Notes to particular headings below) (headings 44.14 to 44.21).
As a general rule, building panels composed of layers of wood and plastics are classified in this Chapter. Classification of these panels depends on their external surface or surfaces which normally give them their essential character in terms of their intended uses. Thus, for example, a building panel, used as a structural element in roofing, wall or floor applications and consisting of an external layer of particle board and a layer of insulating material of plastics, is classified in heading 44.10, whatever the thickness of the layer of plastics, since it is the rigid, strong, wood portion which allows the panel to be used as a structural element, the plastics having a subsidiary insulation function. On the other hand, a panel in which a wood backing serves merely as a support for an exterior surface of plastics is, in most cases, classified in Chapter 39.
Articles of wood presented unassembled or disassembled are classified with the corresponding complete articles, provided the parts are presented together. Similarly, accessories or parts of glass, marble, metal or other material presented with wooden articles to which they belong are classified with such articles whether fitted thereto or not.
Headings 44.14 to 44.21 which cover manufactured articles of wood, apply to such articles whether made of ordinary wood or of particle board or similar board, fibreboard, laminated wood or densified wood (see Note 3 to this Chapter).
Generally speaking, throughout the Nomenclature, the classification of wood is not affected by treatment necessary for its preservation, such as seasoning, superficial charring, priming and stopping, or impregnation with creosote or other wood preservatives (e.g., coal tar, pentachlorophenol (ISO), chromated copper arsenate or ammoniacal copper arsenate); nor is it affected by reason of being painted, stained or varnished. However, these general considerations do not apply in the case of the subheadings of headings 44.03 and 44.06, where specific classification provision has been made for particular categories of painted, stained or preservative-treated wood.
Certain materials of a woody nature, e.g., bamboo and osier, are used mainly in making articles of basketware. In the unmanufactured state such materials are classified in heading 14.01, and in the form of articles of basketware in Chapter 46. However, products such as bamboo in chips or particles (used for the manufacture of particle board, fibreboard or cellulose pulp) and articles of bamboo or other woody materials, other than basketware, furniture or other articles specifically included in other Chapters, are classified in this Chapter with the corresponding products or articles of true wood, except where the context otherwise requires (e.g., in the case of headings 44.10 and 44.11) (see Note 6 to this Chapter).
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Subheading Explanatory Note.
Names of certain tropical woods
For the purposes of Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter and the relevant subheadings of headings 44.03, 44.07, 44.08 and 44.12, the names of tropical woods are designated according to the pilot-names recommended by the International Technical Association for Tropical Timber (l’Association technique internationale des bois tropicaux) (ATIBT), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) (CIRAD) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). The pilot-name is based on the popular name employed in the principal country of production or of consumption.
The relevant pilot-names, together with corresponding scientific names and local names, are listed in the Annex to the Explanatory Notes to this Chapter.
Black Wattle, Brown Salwood Mangge Hutan, Tongke Hutan Kayu Safoda Arr Kra Thin Tepa
Brown Salwood, Black Wattle Brown Salwood, Black Wattle
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The third column shows the commercial names used in the exporting countries, together with the name of the exporting country. The commercial names in use in the importing countries, when they differ from the pilot-names, are given in italics.
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Pilot-name Scientific names Local names
Acajou d’Afrique
Khaya spp.
Khaya ivorensis A. Chev.(Syn. Khaya klainei Pierre ex
South America Gale Silverballi, Garl, Kawioi, Kurero Shiruaballi, Kurero Silverballi, Moena Puchiri, Silverballi, Yellow Silverballi, Yellow Sweetwood
Gavilan Schizolobium amazonicumHuber ex Ducke
Pashaco,Pino Chuncho
Gavilán Blanco
Oreomunnea pterocarpaOerst.
Geronggang Cratoxylum arborescens(Vahl) Bl.
Cratoxylum arborescens var. miquelli King
Cratoxylum glaucum Korth.
Cratoxylum lingustrinum Bl.
Cratoxylum polyanthumKorth.
Indonesia
Malaysia
GerunggangMapat Mulu Selunus Gonggang Serungan
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Pilot-name Scientific names Local names
Gerutu Parashorea densifloraSlooten & Sym.
Parashorea lucida (Miq.) Kurz
Parashorea parvifoliaWyatt-Smith ex P.S.Ashton
Parashorea smythiesiiWyatt-Smith ex P.S.Ashton
IndiaIndonesia Laos Malaysia
Thailand
Tavoy WoodWhite Meranti Mai Hao Gerutu, Gerutu Pasir, Heavy White Seraya, Meranti Gerutu, Meruyun, Urat Mata Batu, Urat Mata Bukit, Urat Mata Daun Kechil, Khai Khieo
Gheombi Sindoropsis letestui (Pellegr.) J. Léon.
(Syn. Copaifera letestui Pellegr.)
CameroonGabon
LumbandjiiGheombi, Ngom
Goiabao Chrysophyllum lucentifoliumCronquist
(Syn. Planchonella pachycarpa Pires
Syn. Pouteria pachycarpaPires
Syn. Syzygiopsis pachycarpaDucke)
Brazil Abiu Casca,Abiurana, Abiurana Amarela, Abiurana Goiaba, Goiabao, Goyabao
Gombé Didelotia africana Baill.
Didelotia idae Oldem., de Wit & Léon.
Didelotia letouzeyi Pellegr.
Cameroon
Côte d’Ivoire Gabon Liberia Sierra Leone
Ekop-Gombe,Gombe Broutou Angok Bondu Timba
Greenheart Chlorocardium rodiei (Schomb.) Rohwer, H.G.Richt. & van der Werff
Bois noir, Bois savane, Tcha Tcha Acacia Chachá, Algarroba de Olor, Amor Plantónico, Aroma, Aroma Fracesca, Cabellos de Ángel, Faurestina, Florestina, Lengua de Mujer, Lengua Viperina Acacia Amarilla, East Indian Walnut, English Woman's
Tongue, Fry wood, Indian Siris, Lebbeck, Siris Tree, Woman’s Tongue Tree
Gmelina, Melina, Peuplier d Afrique Gumar-Teak Gmelina, Melina Beechwood, Gmelina, Goomar Teak, Kashmir Tree, Malay Beechwood, White Teak, Yemane
Yungu Drypetes gossweileri S. Moore
Zingana Microberlinia spp.
Microberlinia bisulcata A. Chev.
Microberlinia brazzavillensis A. Chev.
CameroonGabon
Germany UK
Allen EleZingana
Zebrano Zebrano, Zebrawood
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Chapter 56
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Wadding, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with substances or preparations (for example, perfumes or cosmetics of Chapter 33, soaps or detergents of heading 34.01, polishes, creams or similar preparations of heading 34.05, fabric softeners of heading 38.09) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium;
(b) Textile products of heading 58.11;
(c) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.05);
(d) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.14);
(e) Metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (generally Section XIV or XV); or;
(f) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners for babies and similar articles of heading 96.19.
2.- The term “ felt ” includes needleloom felt and fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres the cohesion of which has been enhanced by a stitch-bonding process using fibres from the web itself.
3.- Headings 56.02 and 56.03 cover respectively felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber whatever the nature of these materials (compact or cellular).
Heading 56.03 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding substance.
Headings 56.02 and 56.03 do not, however, cover :
(a) Felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, containing 50 % or less by weight of textile material or felt completely embedded in plastics or rubber (Chapter 39 or 40);
(b) Nonwovens, either completely embedded in plastics or rubber, or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such materials, provided that such coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any resulting change of colour (Chapter 39 or 40); or
(c) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics or cellular rubber combined with felt or nonwovens, where the textile material is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39 or 40).
4.- Heading 56.04 does not cover textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour.
GENERAL
This Chapter covers a number of textile products of a special character, e.g., wadding, felt, nonwovens, special yarns, cordage and certain articles of these materials.
56.01
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56.01 - Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps.
- Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof :
5601.21 - - Of cotton
5601.22 - - Of man-made fibres
5601.29 - - Other
5601.30 - Textile flock and dust and mill neps
(A) WADDING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AND ARTICLES THEREOF
The wadding referred to here is made by superimposing several layers of carded or air-laid textile fibres one on the other, and then compressing them in order to increase the cohesion of the fibres. Wadding is sometimes lightly punched in order to increase the cohesion of the fibres and, in some cases, to fix the layer of wadding on a support of woven or other textile fabrics.
Wadding takes the form of a flexible, spongy, high-bulk sheet, of even thickness, the fibres in which are readily separable. It is generally made of cotton fibres (absorbent or other cotton waddings) or of artificial staple fibres. Low-grade wadding, made from waste from carding or garnetting, usually contains a proportion of neps or yarn waste.
Wadding is classified here whether or not bleached, dyed or printed. The heading also covers wadding on which a small quantity of agglutinating substance has been dispersed in order to improve the cohesion of the surface fibres; in contrast to nonwovens, the fibres of the inner layers of such wadding are readily separable.
It should, however, be noted that wadding treated with an agglutinating substance and in which that substance has penetrated into the inner layers is classified as a nonwoven in heading 56.03, even if the fibres of the inner layers are readily separable.
Wadding which has been fixed to an internal or external textile support by lightly punching, and wadding covered on one or both sides with paper, textile or other material (either by sewing or glueing), also remain classified here provided their essential character is that of wadding and that they do not constitute products of heading 58.11.
Wadding is largely used for padding (e.g., in the manufacture of shoulder pads, interlinings for clothing, pads for jewel boxes, etc., in upholstery and in laundry pressing machines), as packing material, or for sanitary use.
This heading also covers wadding in the piece or cut to length, and articles of wadding other than those covered more specifically by other headings of the Nomenclature (see exclusions below).
61.09
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61.09 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
6109.10 - Of cotton
6109.90 - Of other textile materials
The term “ T-shirts ” means lightweight knitted or crocheted garments of the vest type, of cotton or man-made fibre, not napped, nor of pile or terry fabric, in one or more colours, with or without pockets, with long or short close-fitting sleeves, without buttons or other fastenings, without collar, without opening in the neckline, having a close-fitting or lower neckline (round, square, boat-shaped or V-shaped). These garments may have decoration, other than lace, in the form of advertising, pictures or an inscription in words, obtained by printing, knitting or other process. The bottom of these garments is usually hemmed.
This heading also includes singlets and other vests.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned articles are classified in this heading without distinction between male or female wear.
In accordance with Chapter Note 5, garments with a drawstring, ribbed waistband or other means of tightening at the bottom of the garment are excluded from this heading.
Furthermore, the heading does not include :
(a) Men’s or boys’ shirts of heading 61.05.
(b) Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of heading 61.06.
61.10 EN/AS 7 – June 2015
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61.10 - Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted (+).
- Of wool or fine animal hair
6110.11 - - Of wool
6110.12 - - Of Kashmir (cashmere) goats
6110.19 - - Other
6110.20 - Of cotton
6110.30 - Of man-made fibres
6110.90 - Of other textile materials
This heading covers a category of knitted or crocheted articles, without distinction between male or female wear, designed to cover the upper parts of the body (jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles). Articles incorporating incidentally protective components such as elbow pads sewn on sleeves and used for certain sports (e.g., soccer goalkeeper jerseys) remain classified in this heading.
It also covers tailored waistcoats except when these are presented with and constitute one of the components of a man’s or boy’s or woman’s or girl’s suit of heading 61.03 or 61.04, as the case may be.
The heading also excludes padded waistcoats generally worn over all other clothing for protection against the weather, of heading 61.01 or 61.02.
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Subheading Explanatory Note.
Subheading 6110.12
The provisions of the Explanatory Note to subheading 5102.11 apply, mutatis mutandis, to the products of this subheading.