HEADING 53.03 - JUTE AND OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES (EXCLUDING FLAX TRUE HEMP AND RAMIE) RAW OR PROCESSED BUT NOT SPUN; TOW AND WASTE OF THESE FIBRES (INCLUDING YARN WASTE AND GARNETTED STOCK).
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5303.10 - Jute and other textile bast fibres raw or retted
5303.90 - Other
This heading covers all textile fibres extracted from the stems of dicotyledonous plants other than flax (heading 53.01) true hemp (heading 53.02) and ramie (heading 53.05).
The textile bast fibres classified here are softer to the touch than most of the vegetable fibres of heading 53.05 and are also finer.
The fibres of this heading include :
(1) True jute the two principal varieties of which are Corchorus capsularis or white jute and Corchorus olitorius or red jute also known as Tossa.
(2) Hibiscus cannabinus known in trade as Hibiscus hemp Gambo hemp Siam jute Kenaf Bimlipatam or Bimli jute Ambari hemp Papoula de Sao Francisco Dah Meshta etc.
(3) Hibiscus sabdariffa known in trade as Roselle or Rosella hemp Siam jute Kenaf Java jute etc.
(4) Abutilon avicennae also known as abutilon hemp China jute Tien-Tsin Ching-ma King-ma etc.
(5) Broom fibres from the bast of the Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) or common broom (Cytisus scoparius).
(6) Urena lobata and Urena sinuata which are known by different names according to the various countries of origin : Congo jute Madagascar jute or Paka Malva blanca or Cadillo (Cuba) Guaxima Aramina or Malva roxa (Brazil)
Caesarweed (Florida).
(7) Crotalaria juncea known as Indian Sunn Madras Calcutta Bombay or Benares hemp or as Julburpur jute.
(8) Sida mainly known as Escobilla Malvaisco Queensland hemp or Cuba jute.
(9) Thespesia known as Polompon (Vietnam).
(10) Abroma augusta known as Devil's cotton or Indian flax.
(11) Clappertonia ficifolia known as Punga (Congo) or Guaxima (Brazil).
(12) Triumfetta known as Punga (Congo) or Carapicho (Brazil).
(13) Nettles.
The heading covers :
(I) Raw fibrous materials (in stalks not yet retted or stripped); retted fibres; stripped fibres (extracted by machine) i.e. the fibres sometimes 2 m or more in length as extracted from the plant by retting and stripping; " cuttings " (the butt ends of the fibres which are cut off and marketed separately). However vegetable materials which when raw or in certain forms fall in CHAPTER 14 (for example stalks of broom) are classified here only when they have undergone treatment indicating their use as textile materials (e.g. when they have been crushed carded or combed in preparation for spinning).
(II) Fibres carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning usually in the form of slivers.
(III)Fibrous tow and waste obtained mainly during the carding or combing of bast fibres; bast fibre yarn waste left during spinning weaving etc. and garnetted stock obtained from rags or scrap rope or cordage. Tow and waste are classified here whether suitable for spinning into yarns (whether or not in the form of slivers) or suitable only for use as caulking material padding or stuffing or in felt-making paper-making etc.
Bleaching or dyeing does not affect the classification of the products covered by this heading.
The heading also excludes :
(a)Stalks of broom (heading 14.04).
(b)Tow medicated or put up in packings for retail sale for medical or surgical purposes (heading 30.05).
(c)Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of this heading (heading 53.07).
(d)Rags or scrap pieces of rope cable or cordage (CHAPTER 63).