HEADING 57.03 - CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS TUFTED WHETHER OR NOT MADE UP.

49 COMMODITIES

5703.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair

5703.20 - Of nylon or other polyamides

5703.30 - Of other man-made textile materials

5703.90 - Of other textile materials

This heading covers tufted carpets and other tufted textile floor coverings produced on tufting machines which by means of a system of needles and hooks insert textile yarn into a pre-existing backing (usually a woven fabric or a nonwoven) thus producing loops or if the needles and hooks are combined with a cutting device tufts. The yarns forming the pile are then normally fixed by a coating of rubber or plastics. Usually before the coating is allowed to dry it is either covered by a secondary backing of loosely woven textile material e.g. jute or by foamed rubber.

Products of this heading are distinguished from the tufted textile fabrics of heading 58.02 by for example their stiffness thickness and strength which render them suitable for use as floor coverings.