HEADING 58.01 - WOVEN PILE FABRICS AND CHENILLE FABRICS OTHER THAN FABRICS

OF HEADING No. 58.02 OR 58.06 (+) .

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5801.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair

- Of cotton :

5801.21 - - Uncut weft pile fabrics

5801.22 - - Cut corduroy

5801.23 - - Other weft pile fabrics

5801.24 - - Warp pile fabrics ‚pingl‚ (uncut)

5801.25 - - Warp pile fabrics cut

5801.26 - - Chenille fabrics

- Of man-made fibres :

5801.31 - - Uncut weft pile fabrics

5801.32 - - Cut corduroy

5801.33 - - Other weft pile fabrics

5801.34 - - Warp pile fabrics ‚pingl‚ (uncut)

5801.35 - - Warp pile fabrics cut

5801.36 - - Chenille fabrics

5801.90 - Of other textile materials

(A) WOVEN PILE FABRICS OTHER THAN FABRICS

OF HEADING 58.02

Woven pile fabrics are composed of at least three series of threads : tight warp and

weft forming the ground fabric and a warp or weft forming a pile. This pile consists of

either tufts or loops over the whole or part of the surface; it is generally on one side

only but sometimes on both.

Warp pile fabrics (velvets plushes moquettes etc.) may be produced by raising the

pile warp over wires inserted in the direction of the weft. The loops thus formed are cut

either during the weaving or subsequently or occasionally left uncut for looped or uncut

pile fabrics. The loops or tufts of cut pile are held in place by the weft threads.

Warp pile fabrics are also produced by weaving two fabrics face to face with a

common pile warp; the two fabrics are then separated by cutting to produce two fabrics

with a cut pile.

Cut weft pile fabrics (velveteens corduroys etc.) have a pile usually produced by weft

threads which alternately pass under the warp and then float on the surface over two or

more warp threads. After weaving the portions floating on the surface are cut the cut

ends standing up to form the pile. A similar result is obtained by inserting wire parallel to

the warp the weft pile being cut during weaving. The tufts of pile are thus held in place

by the warp threads.

Weft pile fabrics which have not yet had the floats cut at which stage they have no

pile standing up are included in this heading (see Chapter Note 2).

(B) CHENILLE FABRICS

Chenille fabrics are very similar to the chenille carpets of heading 57.02; like these

their pile surface (usually on both sides) is produced by chenille yarns. They are

generally manufactured by means of an additional weft of chenille yarn or by inserting

chenille yarn in different lengths and colours into the warp during weaving of the

ground fabric.

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Pile fabrics and chenille fabrics are made of various materials but silk wool fine

animal hair cotton and man-made fibres are most commonly used for the pile.

All these fabrics may be plain ribbed or figured or may be embossed after weaving;

figured pile fabrics include those with a surface only partly covered with pile or with a

surface of partly cut or partly looped pile (cisel‚ velvets) thus producing very varied

designs. Woven pile fabrics imitating furskins (e.g. astrakhan caracul or imitation

leopard skins) are also classified here but imitation furskins made for example by

sewing or gumming in the pile are excluded (heading 43.04).

It should be noted that many of the fabrics of this heading are manufactured in the

same way as the carpets of heading 57.02; they are however easily distinguished from

carpets by the fact that being designed primarily as furnishing or clothing fabrics and

not as floor coverings they are made with finer materials and have a much more

supple ground fabric.

The heading does not cover :

(a)Boucl‚ fabrics ratines and other fabrics which present an appearance similar to pile fabrics but which are

woven with special yarn (e.g. boucl‚ yarn) or produced by treatment (e.g. scraping or teasing) of normal

woven fabrics (in general Chapters 50 to 55).

(b)Terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics and tufted textile fabrics of heading 58.02.

(c)Pile etc. fabrics within the definition of narrow woven fabrics (heading 58.06).

(d)Knitted fabrics or stitch-bonded goods with a cut or looped pile surface (heading 60.01 or 56.02 as the

case may be).

(e)Pile etc. fabrics made up within the meaning of Part (II) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI.

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Subheading Explanatory Note.

Subheadings 5801.22 and 5801.32

For the purposes of subheadings 5801.22 and 5801.32 the following illustrations of the section

through the warp should be used to distinguish cut corduroy from other cut weft pile fabrics :

Corduroy :

Velveteen :