Chapter 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 No. 34.01 polishes creams or similar preparations of heading No. 34.05 fabric softeners of heading No. 38.09) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium;

(b) Textile products of heading No. 58.11;

(c) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading No. 68.05);

(d) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading No. 68.14  or

(e) Metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (Section XV).

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 Nos. 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 No. 56.03 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding substance.

Headings Nos. 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 No. 56.04 does not cover textile yarn or strip or the like of heading No. 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.

9 HEADINGS

56.01 - WADDING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; TEXTILE FIBRES NOT EXCEEDING 5 mm IN LENGTH (FLOCK) TEXTILE DUST AND MILL NEPS.

56.02 - FELT WHETHER OR NOT IMPREGNATED COATED COVERED OR LAMINATED.

56.03 - NONWOVENS WHETHER OR NOT IMPREGNATED COATED COVERED OR LAMINATED.

56.04 - RUBBER THREAD AND CORD TEXTILE COVERED; TEXTILE YARN AND STRIP AND THE LIKE OF HEADING No. 54.04 OR 54.05 IMPREGNATED COATED COVERED OR SHEATHED WITH RUBBER OR PLASTICS (+) .

56.05 - METALLISED YARN WHETHER OR NOT GIMPED BEING TEXTILE YARN OR STRIP OR THE LIKE OF HEADING No. 54.04 OR 54.05 COMBINED WITH METAL IN THE FORM OF THREAD STRIP OR POWDER OR COVERED WITH METAL.

56.06 - GIMPED YARN AND STRIP AND THE LIKE OF HEADING No. 54.04 OR 54.05 GIMPED (OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING No. 56.05 AND GIMPED HORSEHAIR YARN); CHENILLE YARN (INCLUDING FLOCK CHENILLE YARN); LOOP WALE-YARN.

56.07 - TWINE CORDAGE ROPES AND CABLES WHETHER OR NOT PLAITED OR BRAIDED AND WHETHER OR NOT IMPREGNATED COATED COVERED OR SHEATHED WITH RUBBER OR PLASTICS (+) .

56.08 - KNOTTED NETTING OF TWINE CORDAGE OR ROPE; MADE UP FISHING NETS AND OTHER MADE UP NETS OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.

56.09 - ARTICLES OF YARN STRIP OR THE LIKE OF HEADING No. 54.04 OR 54.05 TWINE CORDAGE ROPE OR CABLES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED.