Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down

05.05 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers (+). 0505.10 0505.90 - Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down - Other This heading covers : (1) Skins and other parts of birds (e.g., heads, wings) with their feathers or down, and (2) Feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges), and down, rovided they are either unworked, or merely cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation, &It not otherwise worked or mounted. The heading also covers powder, meal and waste of feathers or parts of feathers. The goods of this headin are of a kind intended for use as bed feathers, for ornamental purposes (usuaI1y after d e r pr aration) or for other purposes. For classification purposes, no dishnction is made between the S e r e n t kinds of feathers. The parts of feathers of this heading include feathers split along their length, barbs cut from the scape or attached to a thin shaving of the scape (whether or not with trimmed edges), quills and scapes. Feathers and down packed for retail sale in cloth bags and clearly of a kind not constituting cushions or pillows are classified in this headin Feathers simply strung together for convenience of transport also remain classified in this eading. fi The headin excludes skins and other arts of birds, feathers and parts of feathers which have under one working otier than that permitted in A s heading (e.g., bleaching, dyeing, curlio or waving), or w ich have been mounted, and articles of feathers, etc.; these are general1 classified in eading 67.01 (see the Explanatory Note thereto). Worked quills, and articles made $om uills, however, are classified according to their character (e.g. : angling floats - heading 95.07, toothpic%, heading 96.01). Z %

Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 0505.10 " Feathers of a kind used for stuffing " means feathers of poultry (in particular oose or duck), of pigeon, of partridge or the like, other than large wing or tail feathers and lar e fea ers rejected on grading. "Down" e the finest and softest part of the plumage of goose or duc in particular and differs from feathers in not havin rigid scapes. Such feathers and down are mainly used for stuffing articles of bedding or other articis such as cushions and insulating clothing (for example, anoraks). a &