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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 %
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried); (b) Hides or skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading 05.05 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 05.11 (Chapter 41 or 43); (c) Animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or (d) Prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 96.03). 2.- For the purposes of heading 05.01, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working. 3.- Throughout the Nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as “ivory”. 4.- Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression “horsehair” means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 05.11 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.