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37.01 - Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, une osed, of any material other than paper, pa erboard or textiles; instant print ;P dm in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, whet er or not in packs. % 3701.10 - For X-ray 370 1.20 3701.30 - Instant print film - Other plates and film, with any side exceeding 255 mm - Other : 3701.9 1 - - For colour photography (polychrome) 3701-99 - - Other This heading covers : (A) Photographic plates and film in the flat, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles. Such plates and film in the flat (i.e., not in rolls), including film put up in disc form, are unexposed and are generally coated with a sensitising hotographic emulsion. These may be made of any material except pa er (e-g., paper "P ates " used to produce ne atives), and pa erboard or textiles (heading 3f.03). The materials common1 used are ce lulose acetate, poly(ethy1ene terephthalate) or other plastics ( or film pac s or cut films), and metal or stone (for photomechanical processes). Certain plates, which when exposed and processed. will be used for printing, are not coated with an emulsion but consist wholly or essenball of photosensihve plastics. They ma be affixed to a support of metal or other material. 6ome of these plates must have t eir degree of sensitivity enhanced prior to exposure. P fiSs P Z These goods are put to many uses such as : (I) Plates, cut film and film packs for amateur or professional use. (2) X-ray~latesand flat film including those for dental radiography. These goods are gener ly sensitised on both sides. (3) Photomechanical process photolithography, etc. plates of the type used for photoengraving, (4) Special plates and film for use in micro hotography, photomicrography, astronomy, cosmic ray photography, aerial photograp y, etc. YI (B) Instant print film in the flat. This is also sensitised, unexposed and in the flat. Instant print film consists of a sensitised sheet of any material (the negative), a sheet of specially treated aper (the positive , and a developer, for instant mduction of finished positive photograpL. Instant print fi rn may be presented as a ac (a cartridge or canister containing several sheets of instant print film) desi ed to loaded directly into a camera, or a box containing a number of individual y usable sheets. f" &E However, instant print film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, is excluded (heading 37.02). The heading also excludes : (a) Non-sensitised plates and film in the flat (classified according to their constituent material). (b) Unexposed rolled film (heading 37.02). -
1.- This Chapter does not cover waste or scrap. 2.- In this Chapter the word “photographic” relates to the process by which visible images are formed, directly or indirectly, by the action of light or other forms of radiation on photosensitive, including thermosensitive, surfaces.