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46.01 - Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens). 4601.21 4601.22 4601.29 - Mats, matting and screens of vegetable materials : - - Of bamboo - - Of rattan - - Other. - Other : 4601.92 4601.93 4601.94 4601.99 - - Of bamboo - - Of rattan - - Of other vegetable materials - - Other (A) Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips. This group covers : (1) Plaits. These consist of strands of plaiting material, without warp or weft, interlaced either by hand or machine in a general longitudinal direction. By varying the nature, colour, thickness and number of strands, and the manner of interlacing, different decorative effects may be obtained. Plaits of this kind may be joined side by side and assembled into wider strips by sewing, etc. (2) Products similar to plaits in the sense that the have the same or similar uses, and that, though they are made by a process other an plaiting, they are also formed in tl longitudinal thong-like forms, strips, etc., fiom plaiting materials. They include : (a) Products made fiom two or more strands by twisting together, joinin together or otherwise assembling (other than decorative motifs of heading 46.028. (b) Products (e-g., those known in trade as " China cord ") consisting of a kind of cord made fiom non-crushed vegetable materials assembled simply by twisting. The above goods are mainly used in millinery, but are also used for the mufacture of certain furn~ture,shoes, mats, baskets or other receptacles. The oods of this heading may contain spun textile yam serving primarily for assembly or rein orcement purposes, whether or not having a supplementary decorative effect. ? (B) Plaiting materials, pldts and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens). The oods of this group are obtained either directl fiom plaiting materials as defined in the general Ex lanato Note to the Chapter or gom the plaits or similar products of plaiting materia s descn ed in Part (A) above. P X Those obtained direct1 fiom plaiting materials are either formed of strands woven t o g e t h e r , r ! t in tKe manner of warp and weft fabrics, or made of parallel strands placed si e by si e and maintained in position in the form of sheets by transverse binding threads or strands holding the successive parallel strands. z The woven goods may consist wholly of plaiting materials, or ma consist of a warp of plaiting material and a weft of textile am, or vice versa, provided t at the sole function of the textile yarn (apart from incidents ly introducing colour effects) is to bind the plaiting substances. r Similarly, in the case of the goods made by binding parallel strands of laiting materials, the binder may be a plaiting material, a textile yam or some other material: Similar processes of binding together or weaving are also used to obtain goods in sheet form fiom the plaits or similar products of plaiting materials described in Part (A) above. The goods of this grou , which may be reinforced or backed or lined with woven textile fabric or with paper, inc ude : (I) Semi-manufactured products such as raffia, rattan and similar fabrics; and the finer products made in the piece in the form of lapping or strips for use in millinery, upholstery, etc. (2) Certain finished articles, for example : (a) Mats and matting (floor coverings, etc.), including in articular the so-called Chinese (or Indian) mats and matting (whether rectangu ar or in other shapes), made by weaving or bindin together parallel strands of plaiting materials (or plaits or similar products of p a~tingmaterials) with other plaiting materials, twine, cord, etc. k (b) Coarse matting such as the straw mats used for horticultural purposes. (c) Screens or panels such as those of willow or osier; building materials or of plaits or similar products of plaiting materials laid parallel, compressed and bound together at re lar wire. These buildng panels or slabs may be covere on all surfaces and edges with kraft paperboard. r The heading excludes mats and matting of coir or sisal fibre or the like with a base of cordage or of woven textile fabric (Chapter 57).