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53.09 - Woven fabrics of flax. 5309.11 5309.19 - Containing 85 % or more by weight of flax : - - Unbleached or bleached - - Other - Containing less than 85 % by weight of flax : - - Unbleached or bleached 5309.29 - - Other 5309.21 This heading covers woven fabrics (as defined in Part (I)(C) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI) made of flax yam. These fabrics include fine lingerie and dress materials, materials for sheets, table linen, etc. Linen fabrics are also used for mattress covers, sacks, tarpaulins, sails, etc. Bandages, medicated or put up for retail sale, are excluded (heading 30.05).
Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn GENERAL The General Explanatory Note to Section XI should be taken into account in reading the Explanatory Notes to this Chapter. In general, and with certain exceptions referred to in the Explanatory Note to heading 53.05, this Chapter deals with vegetable textile materials (other than cotton) at the various stages from the raw materials to their transformation into woven fabrics. It also includes aper yarns and woven fabrics of paper yarn, and products of mixed textile materials assimi ated to the products of this Chapter under the provisions of Note 2 to Section XI. P