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55.16 - Woven fabrics of staple fibres. - Containing 85 % or more by weight of artificial staple fibres : Unbleached or bleached 55 16.11 -- 5516.12 - - Dyed - - Of yarns of different colours - - Printed - Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly 55 16.13 5516.14 or solely with man-made filaments : 5 516.21 5516.22 55 16.23 55 16.24 - - Unbleached or bleached - - Dyed - - Of yarns of different colours - - Printed - Containing less than 85 % by weitt of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal air : 55 16.3 1 5516.32 5516.33 5516.34 - - Unbleached or bleached - - Dyed - - Of yarns of different colours - - Printed - Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton : 5516.41 - - Unbleached or bleached 55 16.42 - - Dyed 55 16.43 - - Of yarns of different colours 5516.44 - - Printed - Other : 55 16.91 - - Unbleached or bleached 5516.92 - - Dyed 5516.93 5516.94 - - Of yams of different colours - - Printed This heading covers woven fabrics (as defined in Part (I) (C) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI) made of yarns of artificial staple fibres. Such fabrics include a very lar e variety of dress materials, curtain or other fumishlng fabrics, and materials for table clo s, blankets, towels, etc. C Bandages, medicated or put up for retail sale, are excluded (heading 30.05).
1.- Headings 55.01 and 55.02 apply only to man-made filament tow, consisting of parallel filaments of a uniform length equal to the length of the tow, meeting the following specifications : (a) Length of tow exceeding 2 m; (b) Twist less than 5 turns per metre; (c) Measuring per filament less than 67 decitex; (d) Synthetic filament tow only : the tow must be drawn, that is to say, be incapable of being stretched by more than 100 % of its length; (e) Total measurement of tow more than 20,000 decitex. Tow of a length not exceeding 2 m is to be classified in heading 55.03 or 55.04.