Textile flock and dust and mill neps

56.01 - Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps. 5601.21 5601.22 5601.29 5601.30 - Wadding; other articles of wadding : - - Of cotton - - Of man-made fibres - - Other - Textile flock and dust and mill neps (A) WADDING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AND ARTICLES TITEREOF The wadding referred to here is made by superimposing several layers of carded or air-laid textile fibres one on the other, and then compressing them in order to increase the cohesion of the fibres. Wadding is sometimes lightly unched in order to increase the cohesion of the fibres and, in some cases, to fix the layer of wa ding on a support of woven or other textile fabrics. d' Wadding takes the form of a flexible, spongy, high-bulk sheet, of even thickness, the fibres in which are readily se arable. It is generally made of cotton fibres (absorbent or other cotton waddings) or of arti icial staple fibres. Low-grade wadding, made from waste from carding or garnetting, usually contains a proportion of neps or yarn waste. P Wadding is classified here whether or not bleached, dyed or printed. The heading also covers wadding on which a small quantity of agglutinating substance has been dis ersed in order to improve the cohesion of the surface fibres; in contrast to nonwovens, the bres of the inner layers of such wadding are readily separable. R It should, however, be noted that wadding treated with an agglutinating substance and in which that substance has penetrated into the inner layers is classified as a nonwoven in heading 56.03, even if the fibres of the Inner layers are readily separable. Wadding which has been fixed to an internal or external textile wadding covered on one or both sides with a er, textile or other lueing), also remain classified here roviLBtheir essential &at they do not constitute products o heading 58.11. P Wadding is lar ely used for padding (e.g., in the manufacture of shoulder pads, interlinings for clothin , pads or jewel boxes, etc., m upholstery and in laundry pressing machines), as packing materia ,or for sanitary use. f f This heading also covers wadding in the piece or cut to length, and articles of waddin other than those covered more specifically by other headings of the Nomenclature (see exc usions below). S The articles of wadding classified here include : (1) Window, door or similar draught excluders consisting of rolls of wadding spiral1 covered with yarns, but excluding those completely covered with textile fabric (heading 3.07). (2) Articles of wadding used for decoration, other than those having the character of articles of Chapter 95. Among the articles of wadding not classified here are : r (a) Wadding or articles of wadding, impre ated or coated with pharmaceutical substances, or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for me ical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (heading 30.05). (b) Wadding, im regnated, coated or covered with substances or reparations (e.g., perfumes or cosrnetlcs ( d a p t e r 33), soa s or detergents (headin 34.017, polishes, creams or similar preparations (heading 34.05), ffjric softeners (heading 3859)) where the textile matenal is present merely as a carrying medium. (c) Cellulose wadding and articles thereof (generally Chapter 48). (d) Carded cotton in sliver form as used by hairdressers (e.g., barbers' " wadding ") (heading 52.03). (e) Quilted textile products in the iece, composed of one or more la ers of textile materials assembled with wadding by stitching a o&mwse, other than embroidery ofteading 58.10 (heading 58.11). (0 Clothing pads (heading 61.17 or 62.17). (g) Artificial flowers, foliage or h i t and part. thereof (heading 67.02). (h) Theatrical wigs, false beards and other articles of heading 67.04. (ij) Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, Christmas tree decorations and other articles (e.g., dolls' wigs) of Chapter 95. (k) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners for babies and similar articles of heading 96.19. (B) TEXTILE FIBRES, NOT EXCEEDING 5 mm IN LENGTH (FLOCK) AND TEXTILE DUST " Textile flock" consists of textile fibres not exceeding 5 mm in length (silk, wool, cotton, man-made fibres, etc.). It is obtained as waste durin various finishrng operations and, in particular, £tom the shearing of velvets. It is also pro uced by cutting textrle tow or fibres. Textile dust is obtained as waste, or b grinding textile fibres to a owder. Textile flock and dust fall in this heading even if bleache or dyed or if the fibres have een artificially curled. I B g These products are used for a wide variety of p oses (e.g., for blending with other fibres and s inning into yams, for rnakin imitation s u ~ c l e z ocoating r or decorating wallpaper, as a basis face powder or " make-up & 3. Perfumed textile flock and dust, however, are excluded (heading 33.07). The flock of this heading must not be confused with the flocks made from rags and used for the stuffingof bedding, cushions, etc. Such flocks are classified in the appropriate " waste " heading of Chapters 50 to 55. (C) MILL NEPS These are small, regular sized balls (sometimes somewhat elongated), of silk, wool, cotton, man-made sta le fibres, etc., general1 made b rolling fibres between two discs. They may be bleached or yed and are used in t e manu acme of fancy yarns such as those imitating homespuns. a K r