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56.02 - Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated. 5602.10 - Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics - Other felt, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated : 5602.21 5602.29 5602.90 - - Of wool or fine animal hair - - Of other textiIe materials - Other one on the other, a number of layers of textile fibres these are then moistened (generally and a rubbing or beating action. thickness, much more compact quite distinct from felted woven fabrics Felt is usually roduced from wool or other animal hair, or fiom mixtures of these fibres with other natural fi!Ires (e.g., vegetable fibres, horsehair) or with man-made fibres. Felt is used in the manufacture of clothin , hats, shoes, shoe soles, piano hammers, furnishing articles, fancy articles, etc., for various techma1 uses, as heat or sound insulating materials, etc. This heading also includes needleloom felt which is made either : (1) by punching a sheet or web of textile staple fibres (natural or man-made), without a textile fabric base, with notched needles; or (2) pinally needling such textile fibres through a base of textile fabric or other material which is more or less hidden by the fibres. The needleloom technique makes it possible to obtain felt from non-felting vegetable fibres (for example, jute) or man-made fibres. Needled webs of staple fibres in which the needling is corn lemen to other types of bonding and needled filament-based webs are regarded as nonwovens (beaiag 56.3. This heading also covers those stitch-bonded fabrics the essential feature of which is that they consist of a web of textile fibres the cohesion of which has been enhanced b pickin up fibres from the web itself, and not b means of textile yarns. The fibres are drawn.Y,y need es throu the web, and form on the sur ace rows of chain stitches. Some of these fabncs may have a surface (whether or not cut) and may be reinforced by a ound of textile or other material. stitch-bonding knitting process is described in the ~ e n e r a ( i ~ x ~ 1 a n a~t o rt~to e Chapter 60. P F Except where it is covered mare specifically by other headings in the Nomenclature, the heachn includes felt in the iece or cut to length or simply cut to rectan lar (including square) shape om larger pieces wit out other working (e.g., certain dusters or b ankets), whether or not presented folded or put up in packings (e.g., for retail sale). i2 Y Felt ma be dyed, printed, im regnated, coated, covered, laminated or reinforced (e textile d e a d s , or w~re).It may e covered on one or both surfaces with paper, c a r d b o a r t f t ~ ~ fabric, etc. (e.g., sewn or glued), provided the essential character of the product is that of felt. g However, the heading does not cover the following products which fall in Chapter 39 or 40 : a (a) Felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with lastics or rubber, containing 50 % or less by weight of textile material, or felt completely embedde in plastics or rubber; @) Plates, sheets or strip of cellulsar lastics or cellular rubber combined with felt, where the textile material is present merely for rein orcing urposes (see the General Explanatory Note to Chapter 39, art entitled" Plastics and textile corn inations ", and Item (A) of the Explanatory Note to geading 40.08). R The headin includes roofing felt made by the normal felting process and subsequently impregnate with tar or similar substances. d The heading also excludes : (a) Felt, impre ated, coated or covered with substances or preparations (e.g., petlimes or cosmetics Chapter 3), soa s. or detergents (headin 34.01), polishes, creams or sirnilar preparations where the textile material is present merely as a heading 34.051, f A c softeners (heading 3~%9)) carrying medium. P (b) Saddle cloths and pads (heading 42.01). (c) Carpets and other floor coverings of felt of Chapter 57. (d) Tufted felt of heading 58.02. (e) Embroidered felt in the piece, in strips or in motifs (heading 58.10). (9 Quilted textile products in the piece, composed of one or more layers of textile materials assembled by stitchin or otherwise w~thpadding material other than embroidery of heading 58.10 (heading 5tf.11). (g) Floor coverin s consisting of a coating or covering on a backing of felt, whether or not cut to shape (heading 59.#4). (h) Felt coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and other similar fabric of a kind used for other technical purposes, of heriding 59.11. (ij) Felt covered with abrasive powder or grain (heading 68.05) or with agglomerated or reconstituted mica (heading 68.14). (k) Buildin board made of several layers of textile fibres completely enveloped in asphalt or similar materiaK(heading 68.07). (1) Metal foil on a backing of felt (generally Section XIV or XV). -
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Wadding, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with substances or preparations (for example, perfumes or cosmetics of Chapter 33, soaps or detergents of heading 34.01, polishes, creams or similar preparations of heading 34.05, fabric softeners of heading 38.09) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium; (b) Textile products of heading 58.11; (c) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.05); (d) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.14); (e) Metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (generally Section XIV or XV); or (f) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners and similar articles of heading 96.19. 2.- The term “felt” includes needleloom felt and fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres the cohesion of which has been enhanced by a stitch-bonding process using fibres from the web itself. 3.- Headings 56.02 and 56.03 cover respectively felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber whatever the nature of these materials (compact or cellular). Heading 56.03 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding substance. Headings 56.02 and 56.03 do not, however, cover : (a) Felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, containing 50 % or less by weight of textile material or felt completely embedded in plastics or rubber (Chapter 39 or 40); (b) Nonwovens, either completely embedded in plastics or rubber, or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such materials, provided that such coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any resulting change of colour (Chapter 39 or 40); or (c) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics or cellular rubber combined with felt or nonwovens, where the textile material is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39 or 40). 4.- Heading 56.04 does not cover textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour.