Of other textile materials

57.03 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings, tufted, whether or not made up. 5703.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair 5703.20 - Ofnylon or other polyamides 5703.30 - Of other man-made textile materials 5703.90 - Of other textile materials This headin covers tufted carpets and other tufted textile floor coverings produced on tufting machines w ich, by means of a system of needles and hooks, insert textile yarn into a pre-existin backing (usually a woven fabric or a nonwoven thus producing loops, or, if the needles an hooks are combined with a cutting device, tufts. he yarns forming the pile are then normally fixed b a coating of rubber or plastics. Usually before the coating is allowed to dry it is either covere by a secondary backing of loosely woven textile matenal, e.g., jute, or by foamed rubber. % t d' The heading also covers tufted carpets and other tufted textile floor coverings made using a tufting gun or made by hand. Products of this heading are distinguished fiom the tufted textile fabrics of heading 58.02 by, for example, their stiffness, thickness and strength, which render them suitable for use as floor covenngs.