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58.07 - Labels, badges and similar articles of textile materials, in the piece, in strips or cut to shape or size, not embroidered. 5807.10 - Woven 5807.90 - Other Subject to the conditions specified below this heading covers : (A) Labels of any textile material (including knitted). These include labels of a kind used for marking w m a parel, household linen, mattresses, tents, soft to s, or other goods. They are utilitarian labei gearing individual inscriptions or motifs uch labels include, inter alia, commercial labels bearing the trade name or trade mark of the manufacturer or the nature of the constituent textile (" silk ", " viscose ra on ",etc.) and labels used by private individuals (boarding school pu ils, soldiers, etc.) to i entify thelr personal property; the latter variety sometimes bear h t i s or figures or comprise sometimes a h e d space to take a hand-written inscription. d (B) Badges and similar articles of any textile material (including knitted). This category includes badges, emblems, " flashes ",etc., of a kind normally sewn to the outer part of wearin apparel (sporting, military, local or national badges, etc., bad es bearing the names of yout associations, sa~lors'cap badges with the name of a ship, etcy. % The above articles are classified in this heading only if they fulfil the following conditions : (1) They must not be embroidery. The inscriptions or motifs on the articles classified here are generally produced by weaving (usually broch6 work) or by printing. (2) They must be in the piece, in strips as is usually the case) or in separate units obtained by cutting to size or shape but must not e otherwise made up. b This heading does not include labels, badges and similar articles, which have been embroidered (heading 58.10) or made up otherwise than by cutting to shape or size (heading 61.17,62.17 or 63.07).
1.- This Chapter does not apply to textile fabrics referred to in Note 1 to Chapter 59, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, or to other goods of Chapter 59. 2.- Heading 58.01 also includes woven weft pile fabrics which have not yet had the floats cut, at which stage they have no pile standing up. 3.- For the purposes of heading 58.03, “gauze” means a fabric with a warp composed wholly or in part of standing or ground threads and crossing or doup threads which cross the standing or ground threads making a half turn, a complete turn or more to form loops through which weft threads pass. 4.- Heading 58.04 does not apply to knotted net fabrics of twine, cordage or rope, of heading 56.08. 5.- For the purposes of heading 58.06, the expression “narrow woven fabrics” means : (a) Woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, whether woven as such or cut from wider pieces, provided with selvedges (woven, gummed or otherwise made) on both edges; (b) Tubular woven fabrics of a flattened width not exceeding 30 cm; and (c) Bias binding with folded edges, of a width when unfolded not exceeding 30 cm. Narrow woven fabrics with woven fringes are to be classified in heading 58.08. 6.- In heading 58.10, the expression “embroidery” means, inter alia, embroidery with metal or glass thread on a visible ground of textile fabric, and sewn appliqué work of sequins, beads or ornamental motifs of textile or other materials. The heading does not apply to needlework tapestry (heading 58.05). 7.- In addition to the products of heading 58.09, this Chapter also includes articles made of metal thread and of a kind used in apparel, as furnishing fabrics or for similar purposes.