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59.11 - Textile products Chapter (+). 5911.10 and articles, for technical uses, specified in Note 7 to this - Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical urposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with ru ber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams) ! 59 11.20 - Bolting cloth, whether or not made up - Textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement) : - - Weighing less than 650 dm2 5911.32 - - Weighing 650 g!m2 or more 5911.40 - Straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, including that of 5911.3 1 human hair 5911.90 - Other The textile products and articles of this heading present particular characteristics which identify them as being for use in various types of machinery, apparatus, equipment or instruments or as tools or parts of tools. The heading includes, in particular, those textile articles which are excluded from other headin s and directed to heading 59.11 by an specific provision of the Nomenclature (for examp e, Note 1 (e) to Section XVI). It should e noted however, that certain textile parts and accessories of the goods of Section XVII, such as safety seat belts, sha ed motor car body linings and insulatin panels (heading 87.08) and carpets for motor cars ( hapter 57), are not classified in this hea%~ ng. f i: e (A) TEXTILE FABRICS AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, FOR TECHNICAL USES, IN THE PIECE, CUT TO LENGTH OR SIMPLY CUT TO RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARl3) SHAPE Provided they do not have the character of the roducts of headin s 59.08 to 59.10, these products are classified here (and not in any other eading of Section &), whether in the piece, cut to length or simply cut to rectangular (including square) shape. R This oup covers only the textile fabrics and other textile products as defined in Note 7 (a) to the C apter, and listed at (1) to (6) below. f? (1) Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material (e.g., Iastics), of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other tecLcal purposes, includin narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles ?weaving beams). (2) Bolting cloths. These are porous fabrics (for example, with a awe, leno or lain weave), R B eometricall accurate as to size and shape (usually s uare) o the meshes, w ich must not f e deforme by use. They are mainly used for si& (e.g., flour, abrasive powders powdered plastics, cattle food), filtering or fix screen rintin . Bolting cloths are pneral6 made of hard twisted undischarged silk yam or of synf&eticfifment yarn. B (3) Straining cloth (e-g., woven filter fabrics and needled filter fabrics), whether or not im regnated, of a kind used in oil presses or for similar filtering purposes (e.g., in sugar ref!neries or breweries) and for as cleaning or similar technical applications in industma1 dust collectin systems. The hea g includes oil filtering cloth, certain thick heavy fabrics of wool or o other animal hair, and certain unbleached fabrics of s thetic fibres (e.g., nylon) thinner than the foregoing but of a close weave and having a c aracteristic rigidity. It also includes similar straining cloth of human hair. L f ' r or weft, whether or not felted, impregnated or (4) Flat woven textile fabrics with multiple coated, of a kind used in machinery or for ot er technical purposes. ""R (5) Textile fabrics, reinforced with metal, of a kind used for technical purposes; the metal thread (bare metal, wire twisted or girn ed with textile yarn, etc.) may, for example, be incorporated during weaving (in partic ar, as warp) or introduced between plies of the material. Felt reinforced with metal is, however, excluded (heading 56.02). (6) Cords, braids and the like of a kind used in industry as these are usually of square section, coated or impregnate and sometimes reinforced with metal. Cords, etc., classified here provided they are clearly recognisable as products used in industry as packing or lubricating materials. (B) TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND USED FOR TECHNICAL PURPOSES All textile articles of a kind used for technical purposes (other than those of headin s 59.08 to the to 59.10) are classified in this heading and not elsewhere in Section XI (see Note 7 Chapter); for example : 6) ? (1) Any. of the fabrics of (A above which have been made up (cut to shape, assembled by sewing, etc.), for exarnp e, straining cloths for oil presses made by assembly of several pieces of fabric; bolting cloth cut to shape and trimmed with tapes or furnished with metal eyelets or cloth mounted on a frame for use in screen printing. (2) Textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement) (excluding machinery belts of heading 59.10). (3) Articles formed of linked monofilament yarn spirals and having similar uses to the textile fabrics and felts of a kind used in paper-malung or similar machines referred to in (2) above. (4) Gaskets and diaphragms for pumps, motors, etc., and washers (excluding those of heading 84.84). (5) Discs, sleeves and pads for shoe polishing and other machines. (6) Textile bags for oil presses. (7) Cords cut to length, with knots, loops, or metal or glass eyelets, for use on Jacquard or other looms. (8) Loom pickers. (9) Bags for vacuum cleaners, filter bags for air filtration plant, oil filters for engines, etc. The textile articles of this heading may incorporate accessories in other material provided the articles remain essentially articles of textile.
Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 5911.90 Articles formed of linked monofilament yarn s irals and having similaruses to the textile fabccs and felts of a kind used in paper-making or similar mac ines fall in this subheadlng and not m subheadlng 591 1.3 1 or 591 1.32.
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this Chapter the expression “textile fabrics” applies only to the woven fabrics of Chapters 50 to 55 and headings 58.03 and 58.06, the braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece of heading 58.08 and the knitted or crocheted fabrics of headings 60.02 to 60.06. 2.- Heading 59.03 applies to : (a) Textile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, whatever the weight per square metre and whatever the nature of the plastic material (compact or cellular), other than : (1) Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour; (2) Products which cannot, without fracturing, be bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of 7 mm, at a temperature between 15 C and 30 C (usually Chapter 39); (3) Products in which the textile fabric is either completely embedded in plastics or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such material, 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); (4) Fabrics partially coated or partially covered with plastics and bearing designs resulting from these treatments (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); (5) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics, combined with textile fabric, where the textile fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39); or (6) Textile products of heading 58.11; (b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with plastics, of heading 56.04. 3.- For the purposes of heading 59.03, “textile fabrics laminated with plastics” means products made by the assembly of one or more layers of fabrics with one or more sheets or film of plastics which are combined by any process that bonds the layers together, whether or not the sheets or film of plastics are visible to the naked eye in the cross-section. 4.- For the purposes of heading 59.05, the expression “textile wall coverings” applies to products in rolls, of a width of not less than 45 cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration, consisting of a textile surface which has been fixed on a backing or has been treated on the back (impregnated or coated to permit pasting). This heading does not, however, apply to wall coverings consisting of textile flock or dust fixed directly on a backing of paper (heading 48.14) or on a textile backing (generally heading 59.07). 5.- For the purposes of heading 59.06, the expression “rubberised textile fabrics” means : (a) Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, (i) Weighing not more than 1,500 g/m2; or (ii) Weighing more than 1,500 g/m2 and containing more than 50 % by weight of textile material; (b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber, of heading 56.04; and (c) Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber, irrespective of their weight per square metre. This heading does not, however, apply to plates, sheets or strip of cellular rubber, combined with textile fabric, where the textile fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 40), or textile products of heading 58.11. 6.- Heading 59.07 does not apply to : (a) Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour;