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73.19 - Sewing needles, knitting needles, bodldns, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and similar articles, for use in the hand, of iron or steel; safety pins and other pins of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified or included. 7319.40 - Safety pins and other pins 73 19.90 - Other (A) SEWING NEEDLES, KNITTING NEEDLES, BODKINS, CROCHET HOOKS, EMBROIDERY STILETTOS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES This heading covers needles used by hand for sewing, knitting, embroidering, crochet work, carpet-making, etc. It includes : (1) Sewing needles, darning needles, embroidery needles, packing needles, mattress needles, needles, carpet-making and sail-making needles, book-binding needles, rug-making needles, cobblers' needles (includinguphO1ste awls wit an eye), needles with triangular ends for leatherwork, etc. K (2) Knitting needles (long needles without eyes). (3) Bodkins of all kinds (including football lacers) for threading laces, string, ribbon, etc. (4) Crochet hooks (needles tapered to a hook at one end and used for crochet-work). (5) Embroidery stilettos, used to perforate the fabric in embroidery work. (6) Netting needles, pointed at one or both ends. Certain of these articles are sometimes fitted with handles. The heading also includes blanks, e. ., unfinished shanks (whether or not with eyes); needles with eyes but not sharpened or polis ed; embroidery stiletto and bodkin blades not yet fitted with a handle. % The heading does not cover : (a) Shoemakers' awls without eyes, and stiletto-type leather-working, office, etc., pricking or piercing tools (heading 82.05). (b) Machine needles for knitting, lace-making, embroidery, etc. (heading 84.48); sewing machine needles (heading 84.52). (c) Pick-up cartridge needles (heading 85.22). (d) Needles for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary use (heading 90.18). (B) SAFETY PINS AND OTHER PINS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED The pins of this grou may have heads or other accessory parts of other base metals, glass, plashcs, etc., provide that they do not become articles of an ornamental character and that they remain essentially iron or steel pins. The group includes : B (1) Safety pins. (2) Ordinary pins. The group also includes pointed shanks for brooches, bad es (whether or not with swivel joints or connections), hatpins, etc.; pins and pointed shanks for ixing labels, mounting insects, etc. f The heading does not cover : (a) Tie-pins, badges, etc., hat-pins and similar articles of personal adornment (heading 71.17). (b) Drawing pins (heading 73.17). (c) Hair-slides; hair-pins; curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like (heading 85.16 or 96.15).
1.- In this Chapter the expression “cast iron” applies to products obtained by casting in which iron predominates by weight over each of the other elements and which do not comply with the chemical composition of steel as defined in Note 1 (d) to Chapter 72. 2.- In this Chapter the word “wire” means hot or cold-formed products of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 16 mm.