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2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 53-1 (2011)

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Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes
CHAPTER 53
OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBERS; PAPER YARN
AND WOVEN FABRICS OF PAPER YARN 1/
Xl
53-1
Statistical Note
1. For the purposes of the woven fabrics of chapter 53:
(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, provisions relating to one or more weaves embrace only those fabrics which (excluding
selvage) are wholly of the specified weave or weaves, including combinations exclusively thereof.
(b) The term poplin or broadcloth means plain weave fabrics, not of square construction, whether or not napped, but does not
include the following types:
(i)  Fabrics weighing not more than 200 grams per square meter, containing 33 or less warp ends and filling picks per square
centimeter; and
(ii) Fabrics weighing more than 200 grams per square meter, of average yarn number 26 or lower number.
(c) The term sheetinq means plain weave fabrics, whether or not napped, of the following types:
(i)  Fabrics weighing not more than 200 grams per square meter, of square construction, containing more than 33 warp ends and
filling picks per square centimeter, of average yarn number 68 or lower number, but not including printcloth; and
(ii) Fabrics weighing more than 200 grams per square meter, but does not include:
(A) Fabrics of which the warp or filling consists of multiple (folded) or cabled yarns, of average yarn number 26 or lower
number; and
(B) Fabrics of average yarn number 27 or higher number, not of square construction.
(d) The term printcloth means plain weave fabrics, weighing not more than 200 grams per square meter, of average yarn numbers
43-68, containing more than 33 singles yarns per square centimeter and not containing multiple (folded) or cabled yams, of square
construction, not combed, whether or not napped.
(e) The term square construction means fabrics of the following types:
(i)  Containing less than 79 warp ends and filling picks per square centimeter, of which the difference between the total count of
warp ends per centimeter and the total count of filling picks per centimeter is less than 11; or
(ii) Containing 79 or more warp ends and filling picks per square centimeter, of which the total count of warp ends per centimeter
and the total count of filling picks per centimeter are each less than 57 percent of the total count per square centimeter of
such warp ends and filling picks.
(f)  The term napped means fabrics with a fuzzy, fibrous surface produced by scratching or pricking the surface so that some of the
fibers are raised from the body of the yarn. Napped fabrics are not to be confused with pile fabrics. Outing and canton flannel,
moleskin, etc., are typical fabrics with a nap.
(g) The term not combed means fabrics wholly or in part of uncombed cotton, other vegetable textile fibers or wooror fine animal
hair.
(h) The term combed means fabrics containing cotton, other vegetable textile fibers or wool or fine animal hair, in which such fibers
are combed, whether or not containing other fibers.

1/ See Section Xl, Statistical Note 5.

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