Chapter 56
	WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPECIAL YARNS; TWINE, CORDAGE, ROPES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF
	Notes.
	1. This Chapter does not cover:
	(a) Wadding, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered substances or preparations (for example, perfumes or cosmetics of Chapter 33, soaps or detergents of heading 34.01, polishes, creams or similar preparations of heading 34.05, fabric softeners of heading 38.09) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium;
	(b) Textile products of heading 58.11;
	(c) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.05);
	(d) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.14);
	(e) Metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (generally Section XIV or XV); or
	(f) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles of heading 96.19.
	2. The term “felt” includes needleloom felt and fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres the cohesion of which has been enhanced by a stitch- bonding process using fibres from the web itself.
	3. Headings 56.02 and 56.03 cover respectively felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber whatever the nature of these materials (compact or cellular).
	Heading 56.03 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding substance.
	Headings 56.02 and 56.03 do not, however, cover:
	(a) Felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, containing 50 % or less by weight of textile material or felt completely embedded in plastics or rubber (Chapter 39 or 40);
	(b) Nonwovens, either completely embedded in plastics or rubber, or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such materials, 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 or 40); or
	(c) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics or cellular rubber combined with felt or nonwovens, where the textile material is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39 or 40).
	4. Heading 56.04 does not cover textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour.
HS code	Product description in English
5601	Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps.
	- Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof:
56012100	- - Of cotton
560122	- - Of man-made fibres:
56012210	- - - Wrapped cigarette tow
56012290	- - - Other
56012900	- - Other
560130	- Textile flock and dust and mill neps:
56013010	- - Polyamide fibre flock
56013020	- - Polypropylene fibre flock
56013090	- - Other
5602	Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated.
56021000	- Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics
	- Other felt, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated:
56022100	- - Of wool or fine animal hair
56022900	- - Of other textile materials
56029000	- Other
5603	Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated.
	- Of man-made filaments:
56031100	- - Weighing not more than 25 g/m2
56031200	- - Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2
56031300	- - Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2
56031400	- - Weighing more than 150 g/m2
	- Other:
56039100	- - Weighing not more than 25 g/m2
56039200	- - Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2
56039300	- - Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2
56039400	- - Weighing more than 150 g/m2
5604	Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.
56041000	- Rubber thread and cord, textile covered
560490	- Other:
56049010	- - Imitation catgut, of silk yarn
56049020	- - Rubber impregnated textile thread yarn
56049030	- - High tenacity yarn of polyesters, of nylon or other polyamides or of viscose rayon
56049090	- - Other
56050000	Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal.
56060000	Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, gimped (other than those of heading 56.05 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn.
5607	Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.
	- Of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus Agave:
56072100	- - Binder or baler twine
56072900	- - Other
	- Of polyethylene or polypropylene:
56074100	- - Binder or baler twine
56074900	- - Other
560750	- Of other synthetic fibres:
56075010	- - V-belt cord of man-made fibres treated with resorcinol formaldehyde; polyamide and polytetrafluoro-ethylene yarns measuring more than 10,000 decitex, of a kind used for sealing pumps, valves and similar articles
56075090	- - Other
560790	- Other:
56079010	- - Of artificial fibres
	- - Of abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee) or other hard (leaf) fibres:
56079021	- - - Of Abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee)
56079022	- - - Of other hard (leaf) fibres
56079030	- - Of jute or other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03
56079090	- - Other
5608	Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; made up fishing nets and other made up nets, of textile materials.
	- Of man-made textile materials:
56081100	- - Made up fishing nets
560819	- - Other:
56081920	- - - Net bags
56081990	- - - Other
560890	- Other:
56089010	- - Net bags
56089090	- - Other
56090000	Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included.