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CHAPTER NOTE 55

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Man-made staple fibres

CHAPTER 55

Man-made staple fibres
Notes:

Headings 5501 and 5502 apply only to man-made filament tow, consisting of parallel filaments of a uniform length equal to the length of the tow, meeting the following specifications:
    (a) Length of tow exceeding 2m;
    (b) Twist less than 5 turns per metre;
    (c) Measuring per filament less than 67 decitex;
    (d) Synthetic filament tow only: the tow must be drawn, that is to say, be incapable of being stretched by more than 100% of its length;
    (e) Total measurement of tow more than 20,000 decitex.
Tow of a length not exceeding 2 m is to be classified in heading 5503 or 5504.

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