Textile Fibers and Textile Products Tariff Schedules of the United States
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113 SCHEDULE 3. - TEXTILE FIBERS AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES SCHEDULE 3. - TEXTILE FIBERS AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS 114 Part 1 - Textile Fibers and Wastes; Yarns and Threads Schedule 3 headnotes: A. Cotton B. Vegetable Fibers, Except Cotton I, This schedule does not cover — (i) articles of unspun fibrous vegetable materials C. Wool and Related Animal Hair (see part 2B of schedule 2); D. Silk (II) asbestos fibers, or yarns, fabrics, or other E. Man-Made Fibers articles containing asbestos In significant amounts. I.e., F. Miscellaneous Textile Materials articles In which asbestos Is used In sufficient amounts to Impart Its peculiar characteristics or properties to Part 2 * Cordage the article (see part IF of schedule 5>; (III) wire, or wire cordage, screen, fencing, or other wire products (see parts 2 and 38 of schedule 6); Part 3 - Woven Fabrics or A. Woven Fabrics, of Cotton (Iv) footwear, headwear, gloves, handbags, pillows, B. Woven Fabrics, of Vegetable Fibers mattresses, and other articles of textile materials pro (Except Cotton) vided for in schedule 7. C. Woven Fabrics, of Wool D. Woven Fabrics, of Silk 2. For the purposes of the tariff schedules — E. Woven Fabrics, of Man-Made Fibers (a) the term "textl le materials" means — F. Woven Fabrics, of Other Textile Materials (I) the fibers (cotton, other vegetable fibers, wool and hair, silk, and man-made fibers) provided for in part I of this schedule, Part 4 - Fabrics of Special Construction or for Special (ID the yarn Intermediates and the yarns provided Purposes; Articles of Wadding or Felt; Fish for in part I and part 4 (elajtlc yarns) of this schedule, Nets; Machine Clothing (III) the cordage provided for In part 2 and part 4 A. Knit, Pile, Tufted, and Narrow Fabrics; (elastic cordage) of this schedule, Braids and Elastic Fabrics (Iv) the fabrics provided for in part 3 and part 4 B. Lace, Netting, and Ornamented Fabrics of this schedule, (v) braids, as defined In headnote 2(f), Infra. and C. Wadding, Felts, and Articles Thereof; Fish (vl) articles produced from any of the foregoing Netting and Nets; Artists' Canvas; products; Coated or Filled Fabrics; Hose; Machine (b) the term "colored". as used In connection with Clothing; Other Special Fabrics textile materials or textile articles, means that they have been subjected to a process such as, but not limited to, dye Part 5 - Textile Furnishings ing, staining, painting, printing, or stenciling, in which A. Textile Floor Coverings color is Imparted at any stage of manufacture to all or part of the fiber, yarn, fabric, or other textile article, except B. Bedding Identification yarns and except marking In or on selvages; C. Tapestries, Linens, and Other Furnishings (c) the term "wooI". except as used In part IC of this schedule, means wool or hair of the types covered by Part 6 - Wearing Apparel and Accessories the said part IC of this schedule, or any combinations A. Handkerchiefs thereof; B. Mufflers, Scarves, Shawls, and Veils; Men' s (dl the term "knit" means knit or crocheted; and Boys' Neckties (el the term "yarns" includes threads, but does not include elastic yarns or any braids; C. Hosiery (f) the term "braids". as used in connection with tex D. Garters and Suspenders; Body-Supporting tile materials or textile articles. Includes all braids In Garments; Rainwear the piece, whether of flat, tubular, or other construction, E. Underwear with or without cores, and whether braided from fibers, F. Other Wearing Apparel filaments (Including tinsel wire and lame), yarns, cordage, textile fabrics, or any combination thereof; Part 7 - Miscellaneous Textile Products; Rags and Scrap (g) the term "burnt-out lace" means embroidery in Cordage which the base or ground (whether fabric, paper, or other material), having been removed chemically or by other means. A. Miscellaneous Textile Products Is not visible; and B. Textile Articles Not Specially Provided For (h) a "lace" article or a "net" article Is an article C. Rags and Scrap Cordage which (exclusive of any added ornamentation) Is wholly or almost wholly of lace, including burnt-out lace, or wholly or almost wholly of net, whether the lace or net pre-existed or was formed In the process of producing the article. 3. For the purposes of the tariff schedules — (a) the term "ornamented", as used with reference to textile fabrics and other articles of textile materials, means fabrics and other articles of textile materials which are ornamented with — 11) fibers, fI laments (including tinsel wire and lame), yarns, or cordage, any of the foregoing Introduced as needlework or otherwise. Including — (A) embroidery, and pile or tufting, whether wholly cut, partly cut, or not cut, and (81 other types of ornamentation, but not Including functional stitching or one row of straight hemstitching adjoining a hem; TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES SCHEDULE 3. - TEXTILE FIBERS AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS 115 Schedule 5 headnotes (con.); (ID burnt-out lace; (ill) lace, netting, braid, fringe, edging, tucking, or trlmralng, or textile fabric; (!v) applique and replique work, beads, bugles, spangles, bullions, or ornaments; or (v) any combination of the foregoing types or methods of ornamentation; (b) ornamentation of the types or methods covered hereby consists of ornamenting v»ork done to a pre-existing textile fabric, whether the ornamentation was applied to such fabric — III when it was in the piece, (ill after it had been made or cut to a size for particular furnishings, wearing apparel, or other article, or (iii) after it had actually been incorporated Into another article, and if such textile fabric remains visible, at least In sig nificant part, after ornamentation: Provided • That lace, netting, braid, fringe, edging, tucking, trimming or ornament shall not be required to have had a separate existence from the fabric or other article on which It appears In order to constitute ornamentation for the purposes of this headnote; and (c) applique work, beads, bugles, spangles, bullions, and other forms of nontext!le ornamentation applied to a tex tile fabric or other artictse of textile materials shall be disregarded in determining the component material of chief value of such fabric or otiier article. 4. Except as specifically provided otherwise, in deter mining the yarn count of fabrics, the warp and filling yarns, whether piled or not, shall be counted as they occur in the fabric. 25-555 O - 64 - 9 TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES SCHEDULE 3. - TEXTILE FIBERS AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS Part 1. - Textile Fibers and Wastes; Yarns and Threads U7 Rates of Duty PART 1. - TEXTILE FffiERS AND WASTES; YARNS AND THREADS Part I headnotes: I. For the purposes of this part — (a) the term "waste" means all fiber, yarn, and thread wastes, including wastes obtained in the production of continuous and noncontinuous fibers, yarns, and threads, such as gin motes, scutcher waste (including tow), picker waste, card waste, top waste, conber waste (including noils), hackling waste (including tow), sliver waste, roving waste, ring waste, throwster (twister or plyer) waste, fly, sweepings, and willowed wastes, and including fiber, yarn, and thread wastes obtained in the pro duction of other textile products (I. e., products other than fibers, yarns, or threads) or otherwise obtained; and (b) the tern' "advanced waste" means any of the above-mentioned wastes which have been cleaned, bleached, colored, or otherwise advanced, and includes fibers recovered by cleaning (except willoi/ing), degumming, caroonizing, cutting, pickering, garnettinc or similar processes from any of the above-mentioned wastes or from textile clippings or articles, new or used, whether or not such fibers or the wastes from which recovered have also been otherwise advanced, but does not include fibers which have been carded, combed, or similarly processed, or reuseable yarns or threads. 2. R«gs and scrap cordage are covered in part 7C of this schedule. Subpart A. - Cotton Subpart A headnotes: 1. The term "number". as applied to yarns in this subpart, means the number of 84(D-yard hanks of yarn in I pound. To determine the number of any yarn, whether single or plied, the actual yards per pound shall be divided by 840 and the quotient there of multiplied by the number of plies in such yarn. Fractions in the resulting yarn number shall be disregarded. 2. In this subpart, each of the rates of duty provided for yarns, wholly of cotton, not bleached, mercerized, colored, combed or plied (items 301.01 through 501.98, inclusive) is also the "base rate" for yarn of the same number covered by item 302.—. For citation purposes, the two blanks on the end of the latter item number shall be filled in with the last two digits of the item number for the applicable base rate. Thus, "item 302.23" would be the citation for bleached, mercerized, colored, combed, or plied yarns, wholly of cotton, of number 28. 3. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the staple length of cotton shall be determined for all customs purposes by applica tion of the Official Cotton Standards of the United States for length of staple, as established by the Secretary of Agriculture and in effect when the determination is to be made. TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES SCHEDULE 3. - TEXTILE FIBERS AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS 118 Part 1. - Textile Fibers and Wastes; Yarns and Threads Rates of Duty Cotton, not carded, not combed, and not similarly- processed: _!/ 300.10 Having a staple length under 1-1/8 inches Free 300.15 Having a staple length 1-1/8 or more but under I-II/I6 inches 3.5? per lb. 70 per lb. 300.20 Having a staple length I-II/I6 inches or more...