5101 21 00 — Wool, not carded or combed: degreased, not carbonised: shorn wool

5101 Wool, not subjected to cardio- or cresting: – unwashed, including wool, washed in the rune: 5101 11 – – – wool cut 5101 19 – – other – washed, not carbonized: 5101 21 – – wool cut 5101 29 – – other 5101 30 – carbonized

Throughout the Nomenclature, the term "wool" means the wool of sheep or lambs. Wool fibers are essentially composed of keratin and have a characteristic scaly surface. They are elastic, very hygroscopic (absorb moisture from the air) and usually have a noticeable ability to stick around. Wool is difficult to ignite, but, charred, emits a smell similar to the smell of a burnt horn. This heading covers the wool of sheep or lambs without having been cardo- or combed, whether rayed from the shearing of animals or from the skins of animals.

dead animals (shorn wool), or pulled from the skin after fermentation or appropriate chemical treatment (e.g., skin wool obtained by liming or sweating). Wool not carded or combed is usually: (A) Greasy, including fleece-washed wool. Greasy wool is wool not yet washed or otherwise cleaned; it is therefore still impregnated with wool grease and fatty substances secreted by the animal, and may contain appreciable quantities of impurities (burrs, seeds, earth, etc.). Greasy shorn wool is often in the form of a "fleece", more or less in the shape of the skin. Greasy skin wool is removed from sheepskins or lambskins by fermentation ("sweating"), in which the fibres and the skin are subjected to the combined action of heat and moisture. It may also be removed by a depilatory method, in which the flesh side of the skin is treated with sodium sulphide or lime solution. Such wool is recognisable by the presence of hair roots. Fleece-washed wool is wool washed in cold water directly on the animal or before removal from the skin. It is not completely cleaned. Greasy wool is usually yellowish, but may, however, be grey, black, brown or reddish-brown. (B) Washed wool, not carbonised. This category includes: (1) scoured wool – washed only with hot water and freed from most of the suint and earthy matter; (2) washed wool – from which the suint has been almost completely removed by washing in hot water with soap or other detergents or with alkaline solutions; (3) wool treated with volatile solvents (such as benzene and carbon tetrachloride) to remove the suint; (4) frozen wool – wool subjected to a temperature low enough to freeze the suint. The suint, being then very brittle, is easily broken and removed as dust together with most of the natural impurities which were held in the wool by the suint. Most scoured and degreased wool still contains small quantities of suint and of vegetable impurities (burrs, seeds, etc.); these vegetable impurities are removed mechanically at a later stage (see the Explanatory Note to heading 5105) or by carbonisation. (C) Carbonised wool. Carbonisation removes any vegetable matter still contained in the wool referred to in Part (B) above. The wool is immersed in a bath, usually of mineral acids or acid salts, which destroy the vegetable matter without affecting the wool fibres. Bleaching, dyeing or other processes applied before carding or combing do not affect the classification of the wool in this heading.

This heading does not cover: (a) untreated skins, double or non-binary, including sheep skins with wool cover (heading 4102 or 4301); (b) wool waste of heading 5103 or cleaved raw materials of heading 5104; (c) combed wool in segments (heading 5105).

Note

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. Throughout the Nomenclature:

(a) the term “wool” means the wool of sheep or lambs;

(b) the term “fine animal hair” means the hair of an alpaca, llama, vicuña, camel (including a dromedary), yak, Angora, Tibetan, Kashmiri or similar goats (except ordinary goats), rabbit (including angora), hare, beaver, nutria or muskrat;

(c) the term “brute hair of animals” means the hair of animals not mentioned above, with the exception of hair and bristles used for the manufacture of brushes (heading 0502) and horse hair (heading 0511).