5303 — Jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or processed, but not spun; tow and waste of such fibres, incl. yarn waste and garnetted stock (excl. flax, true hemp and ramie)
Jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or processed, but not spun; tow and waste of such fibres, incl. yarn waste and garnetted stock (excl. flax, true hemp and ramie)
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Where it sits in the nomenclature
Section XI. Textiles and textile articles
- 53Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
- 5303you are here
Codes inside
Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate
Explanatory notes to heading 5303 3 paragraphs
Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.
5303 Jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock): 5303 10 – jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted 5303 90 – other
This heading covers all textile fibres obtained from the stems of dicotyledonous plants, other than flax (heading 5301), true hemp (heading 5302) and ramie (heading 5305). The textile bast fibres of this heading are softer to the touch than most of the vegetable fibres of heading 53 05, and also finer. The fibres of this heading include: (1) Jute, the two principal varieties of which are known as Corchorus capsularis, or white jute, and Corchorus olitorius, or red jute, also known as "Tossa". (2) Hibiscus cannabinus, known commercially as hibiscus hemp, gambo hemp, Siam jute, kenaf, bimlipatam or bimli jute, papoula de São Francisco, dah, mesta, etc. (3) Hibiscus sabdariffa, known commercially as roselle or roselle hemp, Siam jute, kenaf, Java jute, etc. (4) Abutilon (Abutilon avicennae), also known as abutilon hemp, China jute, tien-tsin, ching-ma, king-ma, etc. (5) Broom fibres from the bast of Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) or of Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius). (6) Urena (Urena lobata and Urena sinuata), which is known under various names according to the country of origin: Congo jute, Madagascar jute or paka, malva blanca or cadillo (Cuba), guaxima, aramina or malva roxa (Brazil), Caesar weed (Florida). (7) Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), known as Indian, Bengal, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay or Benares hemp, or as Jubbulpore jute. (8) Sida, mainly known as escobilla, malvaisco, Queensland hemp or Cuban jute. (9) Thespesia, known as polompon (Vietnam). (10) Abroma (Abroma augusta), known as "devil's" cotton or Indian flax. (11) Clappertonia (Clappertonia ficifolia), known as punga (Congo) or guaxima (Brazil). (12) Triumfetta, known as punga (Congo) or carapicho (Brazil).
(13) Nettle. This heading covers: (I) Fibrous materials in the raw state (in stalks, not yet retted or scutched); fibres after retting; scutched fibres (extracted by machine processing), i.e., fibres, sometimes 2 m or more in length, extracted from the plant by retting and scutching; "cuttings" (thick ends of fibres which are cut off and marketed separately). However, vegetable materials which in the raw state or in certain forms fall in Chapter 14 (e.g., broom stalks) are classified in this heading only if they have undergone processing indicating their use as textile materials (e.g., if they have been crushed, carded or combed in preparation for spinning). (II) Fibres carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, usually in the form of sliver. (III) Fibrous tow and waste, obtained mainly in the course of carding or combing bast fibres; yarn waste of bast fibres obtained in the course of spinning, weaving, etc., and garnetted stock obtained by pulling rags or scrap ropes or cordage. Tow and waste are classified in this heading whether suitable for spinning into yarn (in the form of sliver or otherwise) or suitable only for use as caulking material, padding and stuffing, or for the manufacture of felt or fur felt, paper, etc. Bleaching or dyeing does not affect the classification of products of this heading. The heading also excludes: (a) Broom stalks (heading 1404); (b) Tow impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in packings for retail sale for medical or surgical purposes (heading 3005); (c) Yarn of jute fibres or of other textile bast fibres of this heading (heading 5307); (d) Rags or scrap ropes, cables or cordage (Chapter 63).
Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board
Notes to chapter 53 — Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 1 item
Additional 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. (A) Subject to the exceptions specified in note 1(B) below, in subheadings 5306 10 900 0, 5306 20 900 0 and 5308 20 900 0, the term “retail packaged” in relation to yarn (single, multi-spin (twisted) or single-spin) means yarn prepackaged:
(a) in tangles or on cardboard plates, coils, cartridges or similar carriers of a mass (including the mass of the carrier) not exceeding 200 g;
(b) in brushes or rolls weighing not more than 125 g;
(c) in pasmas or coils comprising several smaller pasmas or coils separated by threads which make them independent of each other, each of these smaller pasmas or coils weighing not more than 125 g.
(B) Exceptions:
(a) multi-twisted (twisted) or single-twisted yarn, unbleached, in brushes or rolls;
(b) multi-rotated or single-rotated yarn, packaged:
(i) in the brushes or rolls of the cross winding; or
(ii) wound on carriers or in any other manner indicative of its use in the textile industry (for example, in cobs, on torsion cartridges and spools, in conical reels or on spindles or in the form of cocoons for embroidery machines).
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