5308 20 90 — Hemp yarn put up for retail sale
Hemp yarn put up for retail sale
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Where it sits in the nomenclature
Section XI. Textiles and textile articles
Codes inside
Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate
| Code | Name | Duty |
|---|---|---|
| 5308 20 900 0 | Hemp yarn put up for retail sale | 5% |
Explanatory notes to heading 5308 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.
5308 yarn of other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn: 5308 10 – yarn of fibers of coconut nut 5308 20 – yarn of hemp 5308 90 – other
(A) Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres. This category covers yarn, single or multiple (folded or cabled), obtained by spinning true hemp fibres of heading 5302, vegetable textile fibres of heading 53 05 or vegetable fibres not falling in Section XI (in particular, fibres of Chapter 14, e.g., kapok or istle). However, if the yarn meets the definition of twine, cordage, ropes or cables (see Part (I) (B) (2) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI), it falls in heading 5607. True hemp yarn is used for making sewing thread (e.g., in the manufacture of footwear and leather goods) or in weaving. Yarn is classified here whether or not put up for retail sale and whether or not treated as described in Part (I) (B) (1) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI. Metallised yarn, including yarn of this Chapter combined with metal thread in any proportion, is excluded from this heading (heading 5605). (B) Paper yarn. This category covers yarn, single or multiple (folded or cabled), of paper. It is classified in this heading whether or not put up for retail sale and whether or not it meets the definition of twine, cordage, ropes or cables, except for plaited cordage, ropes and cables. Yarn is classified here whether or not it has undergone the treatment described in Part (I) (B) (1) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI.
Single yarn is obtained by twisting or rolling long narrow strips of moist paper (sometimes coated); multiple (folded or cabled) yarn is obtained from single yarn by folding two or more together. The heading excludes: (a) Paper folded once or more lengthwise (Chapter 48); (b) Paper yarn with metal thread or covered with metal by any process (metallised yarn) (heading 5605); (c) Paper yarn reinforced with metal, and plaited cordage, ropes and cables of paper yarn (heading 5607).
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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