6502 00 000 0 — Hat-shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, neither blocked to shape, nor with made brims, nor lined, nor trimmed

6502 Hat semi-finished products, woven or made by joining bands of any material, unformed, without fields, without lining and without finishing

This heading covers semi-finished hats, unformed, without fields, without lining and without finishing, manufactured or:

(1) Directly by interweaving fibers or strips of any material (especially straws, coarse herbs, palm fibers, raffia fibers, sisal, strips of paper, strips of plastic or strips of wood). The interweaving of such materials can be carried out in a variety of ways, including “weaving” or positioning a beam of fiber cones or strips so that they emanate from the center, the top of the tulle and weaving vertical fibers in a spiral with horizontal fibers or stripes. In the weaving process, new radial fibers or bands are added as the distance from the center increases. (2) Subject to the provisions of note 2 to this chapter, by fastening strips (generally not exceeding 5 cm in width) of any material (e.g., wicker or other bands of felt or other textile material, monofilaments or plastics), generally by spiraling bands from the tulle, and so that each spiral turns is superimposed on the previous one, or by wickering bands so that they are adhered by uneven edges and then fastened by threads. By this method of weaving or stitching, the semi-finished hats of this heading, in contrast to the articles of heading 6501, often have a distinct line of demarcation between the tulle and the fields, which in some cases may be mutually perpendicular. Hat semi-finished products of this kind are sometimes worn in this form (nap rimer, on the beach or outside the city), but in so far as they are not molded and have no affixed fields, they are included in this heading, provided that they are not lining or finishing. They differ from molded semi-finished products mainly in that the molded semi-finished products, as a rule, have an oval-shaped tulle as a result of molding (see the Explanatory Note to heading 6504). The classification in this heading is not affected by such processes as dyeing, bleaching, cutting or sealing of the protruding ends of the wicker, as well as processes designed only to restore the original shape of the semi-fabricated ikat (for example, giving a round shape) after bleaching, dyeing, etc. It should be noted, however, that when unformed hat semi-finished products of the species of the heading are lined or trimmed, they are classified as hats in heading 6504.

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) worn headgear of heading 6309;

(b) asbestos headgear (heading 6812); or

(c) dolls' hats, other toy hats or carnival articles of Chapter 95.

2. Heading 6502 does not cover hat shapes made by sewing, other than those obtained simply by sewing strips in spirals.