Customs Tariff
Chapter 59
Impregnated, Coated, Covered or Laminated Textile Fabrics; Textile Articles of a Kind Suitable for Industrial Use
1. Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this Chapter the expression "textile fabrics" applies only to the woven fabrics of Chapters 50 to 55 and headings 5803 and 5806, the braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece of heading 5808 and the knitted or crocheted fabrics of headings 6002 to 6006.
2. Heading 5903 applies to:
(b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with plastics, of heading 5604.(a) Textile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, whatever the weight per square metre and whatever the nature of the plastic material (compact or cellular), other than:
Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour;
Products which cannot, without fracturing, be bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of 7 mm, at a temperature between 150C and 300C (usually Chapter 39);
Products in which the textile fabric is either completely embedded in plastics or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such material, provided that such coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any resulting change of colour (Chapter 39);
Fabrics partially coated or partially covered with plastics and bearing designs resulting from these treatments (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60);
Plates, sheets or strips of cellular plastics, combined with textile fabric, where the textile fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39); or
Textile products of heading 5811.
3. For the purposes of heading 5903, ― " textile fabrics laminated with plastics" means products made by the assembly of one or more layers of fabrics with one or more sheets or film of plastics which are combined by any process that bonds the layers together, whether or not the sheets or film of plastics are visible to the naked eye in the cross-section.
4.
For
the
purposes
of
heading
5905,
the
expression
"textile
wall
coverings"
applies
to
products
in
rolls,
of
a
width
of
not
less
than
45
cm,
suitable
for
wall
or
ceiling
decoration,
consisting
of
a
textile
surface
which
has
been
fixed
on
a
backing
or
has
been
treated
on
the
back
(impregnated
or
coated
to
permit
pasting).
This heading does not, however, apply to wall coverings consisting of textile
flock or dust fixed directly on a backing of paper (heading 4814) or on a
textile backing (generally heading 5907).
5. For the purposes of heading 5906, the expression "rubberised textile fabrics" means:
Textile
fabrics
impregnated,
coated,
covered
or
laminated
with
rubber,
(i) Weighing
not
more
than
1,500
g/m2;
or
(ii) Weighing
more
than
1,500
g/m2
and
containing
more
than 50 per cent by weight of textile material;
Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber, of heading 5604; and
Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber, irrespective of their weight per square metre.
6. Heading No. 5907 does not apply to:
Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour;
Fabrics painted with designs (other than painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like);
Fabrics partially covered with flock, dust, powdered cork or the like and bearing designs resulting from these treatments; however, imitation pile fabrics remain classified in this heading;
Fabrics finished with normal dressings having a basis of amylaceous or similar substances;
Wood veneered on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 4408);
Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 6805);
Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 6814); or
Metal foil on a backing of textile fabrics ( generally Section XIV or XV).
7. Heading 59.10 does not apply to:
Transmission or conveyor belting, of textile material, of a thickness of less than 3 mm; or
Transmission or conveyor belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber (heading 4010).
8. Heading 5911 applies to the following goods, which do not fall in any other heading of Section XI:
(a)
Textile
products
in
the
piece,
cut
to
length
or
simply
cut
to
rectangular
(including
square)
shape
(other than those having the character of the products of headings 5908 to 5910), the following
only:
Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams);
Bolting cloth;
filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, of textile material or of human hair.
Flat woven textile fabrics with multiple warp or weft, whether or not felted, impregnated or coated, of a kind used in machinery or for other technical purposes;
Textile fabrics reinforced with metal, of a kind used for technical purposes;
Cords, braids and the like, whether or not coated, impregnated or reinforced with metal, of a kind used in industry as packing or lubricating materials;
(b) Textile articles (other than those of headings 5908 to 5910) of a kind used for technical purposes [for example, textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement), gaskets, washers,polishing discs and other machinery parts].