Chapter notes
Notes.
1. Throughout the Nomenclature, the term "man made fibres"
means staple fibres and filaments of organic polymers
produced by manufacturing processes, either:
(a) By polymerisation of organic monomers to produce
polymers such as polyamides, polyesters, polyolefins
or polyurethanes, or by chemical modification or
polymers produced by this process (for example,
poly(vinyl alcohol) prepared by the hydrolysis of
poly(vinyl acetate)); or
(b) By dissolution or chemical treatment of natural
organic polymers (for example, cellulose) to produce
polymers such as cuprammonium rayon (cupro) or
viscose rayon, or by chemical modification or
natural organic polymers (for example cellulose,
casein and other proteins, or alginic acid), to
produce polymers such as cellulose acetate or
algmates.
The terms "synthetic" and "artificial", used in
relation to fibres, mean: synthetic: fibres as defined
at (a); artificial : fibres as defined at (b). Strip and
the like of heading 54.04 or 5405.00.00 are not
considered to be man-made fibres.
The terms "man made", "synthetic" and "artificial" shall
have the same meanings when used in relation to "textile
materials".
2. Headings 54.02 and 54.03 do not apply to synthetic or
artificial filament tow of Chapter 55.