Chapter notes
CHAPTER 59
IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TEXTILE FABRICS;
TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL
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 5803.00.00 and 58.06, the braids
and ornamental trimmings in the piece of heading 58.08
and the knitted or crocheted fabrics of headings 60.02
to 60.06.
2. Heading 59.03 applies to
(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:
(1) 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;
(2) Products which cannot, without fracturing, be
bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of
7 mm, at a temperature between 15 degrees Celsius
and 30 degrees Celsius (usually Chapter 39);
(3) 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)
(4) Fabrics partially coated or partially covered
with plastics and bearing designs resulting from
these treatments (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58
or 60);
(5) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics,
combined with textile fabric, where the textile
fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes
(Chapter 39); or
(6) Textile products of heading 5811.00.00;
(b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impreg-
nated, coated, covered or sheathed with plastics,
of heading 56.04;
3. For the purposes of heading 5905.00.00, 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 48.14) or on a textile backing
(generally heading 5907.00.00).
4. For the purposes of heading 59.06, the expression
"rubberised textile fabrics" means:
(a) 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% by weight of textile material;
(b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impreg-
nated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber, of
heading 56.04; and
(c) Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns
agglomerated with rubber, irrespective of their
weight per square metre.
This heading does not, however, apply to plates, sheets or
strip of cellular rubber, combined with textile fabric,
where the textile fabric is present merely for reinforcing
purposes (Chapter 40), or textile products of heading
5811.00.00
5. Heading 5907.00.00 does not apply to:
(a) 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 acco