THE SCOURED WOOL MIXED WITH POLYESTER HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 5101210000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
GENERAL INTERPRETIVE RULES (GIRS)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 5101 WOOL NOT CARDED OR COMBED.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE PRODUCT TO SUBHEADING LEVEL DEGREASED SHORN WOOL.
CHAPTER NOTE 1 TO CHAPTER 51
THROUGHOUT THE NOMENCLATURE
1(A) 'WOOL' MEANS THE NATURAL FIBRE GROWN BY SHEEP OR LAMBS
(B) 'FINE ANIMAL HAIR' MEANS THE HAIR OF ALPACA, LLAMA, VICUNA, CAMEL (INCLUDING DROMEDARY), YAK, ANGORA, TIBETAN, KASHMIR OR SIMILAR GOAT (BUT NOT COMMON GOATS), RABBIT (INCLUDING ANGORA), HARE, BEAVER, NUTRIA OR MUSKRAT
(C) COARSE ANIMAL HAIR MEANS THEHAIR OF ANIMALS NOT MENTIONED ABOVE, EXCLUDING BRUSH MAKING HAIR AND BRISTLES (HEADING (0502) AND HORSEHAIR (0511)
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSENS)
THIS HEADING COVERS SHEEPS OR LAMBS WOOL, NOT CARDED OR COMBED, WHETHER OBTAINED BY SHEARING THE ANIMAL OR THE PELT OF A DEAD ANIMAL (SHORN WOOL) OR BY PULLING FROM THE PELT AFTER FERMENTATION OR APPROPRIATE CHEMICAL TREATMENT.
UNCARDED AND UNCOMBED WOOL IS GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF:
(A) GREASY, INCLUDING FLEECE WASHED WOOL
GREASY WOOL IS WOOL NOT YET WASHED OR OTHERWISE CLEANED; IT IS THEREFORE STILL IMPREGNATED WITH WOOL GREASE AND FATTY MATTER DERIVED FROM THE ANIMAL ITSELF AND MAY CONTAIN AN APPRECIABLE QUANTITY OR IMPURITIES (BURRS,SEEDS, EARTH ETC) GREASY SHORN WOOL IS OFTEN IN THE FORM OF "FLEECES" HAVING MORE OR LESS THE CONTOURS OF THE PELT.
(B) DEGREASED WOOL, NOT CARBONISED
THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES:
(1) HOT WASHED WOOL - WASHED WITH HOT WATER ONLY AND RELIEVED OF THE MAJORITY OF WOOL GREASE AND EARTHY MATTER
(2) SOURERD WOOL - WOOL FROM WHICH THE GREASE HAS BEEN REMOVED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY WASHED WITH HOT WATER AND SOAP OR OTHER DETERGENTS OR WITH ALKALINE SOLUTIONS