THIS WOVEN FABRIC OF 100% STAINLESS STEEL IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 7314140000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING :
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRs)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 7314.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL.
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSENs)
THE HSENs TO HEADING 73.14 NOTE (A) INCLUDES CLOTH (INCLUDING ENDLESS BANDS), GRILL, NETTING AND FENCING. " THE PRODUCTS OF THIS GROUP ARE, IN THE MAIN, PRODUCED BY INTERLACING, INTERWEAVING, NETTING, ETC., IRON OR STEEL WIRE BY HAND OR MACHINE. THE METHODS OF MANUFACTURE BROADLY RESEMBLE THOSE USED IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY (FOR SIMPLE WARP AND WEFT FABRICS, KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS, ETC.)"
HSEN SUBHEADING EXPLANATORY NOTE TO SUBHEADINGS 7314.12, 7314.14 AND 7314.19 STATES : "THE TERM "WOVEN CLOTH"APPLIES ONLY TO WIRE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN THE SAME MANNER AS TEXTILE WOVEN FABRICS, WITH TWO THREAD SYSTEMS CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES.
CLOTH IS GENERALLY PLAIN WEAVE, ALTHOUGH IT MAY ALSO BE TWILL OR OTHER WEAVE . THE WEFT IS A CONTINUOUS STRAND WHICH RUNS BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE WARP. CLOTH IS PRODUCED ON CONTINUOUS ACTION LOOMS. THE POINTS AT WHICH THE STRANDS INTERSECT MAY BE REINFORCED, (FOR EXAMPLE, BY BINDING WITH AN EXTRA STRAND). WOVENS OF THIS KIND MAY CONSIST OF RELATIVELY WIDELY-SPACED STRANDS, GIVING A SQUARE -MESH GRILL EFFECT. THE CRIMPED VARIETIES ARE MADE FROM CRIMPED STRANDS; THE CRIMPS INTERLOCK, MAKING THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION MORE RIGID. ALTERNATIVELY THE CLOTH MAY BE WOVEN FROM STRAIGHT STRANDS, THEN PRESSED; THE RESULTING DEFORMATION AT THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION REINFORCES THE WEAVE.
CLOTH MAY BE PUT UP IN ROLLS OR IN SHEETS CUT TO LENGTH OR CUT TO SHAPE; THE EDGES OF THE SHEETS MAY BE WELDED OR BRAZED."
SUBHEADING 7314.14 COVERS OTHER WOVEN CLOTH, OF STAINLESS STEEL.