Chapter51 : Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
Notes. 1. Throughout the Nomenclature : (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 goats (but not common goats), rabbit(including Angora rabbit), hare, beaver, nutria or musk-rat; (c) "Coarse animal hair" means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading 05.02) and horsehair (heading 05.11). GENERAL The General Explanatory Note to Section XI should be taken into account in reading the Explanatory Notes to this Chapter. In general, this Chapter covers wool and fine or coarse animal hair, including mixed textile materials classified as wool or animal hair, at the various stages from the raw materials to their transformation into woven fabrics. It also includes yarns and fabrics of horsehair, but excludes horsehair and horsehair waste of heading 05.11. As stated in Note 4 to Chapter 5, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals.
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