This heading includes woven fabrics (as defined in Part (¥°) (C) of the General Explanatory Note to Section XI) made of silk yarn or of noil silk or other silk waste yarn.
These include :(1) Habutai, Shantung, Tussore and other Far East fabrics. (2) Crepes. (3) Diaphanous fabrics such as muslins, grenadines and voiles. (4) Tightly-woven fabrics such as taffetas, satins, faille, moire and damask. But the heading excludes woven fabrics of Chapters 57 to 59 (e.g., bolting cloth of heading 59.11). Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 5007.20 Subheading 5007.20 covers only fabrics containing by weight at least 85 % of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk; noil silk must not be included in the 85 %.
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