(A) RUBBER THREAD AND CORD, TEXTILE COVERED
Provided they are covered with textiles (e.g., by gimping or plaiting), this group includes, thread (single strand) of rubber, of any cross-section, and cord (multiple strand) of rubber, made of these threads.(B) TEXTILE YARN, AND STRIP AND THE LIKE OF HEADING 54.04 OR 54.05, IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR SHEATHED WITH RUBBER OR PLASTICS This group covers textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, which have been impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics, provided that, in the case of impregnated, coated or covered yarns, etc., the impregnation, coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any resulting change of colour. Impregnated textile yarn includes dipped yarn consisting of textile yarn surface-treated to improve its adhesion to the rubber in which it is subsequently incorporated during the manufacture of articles such as tyres, machinery belts or belting, and tubes. Among the products included in this group are imitation catguts consisting of textile yarn with a heavy dressing of plastics, which are used according to their different characteristics in the manufacture of sports rackets, fishing lines, belts, braids, upholstery fabrics, surgical sutures, etc., and clothes-lines consisting of textile yarn incorporated in a sheath of plastics. The heading does not include : (a) Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber (heading 59.06). (b) Imitation catgut with hooks attached or otherwise made up into fishing lines (heading 95.07).
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