This heading covers :
(1) Artificial flowers, foliage and fruit in forms resembling the natural products, made by assembling various parts (by binding, glueing, assembling by fitting into one another or similar methods). This category also includes conventional representations of flowers, foliage or fruit made up in the manner of artificial flowers, etc. (2) Parts of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit (e.g., pistils, stamens, ovaries, petals, calyces, leaves and stems). (3) Articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit (e.g., bouquets, garlands, wreaths, plants), and other articles, for use as trimmings or as ornaments, made by assembling artificial flowers, foliage or fruit. The heading includes artificial flowers, foliage or fruit fitted with a pin or other minor fastening device. The articles of this heading are mainly used for decoration (e.g., in houses or churches), or as ornaments for hats, apparel, etc. Subject to the exclusions listed below, these goods may be made of textile materials, felt, paper, plastics, rubber, leather, metal foil, feathers, shells or of other materials of animal origin (for example, artificial foliage of marine animal origin, specially prepared and dyed, consisting of the limp remains of the bodies of hydrozoa or bryozoa), etc. Provided they meet the specifications of the preceding paragraphs, all such articles fall in this heading irrespective of their degree of finish. This heading does not include : (a) Natural flowers and foliage of heading 06.03 or 06.04 (e.g., dyed, silvered or gilded). (b) Floral motifs of lace, of embroidery or of other textile fabric, which though they can be used as trimmings for apparel, are not made up in the manner of artificial flowers (i.e. by assembly of the various parts (petals, stamens, stems, etc.) by binding with wire, textile material, paper, rubber, etc., or by glueing or similar methods) (Section XI). (c) Headgear of artificial flowers or foliage (Chapter 65). (d) Articles of glass (Chapter 70). (e) Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, of pottery, stone, metal, wood, etc., obtained in one piece by moulding, forging, carving, stamping or other process, or consisting of parts assembled otherwise than by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar methods. (f) Wire simply cut to length and covered with textile material, paper, etc., for making stems for artificial flowers, etc. (Section XV). (g) Articles clearly identifiable as toys or carnival articles (Chapter 95).
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