Heading 5807 : Labels, badges and similar articles of textile materials, in the piece, in strips or cut to shape or size, not embroidered.
Subject to the conditions specified below this heading covers :(A) Labels of any textile material (including knitted). These include labels of a kind used for marking wearing apparel, household linen, mattresses, tents, soft toys, or other goods. They are utilitarian labels bearing individual inscriptions or motifs. Such labels include, inter alia, commercial labels bearing the trade name or trade mark of the manufacturer or the nature of the constituent textile ("silk", "viscose rayon", etc.) and labels used by private individuals (boarding school pupils, soldiers, etc.) to identify their personal property; the latter variety sometimes bear initials or figures or comprise sometimes a framed space to take a hand-written inscription. (B) Badges and similar articles of any textile material (including knitted). This category includes badges, emblems, "flashes", etc., of a kind normally sewn to the outer part of wearing apparel (sporting, military, local or national badges, etc., badges bearing the names of youth associations, sailors' cap badges with the name of a ship, etc.). The above articles are classified in this heading only if they fulfil the following conditions : (1) They must not be embroidery. The inscriptions or motifs on the articles classified here are generally produced by weaving (usually broche work) or by printing. (2) They must be in the piece, in strips (as is usually the case) or in separate units obtained by cutting to size or shape but must not be otherwise made up. This heading does not include labels, badges and similar articles, which have been embroidered (heading 58.10) or made up otherwise than by cutting to shape or size (heading 61.17, 62.17 or 63.07).
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