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Section IX - Chapter 46
Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork
Notes
1. In this chapter the expression "plaiting materials" means materials in a state or form suitable for plaiting, interlacing or similar processes; it includes straw, osier or willow, bamboos, rattans, rushes, reeds, strips of wood, strips of other vegetable
2. This chapter does not cover:
(a). Wall coverings of heading 4814;
(b). Twine, cordage, ropes or cables, plaited or not (heading 5607);
(c). Footwear or headgear or parts thereof of chapter 64 or 65;
(d). Vehicles and bodies for vehicles of basketware (chapter 87); or
(e). Articles of chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings).
3. For the purposes of heading 4601, the expression "plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands" means plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, placed side by side a

Schedule B No. and HeadingsCommodity DescriptionUnit of QuantitySecond Quantity
46 Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork
4601 - Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting and screens):
- - Mats, matting and screens of vegetable materials:
4601.21.0000 - - - Of bamboo X
4601.22.0000 - - - Of rattan X
4601.29.0000 - - - Other X
- - Other:
4601.92.0000 - - - Of bamboo X
4601.93.0000 - - - Of rattan X
4601.94.0000 - - - Of other vegetable materials X
4601.99 - - - Other:
4601.99.0500 - - - - Plaits and similar products of plaiting, whether or not assembled into strips X
4601.99.9000 - - - - Other X
4602 - Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from articles of heading 4601; articles of loofah:
- - Of vegetable materials:
4602.11.0000 - - - Of bamboo X
4602.12.0000 - - - Of rattan X
4602.19.0000 - - - Other X
4602.90.0000 - - Other X

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