---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 Schedule B - Chapter 46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document was produced for the Commodity Analysis Branch (CAB) of the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division. Questions and comments can be directed to them via phone at 800-549-0595 (Menu Option 2). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Section IX - Chapter 46 Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of 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 material (for example, strips of bark, narrow leaves and raffia or other strips obtained from broad leaves), unspun natural textile fibers, monofilament and strip and the like of plastics and strips of paper, but not strips of leather or composition leather or of felt or nonwovens, human hair, horsehair, textile rovings or yarns, or monofilament and strip and the like of chapter 54. 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 and bound together, in the form of sheets, whether or not the binding materials are of spun textile materials. 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: 4601210000 Of bamboo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4601220000 Of rattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4601290000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X Other: 4601920000 Of bamboo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4601930000 Of rattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4601940000 Of other vegetable materials . . . . . . .X 460199 Other: 4601990500 Plaits and similar products of plaiting, whether or not assembled into strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4601999000 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: 4602110000 Of bamboo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4602120000 Of rattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4602190000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X 4602900000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This document was produced for the Commodity Analysis Branch (CAB) of the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division. Questions and comments can be directed to them via phone at 800-549-0595 (Menu Option 2). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- File produced on 15 January 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------