Chapter 58 — Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery

1. This chapter does not apply to textile fabrics referred to in Note 1 to Chapter [59](/chapters/59), impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, or to other goods of Chapter [59](/chapters/59). 2. Heading [5801](/headings/5801) also includes woven weft pile fabrics which have not yet had the floats cut, at which stage they have no pile standing up. 3. For the purposes of heading [5803](/headings/5803), 'gauze' means a fabric with a warp composed wholly or in part of standing or ground threads and crossing or doup threads which cross the standing or ground threads making a half-turn, a complete turn or more to form loops through which weft threads pass. 4. Heading [5804](/headings/5804) does not apply to knotted net fabrics of twine, cordage or rope, of heading [5608](/headings/5608). 5. For the purposes of heading [5806](/headings/5806), the expression 'narrow woven fabrics' means: a. woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, whether woven as such or cut from wider pieces, provided with selvedges (woven, gummed or otherwise made) on both edges; b. tubular woven fabrics of a flattened width not exceeding 30 cm; and c. bias binding with folded edges, of a width when unfolded not exceeding 30 cm. Narrow woven fabrics with woven fringes are to be classified in heading [5808](/headings/5808). 6. In heading [5810](/headings/5810), the expression 'embroidery' means, inter alia, embroidery with metal or glass thread on a visible ground of textile fabric, and sewn applique work of sequins, beads or ornamental motifs of textile or other materials. The heading does not apply to needlework tapestry (heading [5805](/headings/5805)). 7. In addition to the products of heading [5809](/headings/5809), this chapter also includes articles made of metal thread and of a kind used in apparel, as furnishing fabrics or for similar purposes.