Artificial staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.

1. 1. Headings 55.01 and 55.02 apply only to man-made filament tow, consisting of parallel filaments of a uniform length equal to the length of the tow, meeting the following specifications: • (a) Length of tow exceeding 2 m; • (b) Twist less than 5 turns per metre; • (c) Measuring per filament less than 67 decitex; • (d) Synthetic filament tow only: the tow must be drawn, that is to say, be incapable of being stretched by more than 100% of its length; • (e) Total measurement of tow more...