Heading 5908 · Chapter 59

Woven, braided or knitted textile wicks for lamps, stoves, gas lighters, candles and similar uses, plus glow mantles, incandescent lamps and tubular blanks for making them, including impregnated items

This heading covers woven, braided or knitted textile wicks for lamps, stoves, gas lighters, candles and similar uses, as well as glow mantles, incandescent lamps and tubular blanks for making them. It also includes impregnated items, but not the exclusions listed in the legal description, such as glass-fibre wicks or wicks made simply by twisting or doubling textile yarn, twine, cord or rope.

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Woven textile wick for a lamp
Braided textile wick for a gas lighter

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Væger af tekstil, vævede, flettede eller strikkede, til lamper, ovne, gastændere, lys og lignende samt glødenet og glødelamper og rørformede emner til fremstilling deraf, også imprægnerede (undtagen væger, der er voksbehandlede på en sådan måde, at de får karakter af vokslys, tændsnore, også detonerende, væger fremstillet ved simpel sammensnoning eller duplering af tekstilgarn, sejlgarn, reb, tovværk og lignende tekstilgarn samt væger af glasfibre)

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Step 1 · Section XI Textiles and textile articles
Which named textile group best describes the product: natural silk; wool or fine or coarse animal hair; cotton; other vegetable textile fibres or paper yarn; continuous or short synthetic fibres; wadding, felt or nonwovens; floor coverings; special woven or tufted fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings or embroidery; coated or laminated fabric or technical textile goods; knitted fabric; knitted clothing; non-knitted clothing; or other made-up textile goods?
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Step 2 · Chapter 59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile f… 10 of 14 chapters in section XI
Which specific type best describes the product: coated fabric for bookbinding or hat-making, high-strength cord fabric, plastic-coated textile fabric, linoleum or textile-based floor covering, textile wall covering, rubberised fabric, other impregnated or coated fabric, a textile wick or glowing item, a textile fire hose, a textile drive or conveyor belt, or textile fabric and goods for technical use?
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Step 3 · Heading 5908 Væger af tekstil, vævede, flettede eller strikkede,… 8 of 11 headings under chapter 59
Is it a woven, braided or knitted textile wick for a lamp, stove, gas lighter, candle or similar use, or a glow mantle, incandescent lamp or tubular blank for making one, including an impregnated item?

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5908 00 Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas-mantle fabric for incandescent gas mantles, whether or not impregnated (excl. wax-covered wicks of the taper variety, fuses and detonating fuses, wicks in the form of textile yarn and glass-fibre wicks) 5.6% Save

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5901 Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books, the manufacture of boxes and articles of cardboard or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations (excl. plastic-coated textile fabrics) 6.5%
5902 Tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon, whether or not dipped or impregnated with rubber or plastic 5.6–8.0%
5903 Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon; wallcoverings impregnated or covered with textile materials; floor coverings consisting of a textile backing and a top layer or covering of plastics) 8.0%
5904 Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape 5.3%
5905 Vægbeklædning af tekstilmaterialer 4.0–8.0%
5906 Rubberised textile fabrics (excl. tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon) 4.6–8.0%
5907 Tekstilstof, imprægneret, overtrukket eller belagt på anden måde, samt malede teaterkulisser, malede atelierbagtæpper og lignende, i.a.n. 4.9%
5908 Væger af tekstil, vævede, flettede eller strikkede, til lamper, ovne, gastændere, lys og lignende samt glødenet og glødelamper og rørformede emner til fremstilling deraf, også imprægnerede (undtagen væger, der er voksbehandlede på en sådan måde, at de får karakter af vokslys, tændsnore, også detonerende, væger fremstillet ved simpel sammensnoning eller duplering af tekstilgarn, sejlgarn, reb, tovværk og lignende tekstilgarn samt væger af glasfibre) you are here 5.6%
5909 Brandslanger og lignende slanger, af tekstil, også imprægneret eller overtrukket og med foring, armering og armaturer af andre materialer 6.5%
5910 Driv- og transportremme af tekstil, også imprægneret, overtrukket, belagt eller lamineret med plast eller forstærket med metal eller andet materiale (undtagen i løbende længder eller afskårne stykker med en tykkelse på < 3 mm og undtagen af tekstilstof, imprægneret, overtrukket, belagt eller lamineret med gummi, eller af tekstilgarn eller -snor, imprægneret, overtrukket, belagt eller beklædt med gummi) 5.1%
5911 Textile products and articles, for technical use, specified in Note 7 to chapter 59 0.0–6.0%

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