APPENDIX I Introductory Notes to the List in Appendixes II and II (a)

HS Heading
No.
Description of product
Working or processing carried out on non-originating
materials that confers originating status
(1) (2) (3) or (4)
5512 to 5516 Woven fabrics of man-made
staple fibres:
- Incorporating rubber thread Manufacture from single yarn 1
- Other Manufacture from 1 :
- coir yarn,
- natural fibres,
- man-made staple fibres not
carded or combed or
otherwise prepared for
spinning,
- chemical materials or textile
pulp, or
- paper
or
2 Printing accompanied by at
least two preparatory or
finishing operations (such as
scouring, bleaching,
mercerizing, heat setting,
raising, calendering, shrink
resistance processing,
permanent finishing,
decatizing, impregnating,
mending and burling) where
the value of the unprinted
fabric used does not exceed
47.5% of the ex-works price
of the product
ex Chapter 56
Wadding, felt and nonwovens;
special yarns; twine,
cordage, ropes and cables and
articles thereof; except for:
Manufacture from 1 :
- coir yarn,
- natural fibres,
- chemical materials or textile
pulp, or
- paper-making materials
5602 Felt, whether or not
impregnated, coated, covered
or laminated:
1
2
For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
The printing rule shall apply only to exports from the EC to Mexico for an aggregate annual quota of
2,000,000 m 2 . This quota will be allocated by Mexico through auction. See also Joint Declarations VII and X.