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  "summary": "HS chapter 55 covers man-made staple fibres. It has 16 headings, 55.01 to 55.16, and 110 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. National tariff lines under chapter 55 are live on border.bot for the United States (399 lines, also used by 1 other country).",
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      "answer": "HS chapter 55 covers man-made staple fibres."
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      "question": "How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 55?",
      "answer": "HS chapter 55 has 16 headings and 110 six-digit subheadings in HS2022."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 55?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under chapter 55 are live on border.bot for the United States (399 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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        "HS chapter 55 covers man-made staple fibres.",
        "It has 16 headings, 55.01 to 55.16, and 110 six-digit subheadings in HS2022."
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      "id": "not-covered",
      "title": "What it doesn’t cover",
      "text": [
        "Chapter 54, before it, covers man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials; chapter 56, after it, covers wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof."
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      "title": "How it is structured",
      "text": [
        "Chapter 55 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (55.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more."
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      "title": "In other countries",
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      "text": [
        "The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.",
        "This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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        "code": "5501",
        "description": "Synthetic filament tow",
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            "code": "550111",
            "description": "Of nylon or other polyamides: Of aramids"
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            "code": "550119",
            "description": "Of nylon or other polyamides: Other"
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          {
            "code": "550120",
            "description": "Of polyesters"
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          {
            "code": "550130",
            "description": "Acrylic or modacrylic"
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          {
            "code": "550140",
            "description": "Of polypropylene"
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          {
            "code": "550190",
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            "description": "Of cellulose acetate"
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            "description": "Of nylon or other polyamides: Of aramids"
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          {
            "code": "550320",
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            "description": "Of nylon or other polyamides"
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        "description": "Artificial staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning",
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            "description": "Of synthetic staple fibres"
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            "description": "Of artificial staple fibres"
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            "description": "Containing 85 % or more by weight of staple fibres of nylon or other polyamides: Single yarn"
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            "description": "Containing 85 % or more by weight of artificial staple fibres: Single yarn"
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            "description": "Of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85 % by weight of such fibres"
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            "description": "Of artificial staple fibres"
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