Annex IX

United Kingdom

Agreed allowances used to calculate the mass of fibres contained in a textile product

(referred to in Article 19(3))

Fibre No	Fibres	Percentages
The agreed allowances of 17,00 % shall also be applied where it is impossible to ascertain whether the textile product containing wool and/or animal hair is combed or carded.
1-2	Wool and animal hair:
	combed fibres	18,25
	carded fibres	17,0^f1
3	Animal hair:
	combed fibres	18,25
	carded fibres	17,0
	Horsehair:
	combed fibres	16,0
	carded fibres	15,0
4	Silk	11,0
5	Cotton:
	normal fibres	8,5
	mercerised fibres	10,5
6	Kapok	10,9
7	Flax (or linen)	12,0
8	True hemp	12,0
9	Jute	17,0
10	Abaca	14,0
11	Alfa	14,0
12	Coir	13,0
13	Broom	14,0
14	Ramie (bleached fibre)	8,5
15	Sisal	14,0
16	Sunn	12,0
17	Henequen	14,0
18	Maguey	14,0
19	Acetate	9,0
20	Alginate	20,0
21	Cupro	13,0
22	Modal	13,0
23	Protein	17,0
24	Triacetate	7,0
25	Viscose	13,0
26	Acrylic	2,0
27	Chlorofibre	2,0
28	Fluorofibre	0,0
29	Modacrylic	2,0
30	Polyamide or nylon:
	discontinuous fibre	6,25
	filament	5,75
31	Aramid	8,0
32	Polyimide	3,5
33	Lyocell	13,0
34	Polylactide	1,5
35	Polyester	1,5
36	Polyethylene	1,5
37	Polypropylene	2,0
38	Polycarbamide	2,0
39	Polyurethane:
	discontinuous fibre	3,5
	filament	3,0
40	Vinylal	5,0
41	Trivinyl	3,0
42	Elastodiene	1,0
43	Elastane	1,5
44	Glass fibre:
	with an average diameter of over 5 μm	2,0
	with an average diameter of 5 μm or less	3,0
45	Elastomultiester	1,5
46	Elastolefin	1,5
47	Melamine	7,0
48	Metal fibre	2,0
	Metallised fibre	2,0
	Asbestos	2,0
	Paper yarn	13,75
F149	Polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent	1,0
F250	Polyacrylate	30,0

Annotations

F1: Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 286/2012 of 27 January 2012 amending, in order to include a new textile fibre name, Annex I, and, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Annexes VIII and IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products (Text with EEA relevance).
F2: Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/122 of 20 October 2017 amending Annexes I, II, VI, VIII and IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products (Text with EEA relevance).

f1: The agreed allowances of 17,00 % shall also be applied where it is impossible to ascertain whether the textile product containing wool and/or animal hair is combed or carded.