{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/textile-products-indications-of-fibre-content-regulations-1986/schedule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/textile-products-indications-of-fibre-content-regulations-1986/schedule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/26",
  "legislation_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/textile-products-indications-of-fibre-content-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "AGREED ALLOWANCES TO BE APPLIED IN DETERMINING THE FIBRE PERCENTAGES OF A TEXTILE PRODUCT",
  "text": "Fibre No. in Schedule 2\nFibres\nPercentages\n1–2\nWool and animal hair:\ncombined fibres\n18.25\ncarded fibres\n17.00\n3\nAnimal hair:\ncombed fibres\n18.25\ncarded fibres\n17.00\nHorsehair:\ncombed fibres\n16.00\ncarded fibres\n15.00\n4\nSilk\n11.00\n5\nCotton:\nnormal fibres\n8.50\nmercerised fibres\n10.50\n6\nKapok\n10.90\n7\nFlax or linen\n12.00\n8\nHemp\n12.00\n9\nJute\n17.00\n10\nAbaca\n14.00\n11\nAlfa\n14.00\n12\nCoir\n13.00\n13\nBroom\n14.00\n15\nRamie (bleached fibre)\n8.50\n16\nSisal\n14.00\n16a\nSunn\n12.00\n16b\nHenequen\n14.00\n16c\nMaguey\n14.00\n17\nAcetate\n9.00\n18\nAlginate\n20.00\n19\nCupro\n13.00\n20\nModal\n13.00\n21\nProtein\n17.00\n22\nTriacetate\n7.00\n23\nViscose\n13.00\n24\nAcrylic\n2.00\n25\nChlorofibre\n2.00\n26\nFluorofibre\n0.00\n27\nModacrylic\n2.00\n28\nPolyamide or Nylon (6–6):\ndiscontinuous fibre\n6.25\nfilament\n5.75\nPolyamide or Nylon 6:\ndiscontinuous fibre\n6.25\nfilament\n5.75\nPolyamide or Nylon 11:\ndiscontinuous fibre\n3.50\nfilament\n3.50\n29\nPolyester:\ndiscontinuous fibre\n1.50\nfilament\n1.50\n30\nPolyethylene\n1.50\n31\nPolypropylene\n2.00\n32\nPolycarbamide\n2.00\n33\nPolyurethane:\ndiscontinuous fibre\n3.50\nfilament\n3.00\n34\nVinylal\n5.00\n35\nTrivinyl\n3.00\n36\nElastodiene\n1.00\n37\nElastane\n1.50\n38\nGlass fibre:\nfilament with a diameter of over 5 microns\n2.00\nfilament with a diameter of 5 microns or less\n3.00\n39\nMetal fibre\n2.00\nMetallised fibre\n2.00\nAsbestos\n2.00\nPaper yarn\n13.75",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/6",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1988/1350",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 1988"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1169",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1401",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst (6.1.2007)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/3297",
      "affecting_title": "The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment and Consolidation of Schedules of Textile Names and Allowances) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/26/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:56:26.132979+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}