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PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS.
i Articles composed of several materials and not specially classified as such shall follow
the classification appertaining to the material of that part which gives the article its
predominating character in respect of appearance and use.
In applying this provision to composite articles, component materials which are present
only in a negligible amount, and which do not essentially affect the nature or character of the
goods, shall not be taken into account.
2. Articles, the parts of which are not intended together to constitute a whole but are
merely placed one upon, or within, the other, Le., which are combined together only for the
purpose of being used, shall not be deemed composite articles in the sense of paragraph I above.
The parts of such articles must be classified separately, according to the material of which
they are composed.
3. Subject to the exceptions specified, detached parts of articles normally built up of
several portions, which parts are intended to be assembled permanently, must be enumerated
under the item corresponding to the complete article if imported together, even in separate
packings. The absence of non-essential parts shall not prevent the application of the present
provision.
4. The articles composed of several materials which, by reason of the general or special
rules contained in the nomenclature, fall under the chapter or group appertaining to articles
composed of a single material shall be classified under the same item as the latter articles
composed of a single specified material, even if the description of that item does not provide,
or only provides in part, for combination with other materials.
5. In the classification of manufactured products, no account shall be taken of trade
marks, names of the manufacturer or seller, indications of the country of origin, or similar
indications not having the character of ornaments.
6. The foregoing provisions Nos. 1 to 5 are to be applied generally, subject to the special
provisions appearing in the different sections of the nomenclatuie.

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