Explanatory notes
… retted ‑ Flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun : 5301.21 ‑ ‑ Broken or … rest of the plant, particularly from the inner woody part. This heading covers flax, raw, retted, scutched, hackled or … or with chemical or microbic agents. Retted flax is then dried in the open air or mechanically. The fibres are …