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Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America,〔(U.S. commodity code: Wood wool (excelsior) )〕 is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs and is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards and used as stuffing for stuffed animals. == Terminology == In the United States the term ''wood wool'' is reserved for finer grades of excelsior.〔 〕〔 〕 The U.S. Forest Service stated in 1948 and 1961 that, "In this country the product has no other general name, but in most other countries all grades of excelsior are known as wood wool. In the United States the name wood wool is reserved for only a small proportion of the output consisting of certain special grades of extra thin and narrow stock."〔 〕 The U.S. Standard Industrial Classification Index SIC is 2429 for the product "Wood wool (excelsior)".〔(U.S. Standard Industrial Classification Index SIC 2429 for "Wood wool (excelsior)" )〕 The same term is used by the United States for the external trade number under which wood wool is monitored: HTS Number: 4405.00.00 Description: Wood wool (excelsior); wood flour.〔(HTS Number for Wood wool (excelsior) )〕 The number 4405.00 is applied to wood wool by the World Customs Organization in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).〔(Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), page 2 ), 4405.00 wood wool〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wood wool」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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