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Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
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Section notes
Chapter notes
- Chapter 64-notes.
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) Dispoasable foot or shoe coverings of flimsy material(for example, paper,
sheeting of plastics) without applied soles. These produts are
classified according to their constituent material;
(b) Footwear of textile material, without an outer sole glued,sewn or
oterwise affixed or applied to the upper(section xi);
(c) Worn footwear of heading no. 63.09;
(d) Articles of asbestors (heading no. 68.120;
(e) Orthopaedic footwear or other orthopaedic appliances, or parts thereof (heading no.
90.21; or
(f) Toy footwear or skating boots with ice or roller skates attatched; shin-guards or
similar protective sportswear(chapter 96.).
2. For the purposes of heading no. 64.06, the term "parts" does not
include pegs,protectors,eyelets,hooks, bukles, ornaments,braids,laces,pompons or other
trimmings(which are to be classified in their appropriate headings) or buttons or other
goods of heading no.96.06.
3. For the purpose of this chapter:
(a) The term "rubber" and "plastics" include woven fabrics or other textile products with
an external layer of rubber or plastics being visible to the naked eyes ; for the purpose
of this provision,no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour: and
(b) The term "leather" refers to the goods of heading nos.41.07 and 4112 to 4114.
4. Subject to note 3 to this chapter;
(a) The material of the upper shall be taken to be the constituent material having the greatest
external surface area , no account being taken of accessories or reinforcements such as
ankle patches,edging ,ornamentations, bukles,tabs eyelet stays or similar attachments;
(b) The constituent material of the outer sole shall be taken to be the material having the greatest
surface area in contact with the ground , no account being taken of accessories or reinforcements
such as spikes, bars,nails,protectors or similar attachments.