HEADING 61.15 - PANTY HOSE TIGHTS STOCKINGS SOCKS AND OTHER HOSIERY INCLUDING STOCKINGS FOR VARICOSE VEINS AND FOOTWEAR WITHOUT APPLIED SOLES KNITTED OR CROCHETED.

61 COMMODITIES

- Panty hose and tights :

6115.11 - - Of synthetic fibres measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex

6115.12 - - Of synthetic fibres measuring per single yarn 67 decitex or more

6115.19 - - Of other textile materials

6115.20 - Women's full-length or knee-length hosiery measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex

- Other :

6115.91 - - Of wool or fine animal hair

6115.92 - - Of cotton

6115.93 - - Of synthetic fibres

6115.99 - - Of other textile materials

This heading covers the following knitted or crocheted goods without distinction between those for women or girls and those for men or boys :

(1) Panty hose and tights designed to cover the feet and legs (hose) and the lower part of the body up to the waist (panty) including those without feet.

(2) Stockings and socks (including ankle-socks).

(3) Under stockings used mainly as a protection against the cold or for varicose veins.

(4) Sockettes intended to protect the feet or toes of stockings from friction or wear.

(5) Footwear without an outer sole glued sewn or otherwise affixed or applied to the upper other than babies' bootees.

The heading also covers unfinished stockings socks etc. of knitted or crocheted fabric provided they have the essential character of the finished article.

The heading excludes :

(a)Stockings socks and bootees without an outer sole glued sewn or otherwise affixed or applied to the upper for babies (heading 61.11).

(b)Stockings socks etc. other than knitted or crocheted (usually heading 62.17).

(c)Knitted footwear with an outer sole glued sewn or otherwise affixed or applied to the upper (CHAPTER64).

(d)Leggings and gaiters (including " mountain stockings " without feet) (heading 64.06).