HEADING 62.12 - BRASSIERES GIRDLES CORSETS BRACES SUSPENDERS GARTERS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES AND PARTS THEREOF WHETHER OR NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED.

60 COMMODITIES

6212.10 - BrassiŠres

6212.20 - Girdles and panty-girdles

6212.30 - Corselettes

6212.90 - Other

This heading covers articles of a kind designed for wear as body-supporting garments or as supports for certain other articles of apparel and parts thereof. These articles may be made of any textile material including knitted or crocheted fabrics (whether or not elastic).

The heading includes inter alia :

(1) BrassiŠres of all kinds.

(2) Girdles and panty-girdles.

(3) Corselettes (combinations of girdles or panty-girdles and brassiŠres).

(4) Corsets and corset-belts. These are usually reinforced with flexible metallic whalebone or plastic stays and are generally fastened by lacing or by hooks.

(5) Suspender-belts hygienic belts suspensory bandages suspender jock-straps braces suspenders garters shirt-sleeve supporting arm-bands and armlets.

(6) Body belts for men (including those combined with underpants).

(7) Maternity post-pregnancy or similar supporting or corrective belts not being orthopaedic appliances of heading 90.21 (see Explanatory Note to that heading).

All the above articles may be furnished with trimmings of various kinds (ribbons lace etc.) and may incorporate fittings and accessories of non-textile materials (e.g. metal rubber plastics or leather).

The heading also includes knitted or crocheted articles and parts thereof obtained by manufacture directly to shape by increasing or decreasing the number or size of the stitches and designed to be used for the manufacture of articles of this heading even when presented in the form of a number of items in the length.

The heading does not include corsets and belts made wholly of rubber (heading 40.15).