HEADING 58.11 - QUILTED TEXTILE PRODUCTS IN THE PIECE COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE LAYERS OF TEXTILE MATERIALS ASSEMBLED WITH PADDING BY STITCHING OR OTHERWISE OTHER THAN EMBROIDERY OF HEADING No. 58.10.

4 COMMODITIES

This heading covers textile products in the piece consisting of :

(1) a layer of fabric normally knitted or woven or of nonwovens and a layer of

padding material (of textile fibres frequently in the form of a web of felt of

cellulose wadding of foam plastics or of foam rubber for example) or

(2) two layers of fabric normally knitted or woven or of nonwovens or of

combinations thereof separated by a layer of padding.

These layers are usually held together by needling or stitching (including stitch-

bonding) either with straight rows of stitches or by stitching in a decorative pattern

provided the stitches are used principally to quilt and do not constitute designs giving

the product the character of embroidery. They may also be held together by knotted

ties or by adhesive by heat bonding or other means provided the product also has a

quilted effect that is has a raised or puffed effect similar to quilting by stitching

needling or stitch-bonding.

The products of this heading may be impregnated coated or covered or the fabrics

used in their production may be impregnated coated or covered.

These materials are commonly used in the manufacture of quilted garments bedding

or bedspreads mattress pads clothing curtains place-mats underpads (silencers)

for table linen etc.

The heading does not cover :

(a)Plastic sheets quilted whether by stitching or heat sealing to a padded core (generally CHAPTER39).

(b)Stitches or quilted textile products in which the stitches constitute designs giving them the character of

embroidery (heading 58.10).

(c)Made up goods of this Section (see Section Note 7).

(d)Articles of bedding or similar furnishing of CHAPTER94 padded or internally fitted.