This heading covers knitted or crocheted garments which are not included more specifically in the preceding headings of this Chapter.
The heading includes, inter alia :(1) Aprons, boiler suits (coveralls), smocks and other protective clothing of a kind worn by mechanics, factory workers, surgeons, etc. (2) Clerical or ecclesiastical garments and vestments (e.g., monks' habits, cassocks, copes, soutanes, surplices). (3) Professional or scholastic gowns and robes. (4) Specialised clothing for airmen, etc. (e.g., airmen's electrically heated clothing). (5) Special articles of apparel, whether or not incorporating incidentally protective components such as pads or padding in the elbow, knee or groin areas, used for certain sports or for dancing or gymnastics (e.g., fencing clothing, jockeys' silks, ballet skirts, leotards). However, protective equipment for sports or games (e.g., fencing masks and breast plates, ice hockey pants, etc.) are excluded (heading 95.06).
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