Blankets and travelling rugs are usually made of wool, animal hair, cotton or man-made fibres, frequently with a raised pile surface, and generally of thick heavy-texture material for protection against the cold. The heading also covers rugs and blankets for cots or prams.
Travelling rugs usually have fringes (generally formed by projecting warp or weft threads), but the edges of blankets are normally preserved by blanket stitching or binding. The heading includes fabrics in the piece which, by the simple process of cutting along defined lines indicated by the absence of weft threads, may be converted into separate articles having the character of finished blankets or travelling rugs. Electrically heated blankets are also included in the heading. The heading does not include :(a) Specially shaped blankets for covering animals (heading 42.01). (b) Bedspreads and counterpanes (heading 63.04). (c) Quilted or stuffed bed coverings of heading 94.04.
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