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40.15 - Articles of apparel and clothin accessories (includin loves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanised rub er ather than hard ru%%er (+). % -. 4015.11 4015.19 4015.90 Gloves, mittens and mitts : - - Surgical - - Other - Other This heading covers articles of ap are1 and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts) e.g., protective gloves clothing for surgeons, radiologists, divers, etc., whether assembled by means of an adhesxve or by sewing or otherwise obtained. These goods may be : (1) Wholly of rubber. (2) Of woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, im re ated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, other than those falling in Section &e Note 3 to Chapter 56 and Note 4 to Chapter 59). & (3) Of rubber, with parts of textile fabric, when the rubber is the constituent giving the goods their essential character. The goods in the three categories cited above include capes, aprons, dress-shields, bibs, belts and corset-belts. The following articles are excluded from the heading : (a) Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of textile materials combined with rubber threads (Chapter 6 1 or 62). (b) Footwear and parts thereof of Chapter 64. (c) Headgear (including bathing caps) and parts of headgear, of Chapter 65.
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the Nomenclature the expression “rubber” means the following products, whether or not vulcanised or hard : natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, synthetic rubber, factice derived from oils, and such substances reclaimed. 2.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); (b) Footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64; (c) Headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65; (d) Mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of hard rubber; (e) Articles of Chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or (f) Articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, mittens and mitts and articles of headings 40.11 to