MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES > TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF > Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including table tennis) or outdoor games, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; swimming pools and paddling pools > Ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached
This chapter has a long exclusion list and does not cover: candles (heading 3406), fireworks (heading 3604), yarns and textiles for sports use if classifiable in Section XI, sports headgear or other sports clothing of textiles (Section XI), sports footwear (Chapter 64), sports gloves of leather (heading 4203), whips and riding-crops (heading 6602), unmounted eyes for dolls or toys of heading 9003, carnival articles of heading 9505, or sports vehicles other than bobsleighs and toboggans. Heading 9504 covers video game consoles, video game machines, and articles for games of chance; 'video game consoles and machines' are defined as apparatus designed for use with a television receiver or having a self-contained screen. The chapter covers dolls (heading 9502), other toys (heading 9503 — including reduced-size models, puzzles, toy musical instruments, toy weapons), articles for funfair and table games (heading 9504), festive articles (heading 9505), and articles for sports, gymnastics and athletics (heading 9506).
1. This Section does not cover: (a) articles of plastics, of heading 3924 or 3926, or articles of rubber (heading 4014 or 4015), or of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading 4017); (b) handbags or other articles of heading 4202; (c) articles of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials (heading 4601 or 4602); (d) wall coverings of heading 4814; (e) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); (f) goods of Section XII (footwear, headgear, umbrellas); (g) articles of Chapter 82 or 83 (base metal articles, tools, cutlery); (h) articles of Section XVI (machinery and electrical equipment); (ij) articles of Section XVII (vehicles, aircraft, vessels); (k) articles of Section XVIII (instruments, clocks, musical instruments); (l) articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites, except where indicated otherwise); (m) articles of Chapter 97 (works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques). 2. References in headings 9401 to 9406 to articles or parts of articles of a particular material are to be taken as including articles or parts of articles consisting of a combination of materials (e.g. furniture made of both wood and metal). However, these headings are not to be taken as applying to goods of a kind described in other headings that are more specific.
Source: European Commission - CN Explanatory Notes (CNEN) and HS legal notes.