13.3 – Finishing of textiles

This class includes finishing of textiles and wearing apparel, in other words, bleaching, dyeing, dressing and similar activities. · This class includes: - bleaching and dyeing of textile fibres, yarns, fabrics and textile articles, including wearing apparel - dressing, drying, steaming, shrinking, mending, sanforising, mercerising of textiles and textile articles, including wearing apparel · This class also includes: - bleaching of jeans - pleating and similar work on textiles - waterproofing, coating, rubberising, or impregnating purchased garments - printing of textile fabrics as an intermediate process within the manufacture of textiles · This class excludes: - printing, including silkscreen printing, on textiles and wearing apparel, not as an intermediate process within the manufacture of textiles, see 18.12 - laser engraving on textiles, see 18.12 - manufacture of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber where rubber is the primary constituent, see 22.12