Information for ruling 600005271
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 05 Jan 2023
- Expiry date
- 04 Jan 2026
- Commodity code
- 9021901000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- 6 mini plastic filter applicators with easy grip. They are used as a preventative measure to keep cerumen, dust, or other debris out of the speaker or receiver part of a hearing aid. It allows the hearing aid user to remove it without damaging the device.
- Keywords
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- HEARING AIDS
- OF PLASTIC
- FOR HEARING AIDS
- FOR CLEANING
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: - General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s: For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, Reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect – a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). GIR 1 - has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 902190 - Other than elsewhere specified within this heading. 8-digit code 90219010 - Parts and accessories of hearing aids. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 90 - Note 2b and general note (III) parts and accessories. Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9021 - parts and accessories.