Information for ruling 600005953
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 12 Mar 2023
- Expiry date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Commodity code
- 8517620000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Underwater modem which communicates using data carrying electromagnetic signals. The production methods are surface mount printed circuit technology, and computer controlled milling of nylon housings. The packaging is acetal copolymer housing.
- Keywords
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- UNDERWATER
- PRINTED CIRCUITS
- MODEMS
- FOR COMMUNICATION
- ELECTRONICS
- APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following:- 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) General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8517 - Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528 GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 8517 62 - Other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network): Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) (F) to heading 8517