Information for ruling 600006114
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 13 Apr 2023
- Expiry date
- 12 Apr 2026
- Commodity code
- 9027300000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A spectroradiometer. This is a portable device for field spectroscopy. It is designed for the measurement of reflectance, absorbance, radiance and irradiance spectra of a range between 350 - 2500 nm and a spectral resolution of 3 nm @ 700 nm and 10 nm @ 1400/2100 nm. It has built in Wi-Fi and comes with a permanent ruggedised fibre optic cable which is 2 metres long (not subject to classification here) Weight is 5.44KG
- Keywords
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- DETECTORS
- SPECTROMETERS
- FOR ANALYSIS
- FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
- OPTICAL FIBRES
- 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)) GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9027 - Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtome GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 9027 30 - Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR) Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 9027 – part 5 refers