Information for ruling 600006117
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 14 Apr 2023
- Expiry date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Commodity code
- 9027300000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A portable field-ready spectrometer used for NIR radiance measurements with a spectral range of 350 - 2500 nm and a spectral resolution of 3 nm @ 700 nm and 6 nm @ 1400/2100 nm. This model includes WI-FI. Standard accessories include a hard-shell foam-lined carrying case, a white reference panel, fibre optic cable inspection magnifier, 12VDC 70W power supply, 12V lead acid gel cell battery belt and charger, 20' car charge adapter, and data collection modelling operating software. There is no fibre optic cable included. Dimensions in cm – 12.7 (H), 36.8 (W) x 29.2 (D). Unit weighs 5.44 Kg without battery
- Keywords
-
- 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); microtomes 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