Information for ruling 600006370
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 27 Apr 2023
- Expiry date
- 26 Apr 2026
- Commodity code
- 9017801000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Retractable measuring tape made of polypropylene plastic housing and an iron measuring tape for measuring length. Product dimensions are 5m x 16mm and weighs approx. 0.14kg. Available in colours red, green and yellow.
- Keywords
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- SCIENTIFIC AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT
- GAUGES
- CARRY STRAP
- STRAPS
- OF PLASTIC
- FOR WORKING IN THE HAND
- MEASURING TAPES
- OF IRON
- TAPE MEASURE
- OF BASE METALS
- RETRACTABLE
- 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 (GIRS): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of Heading 9017 - Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter. GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging – swing tag GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to Subheading Level 901780 – Other instruments 8 Digit Code: 90178010 - Measuring rods and tapes and divided scales. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN)s to 9017