Information for ruling 600006517
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 23 Apr 2023
- Expiry date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Commodity code
- 8543709099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This is a portable bug killer (mosquito killer) that also encompasses a light. Its main use will be for campers or anglers staying in tents or bivvies' overnight. The bug killer works via 4 pieces of UV 360-400nm lights attracting the bugs. Upon touching the light, they are then killed by a 600v electric shock. This also has a torch and lantern style light with up to 200 lumens as part of the item. This is powered by a 2000MaH lithium-ion battery and comes with a USB charging cable. The portable bug killer is IP44 waterproof, and the main casing is plastic. It also comes with a hanging hook and tiny brush to remove any dead bugs from the item. This is packaged in a carboard display box.
- Keywords
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- PORTABLE
- ELECTRICAL
- OF PLASTIC
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- MISCELLANEOUS LIGHTING
- AGAINST INSECT STINGS
- BATTERY-OPERATED
- CAMPING EQUIPMENT
- 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 8543 - Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 8543 70 – Other machines and apparatus 8 Digit code 854370 90 – Other than elsewhere specified in this subheading 10 Digit code 85437090 99 – Other than elsewhere specified in this commodity code Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8543