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Information for ruling 600006544

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
10 May 2023
Expiry date
09 May 2026
Description
This is a compact energy-dispersive XRF benchtop spectrometer that performs non-destructive analysis of elements from Na to Am in a variety of different sample types, including solids, liquids, pressed and loose powders, slurries and filters. Additionally, the system measures the most common types of steel-ring samples and large samples not placed in sample holders. The system is equipped with a silver anode X-ray tube with an excitation capability of 50 kV and a maximum power of 10 Watt. The system comes with a high-resolution silicon drift detector (SDD), 6 software- selectable beam filters and a spillage protection. The system is delivered with the following items: - 10.4" touch screen with built-in computer - Epsilon user software - A sample holder and a set of inserts (up to 52 mm diameter)- A sample holder and a set of inserts (up to 52 mm diameter)
Keywords
  • SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT
  • X-RAY EQUIPMENT
  • SPECTROMETERS
  • SCIENTIFIC AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT
  • X-RAY TUBES
  • PRECISION 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 (GIRs): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9022 - Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 9022 19 – For other uses Also classified in accordance with : Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 9022 part (1)(C) refers