Information for ruling 600006679
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 18 May 2023
- Expiry date
- 17 May 2026
- Commodity code
- 8543709099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This product is an electric bug zapper in the shape of a tennis racket, that has a handle made from polypropylene and has an iron wire grid. The zapper works by pressing a button on the side which creates an electric current through the iron wire grid which is used to electrocute the insects. The zapper is battery operated (batteries not included) and is packaged in a coloured polybag.
- Keywords
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- PORTABLE
- OF POLYPROPYLENE
- ELECTRICAL
- OF IRON WIRE
- BATTERY-OPERATED
- 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 in 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 854370 – Other machines and apparatus Eight digit code 85437090 – Other than elsewhere specified within this subheading Ten digit code 8543709099 – Other than elsewhere specified within this subheading Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 8543