Information for ruling 600007110
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 26 May 2023
- Expiry date
- 25 May 2026
- Commodity code
- 9027300000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- An automated characterization tool designed to analyse the size, shape, and chemical identity of dispersed particles - The tool combines automated optical microscopy for size and shape measurements and Raman spectroscopy for chemical identity. The product enables component-specific particle size and shape measurements of dispersed mixtures or blends providing a deeper understanding of the behaviour of particulate materials. It delivers component specific data in the measurement and analysis of complex samples and formulations. Measurements can be made for particles from 0.5 µm up to 1.3 mm in size, sample and substrate depended, (or larger for certain samples). Raman spectroscopic measurements are made over the wave number range 150 cm-1 to 2800 cm-1 at 8cm-1 resolution with a nominal 2 µm spot size at 50x magnification. The size range for chemical identification will depend upon the suitability of the sample for chemical analysis. Robust, reproducible measurements are delivered via simple SOP-driven operation where all morphological and spectral acquisition factors are carefully controlled and audited resulting in non-subjective data.
- Keywords
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- PRECISION EQUIPMENT
- SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT
- SCIENTIFIC AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT
- SPECTROMETERS
- 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 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 subheading level 902730 spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR) Also classified in accordance with: Note 3 to chapter 90 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) note 5 to heading 9027