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Information for ruling 600007159

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
07 Aug 2023
Expiry date
06 Aug 2026
Description
Mechanical pencils that each have an eraser at the top; they have a 0.7 mm Hard black pencil with the lead made of graphite. There are 6 within a pack that come in a variety of colours (green, blue, pink, purple, orange, yellow). It comes with 12 refill leads that are 60 mm in length. They are packaged within a paper card blister pack.
Keywords
  • PENCILS
  • OF GRAPHITE
  • ERASERS
  • PAPER STATIONERY
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: GIR1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9609 - pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify the type of packaging – blister pack GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 960910 - pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a rigid sheath 8 Digit Code: 96091010 with 'leads' of graphite Also classified in accordance with:- Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENS) to 9609