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Information for ruling 600007440

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
19 Jul 2023
Expiry date
18 Jul 2026
Description
Organiser tray, main use and shape is for holding hearing aid implant and abutment while in surgery. This will also hold any other instruments like drill parts. The material is made from medical grade polypropylene and is white in colour. It is then packaged into a cardboard box This is only sold to Surgeons/Hospitals and not for public or retail.
Keywords
  • TRAYS
  • POLYETHYLENE
  • FOR HOSPITAL USE
  • FOR SURGICAL USE
  • MEDICAL 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 9018 - instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging: cardboard box GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 901890 - other instruments and appliances 8 digit code 90189084 - other than specified elsewhere in this heading Also Classified in Accordance with: General notes to chapter 90 - note 2 (b) Harmonised System Explanatory notes (HSEN) 9018