Information for ruling 600007834
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 01 Sep 2023
- Expiry date
- 31 Aug 2026
- Commodity code
- 3917211090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Microduct made of High Density Polyethylene used in fibre blowing for assembly of fibre optic cables. Optical fibre is blown into the microduct and packaged on reels. Product is made by polyethylene pellets blown into a hopper where pellets are melted and moulded into shape. Sold in lengths of at minimum 500 metres.
- Keywords
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- FOR OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES
- MOULDED
- TUBES
- OF POLYETHYLENE
- OF PLASTIC
- 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 to heading 3917 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics GIR 6 has been used to classify this product to sub-heading level 391721 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid: Of polymers of ethylene. 8 Digit Code - 39172110 - Seamless and of a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimension, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked. 10 Digit Code - 3917211090 - Other than for use in certain types of aircraft Also classified in accordance with: Chapter Note 1 to Chapter 39 Chapter Note 8 to Chapter 39 Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSEN) 1 to Chapter 39 Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSEN) to Heading 3917