Information for ruling 600008005
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 21 Jul 2023
- Expiry date
- 20 Jul 2026
- Commodity code
- 8518100090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This product is a wireless mini microphone that transmits speech directly to sound processors from a range of up to 25 metres. The device improves speech understanding in listening situations where distance, background noise or poor acoustics are an issue. The mini microphone also sends the speakers voice directly to the patient’s sound processors without the need for any extra devices. The wireless mini microphone will extend the hearing range beyond the reach of any sound processor in a variety of situations. The power supply of this device consists of a built-in rechargeable battery, power connection micro USB, with an audio frequency range 100 to 8000 HZ, and a wireless frequency 2.4 GHZ
- Keywords
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- WIRELESS
- SOUND APPARATUS
- MICROPHONES
- ELECTRIC
- TRANSMITTERS
- 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 8518 microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 851810 microphones and stands therefor 10-digit code: 8518100090 - other than for use in civil aircraft Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 8518