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Information for ruling 600008145

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
11 Aug 2023
Expiry date
10 Aug 2026
Description
Frozen whole shell mussels which have been cooked and frozen in a 1kg vacuum pouch. There are 5 vacuum pouches packaged to each cardboard carton.
Keywords
  • VACUUM-PACKED
  • COOKED
  • FROZEN
  • WHOLE
  • MUSSELS
  • SHELLS
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 1605 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging - vacuum pouches in a cardboard carton GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 160553 Molluscs; Mussels 8 Digit Code 16055310 In airtight containers 10 Digit code 1605531010 Of the species Mytilus spp. or Perna spp.; Frozen mussels (Mytilus edulis), cooked, whether or not in shell Also classified in accordance with: Chapter Note 1 to Chapter 16 refers Subheading Note 2 to Chapter 16 refers Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to Chapter 16 refers Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 1605 refers