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Information for ruling 600008199

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
14 Aug 2023
Expiry date
13 Aug 2026
Description
Premium whistle & neck cord Made from ABS 'Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene' a highly versatile type of plastic
Keywords
  • WHISTLES
  • OF PLASTIC
  • WITH CORD
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 9208: Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments. GIR 3(b) - Has been used as the whistle is considered to be the essential character. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging: Poly bag and header card. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 920890: Other than musical boxes. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 95 note 1(S) Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9208 section(B)(2)(ii)