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Information for ruling 600008400

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
10 Nov 2023
Expiry date
09 Nov 2026
Description
Window blind, duster. A three-armed cleaner designed to remove dust and clean horizontal slatted window blinds. The handheld appliance has three separate arms connected at one end, each with a microfibre pad to remove dust and debris from the slats. The product measures 21.3 x 5.5 x 2.4cm. The cleaning pads measure 10 x 4 x 2cm, which slide onto each of the arms. The handle is made from plastic (polypropylene). The pads are made from a knitted microfiber fabric and can be removed for washing and are reusable. The product is produced for retail and janitorial markets and is displayed with a cardboard hang tag.
Keywords
  • DUSTERS
  • OF TEXTILE MATERIAL
  • OF PLASTIC
  • WITH HANDLE
  • MICROFIBER
  • FOR CLEANING
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 9603 - Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances, or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees) GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging – cardboard hanging tag. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 960390 - Other than elsewhere specified. 8 Digit Code - 96039099 Other than Hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised; Other than Road-sweeping brushes; household type brooms and brushes, including shoe brushes and clothes brushes; brushes for grooming animals. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 9603 (D) Mops and Feather dusters refer.