Information for ruling 600008699
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 23 Oct 2023
- Expiry date
- 22 Oct 2026
- Commodity code
- 8543709099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The product is used to support the testing and integration of a sonar system. It is not a functioning sonar sensor but simulates the power and data interfaces to allow for testing and development. the array technology evaluation kit (atek) atek includes a full suite of actual components including hydrophone, pre-amplifier, µnas & µdass for evaluation, assessment, integration and testing purposes. The kit is used for the test and integration of customer's systems that will be using the sea system. It provides a fully representative hardware solution that simulates the array system to allow for testing activities to occur without having to use the actual array. The product contains a hydrophone (essentially an underwater microphone) and digitisation electronics. The digitisation electronics convert the analogue signals from the hydrophone into a digital data stream, which is presented the user over an ethernet interface. The kit is made of a number of materials. the housing is plastic, the base plate to which components are attached is aluminium and there are a number of electronic assemblies, which include printed circuit boards and plastic housings. The hydrophone contains pzt piezo ceramic. The product is packaged within a protective transportation (peli) case. It is not for retail sale but is sold to specific customers who have also purchased the array system. The product is then packaged within a protective transportation case.
- Keywords
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- FOR TESTING
- PLASTICS
- ELECTRONIC
- SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT
- DIGITAL AUDIO STREAMERS
- 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 8543 - electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter GIR3 (b) has been used as the analogue to digital conversion function is considered the essential character GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 8543 70 - other machines and apparatus 8 digit code 854370 90 - other than elsewhere specified in this subheading 10 digit code 85437090 99 - other than elsewhere specified in this commodity code Also Classified in Accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory notes (HSEN) to heading 8543