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Information for ruling 600008826

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
29 Sep 2023
Expiry date
28 Sep 2026
Description
Boxes made from paper card used for transport of goods. They are used to carry teddy-bears at the point of sale. When each box is assembled it resembles the shape of a house with a carrying handle on the ‘roof’ and 2 ‘ears’ either side to represent the ears of a teddy-bear which is placed into it ready for it to be taken home. The boxes come in 2 different sizes and with coloured illustrations printed on them but all with the same shape. The boxes are shipped flat and require assembly before use
Keywords
  • OF CARD
  • OF PAPERBOARD
  • TOY BOXES
  • UNASSEMBLED
  • ILLUSTRATED
  • FOR PACKAGING GOODS
  • FOLDED
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 4819 - Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, letter trays, and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like GIR 2(a) has been used as the goods are incomplete / unassembled GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 4819 20 - Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 4819 part A refers