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Information for ruling 600008901

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
05 Dec 2023
Expiry date
04 Dec 2026
Description
A brush which is used to apply tar. It has a wooden cone shape handle and the bristles are made from 100% black dyed coco. The brush dimensions are - total length is 235mm, the bristles are 80mm in length.
Keywords
  • TAR BRUSH
  • WITH HANDLE
  • WITH BRISTLES
  • BRISTLES
  • OF WOOD
  • BRUSHES
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 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 960340: Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603 30); paint pads and rollers. 8 DIGIT CODE 96034010: Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to 9603 (B) and note 16.