Information for ruling 600009083
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 06 Nov 2023
- Expiry date
- 05 Nov 2026
- Commodity code
- 7404009100 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Brass scrap, is an alloy of copper and zinc, the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties. In comparison, bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin Despite this distinction, some types of brasses are called bronzes Brass is a substitutional alloy. Basic brass is 33% zinc with 67% copper but these levels can vary considerably.
- Keywords
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- BRASS
- OF BRASS
- COPPER ALLOYS
- SCRAP
- ALLOYS
- ZINC ALLOYS
- 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 (GIRs) GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 7404 Copper waste and scrap 8-digit code has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 74040091 Of copper alloys Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 7404