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Information for ruling 600009139

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
15 Nov 2023
Expiry date
14 Nov 2026
Description
Acrylonitrile butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer Polymers: around 50% of styrene, & 10-30% of acrylonitrile Form: granules Use: for injection moulding & extrusion to produce plastic articles Packaged in 25kg bags
Keywords
  • AS PRIMARY FORM
  • PLASTICS
  • BUTADIENE
  • ACRYLONITRILE
  • COPOLYMERS
  • ABS COPOLYMERS
  • ADDITIVES
  • STYRENE
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 3903 - Polymers of styrene, in primary forms GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging – Packaged in 25kg bags GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 390330 – Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (abs) copolymers Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 39 notes 1 and 6 Subheading note 1 HSEN to chapter 39 HSEN to3903