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Information for ruling 600009260

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
28 Nov 2023
Expiry date
27 Nov 2026
Description
The Silicone Wedge is used as a masking device when applying a coating to a surgical instrument. It is manufactured from silicone rubber. The silicone wedge is V shaped and it is used to hold a section of the device open during cleaning and coating. It is produced from a compression moulding process. It is then pressed into the surgical instrument covering surfaces that do not required the coating. It is packaged in a polyethylene bag and cardboard box.
Keywords
  • SILICON
  • AS MOULDINGS
  • OF PLASTIC
  • WEDGE SHAPED
  • ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES PARTS
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)). GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 3926 - Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914 GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging - Packaged in a Polyethylene bag and cardboard box GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 392690 - Other than elsewhere specified. 8 Digit Code 39269097 – Other than: Perforated buckets and similar articles used to filter water at the entrance to drains and protective face shields/visors 10 Digit Code 3926909790 – Other than elsewhere specified within the heading Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 39 Note 1 Chapter 40 Note 4(a) Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 3926 refers