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Information for ruling 600009348

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
13 Dec 2023
Expiry date
12 Dec 2026
Description
The toughened glass (monolithic) is used as part of a balustrade to guard a balcony edge, or as a privacy screen. The glass has been made by heat and is treated to make it much stronger. This glass may have a sand blasted or etched finish or solid colour coating to make it opaque or semi opaque. The toughening process, float glass is heated above 600C in a furnace, then for heat soaking the temperature is held at about 290C for about two hours. It is packaged/presented: glass is transported on stillages, usually of steel construction and wrapped in shrink wrap.
Keywords
  • TOUGHENED, GLASS
  • NOT LAMINATED
  • HEAT TREATED
  • GLASS
  • FOR BUILDINGS
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 7007 - Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass. GIR 5 (b) - has been used to identify the type of packaging - glass is transported on stillages, usually of steel construction and wrapped in shrink wrap. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 700719 – Other than of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels. 8 Digit Code – 7001920 - Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised system explanatory notes (HSENs) to Heading 7007