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Information for ruling 600009430

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
21 Feb 2024
Expiry date
20 Feb 2027
Description
Machine guns that are live and capable of firing live ammunition and they are intended for firearms collection. The quantity being imported is 1800. The machine gun is a .50 calibre (12.7 x 99mm) single barrel rapid-fire machine gun suitable for rotary-wing aircraft applications providing defensive firepower ranging out to nearly 2000 meters. This weapon was designated in 2004, fires 1,100 rounds per minute, has a cyclic rate of fire through the use of open-bolt operation, and has a dual recoil buffer system.
Keywords
  • MACHINE GUNS
  • WEAPONS
  • OF METAL
  • FOR MILITARY USE
  • AS A COLLECTORS ITEM
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 - 9301 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 9307 GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level - 930190 Other than elsewhere specified within this subheading. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9301 (2)