Information for ruling 600009581
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 23 Jan 2024
- Expiry date
- 22 Jan 2027
- Commodity code
- 3401300000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Shower gel used for cleaning the body in bath or showers. The product comes in a white plastic bottle and has a black loop for hanging which also covers the lid. The bottle has writing on and a picture of a coconut. The ingredients consist of: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Cocamide Dea, Glycerin, Gycol Stearate, Parfum, Peg-150 Distearate, Citric Acid, Disodium Edta, Citrus Arantifolia (lime) Fruit Extract, Cocos Nucifera (coconut oil) Dmdm Hydantoin. The product is produced in China.
- Keywords
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- SOAPS AND SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS
- FOR PERSONAL USE
- FOR BODY WASHING
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- FOR WASHING
- IN BOTTLES
- PERFUMED
- 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 effect- a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff on 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 3401 - Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 340130 - Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soup. Also classified in accordance with the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 3401 and Chapter Note 2 to chapter 34.