Information for ruling 600009924
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 28 Feb 2024
- Expiry date
- 27 Feb 2027
- Commodity code
- 3821000000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Sterile sponge sticks mixed with a nutrient culture solution for sampling in the Food industry. The sponge sticks are delivered in a plastic bag, which can be used as a transport bag, for samples taken to the laboratory, where the analysis is carried out.
- Keywords
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- FOR TESTING
- SOLUTIONS
- SPONGES
- CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS
- PREPARED CULTURE MEDIA
- 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)) Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s: GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 3821: Prepared cul-ture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 3821