Information for ruling 600010141
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 14 May 2024
- Expiry date
- 13 May 2027
- Commodity code
- 8518210000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Waterproof portable speaker that is designed for wireless music/audio streaming via Bluetooth, with a built-in microphone and speakerphone with voice assistant integration for hands-free phone calls. The speaker can connect up to three smartphones or electronic tablets. It has an audio 3.5mm input cable to enable connection to a variety of digital devices, and a 6000mah built-in power bank to charge devices such as smartphones cameras etc via USB. In addition to this, the speaker has bass and passive radiators for sound and digital sound processing for distortion-less music This speaker is encased in a rubber housing, colour, black. li-ion battery for up to 20 hrs of playtime. It can be placed in any position, vertical or horizontal.
- Keywords
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- SOUND APPARATUS
- OF RUBBER
- LOUDSPEAKERS
- WATERPROOF
- DIGITAL
- WIRELESS
- 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 8518 - Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets. GIR 5 (b) - has been used to identify the type of packaging. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 851821 - Single Loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosures. Also Classified In Accordance With: Note 3 to section XVI Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) Note (B) to 8518