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Information for ruling 600010558

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
13 Feb 2025
Expiry date
12 Feb 2028
Description
Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene. This is a biofuel made from biomass SPK is made by a process which converts synthesis gas, a mixture of carbon monoxide & hydrogen into long chain hydrocarbons. This is supplied in bulk containers
Keywords
  • FOR FUEL
  • KEROSENE
  • HEAVY OILS
  • OILS
  • IN BULK
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 2710: Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils GIR 5b has been used to identify the packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 271019: Other than light oils and preparations; heavy oils; gas oils; for other purposes 8 Digit code 27101948: With a sulphur content exceeding 0.1% by weight 10 Digit code 2710194810: With a sulphur content not exceeding 0.2% by weight Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 2710