Information for ruling 600010606
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 24 Jun 2024
- Expiry date
- 23 Jun 2027
- Commodity code
- 8518100090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The product is a Ball Hydrophone, designed for underwater passive or active applications. The general configuration consists of a spherical piezoelectric element; either parallel or series wired. The Hydrophone consists of a tough polyurethane protective covering with integral rear mounting shank and polyurethane sheathed interface cable which is suitable for long term immersion in water.
- Keywords
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- HYDROPHONES
- MICROPHONES
- POLYURETHANES
- UNDERWATER
- 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 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 851810 - Microphones and stands thereof 10 Digit Code 8518100090 - Other than for use in civil aircraft Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 8518 (A) (2)