Information for ruling 600011374
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 20 Sep 2024
- Expiry date
- 19 Sep 2027
- Commodity code
- 9018908400 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A set of surgical instruments designed for use by bone surgeons. The system is designed to aide fusion of bones and to reduce pain due to conditions such as arthritis and or to correct deformity and instability. The purpose is to carry out bone surgery on humans as part of treatment for these conditions. A typical operation may involve harvesting a ‘plug’ of bone graft and inserting it into another area to aid the fusion of bones. The set comprises of 8 tube saws of varying sizes between 6.5 – 17mm outside diameter, 2 ejectors, 1 ergonomic torque handle, 2 spikes, 2 guides, 1 remover handle and 2 soft tissue dispensers. The medical instruments are designed to be re-useable.
- Keywords
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- REUSABLE
- STERILE
- SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
- MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- HAND OPERATED
- FOR HUMAN USE
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- FOR SURGICAL USE
- 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 (GIRs): GIR 1 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 9018 90 - Other instruments and appliances. Digit Code 901890 84 - Other than specified elsewhere in this heading. Also Classified in Accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) (I) (A) (8) to Heading 9018