Information for ruling 600011380
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 19 Sep 2024
- Expiry date
- 18 Sep 2027
- Commodity code
- 8538909999 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This is a chassis that is used to house steel trays which are designed to be fitted with cassettes loaded with fibre optic connectors or pairs of strands. The Fibre optic patch panels are enclosures that act as a distribution hub for fibre cable. A bulk (multi-strand) fibre cable enters the patch panel and then each fibre strand is separated into individual strands. It does not have electrical connections or the ability to install them. The product is mostly made of steel with a small mixture of other plastics. Packaged in a cardboard box
- Keywords
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- OF STEEL
- TRAYS
- PANELS
- CABLES
- 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 the product to heading 8538 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537 GIR 5b has been used to identify the packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 853890 – Other than boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus. 8-digit code 85389099 – Other than For wafter probers; Other than Electronic assemblies. 10-digit code 8538909999 – Other than For use in certain types of aircraft; Other than elsewhere specified within this chapter Also classified in accordance with: Note 2b to Section XVI Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 8538