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Information for ruling 600012064

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
13 Feb 2025
Expiry date
12 Feb 2028
Description
The product is microwaved dried black soldier fly larvae. It is directly used as food for various animals such as: Marine animals, poultry, birds, cows, pigs. It is packaged in 15kg plastic bags. Ingredients: Microwave dried fly larvae, antioxidant. Process: They are reared in plastic bins and are harvested using a sieve which separates them from frass. The fly larvae are then washed and then dried in conveyorised microwave which ensures sterilization and quick drying.
Keywords
  • FLY LARVAE
  • FOR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION
  • UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
  • INSECTS
  • DRIED
  • ANIMAL FOODS
  • FEED
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)); andb. 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 0511 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging – Packaged in 15kg plastic bags GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 051199 Other than Bovine semen; Other than Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3. 8 Digit Code - 05119985 Other than Sinews or tendons; parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins or Natural sponges of animal origin. 10 Digit Code - 0511998590 Other than; Mammalian semen, Mammalian ova and mammalian embryos. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 5 Note 1 (a) refers Chapter 23 Chapter Note 1 refers