Information for ruling 600012162
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 28 Feb 2025
- Expiry date
- 27 Feb 2028
- Commodity code
- 8536699099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The product is a USB-C to USB-A adapter, USB-A is female, and USB-C is male. This is universal and compatible with all devices with a micro-USB connector for laptop/tablet and smartphone with type C port. Material is plastic outer shell and then packaged into a clear plastic bag.
- Keywords
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- FOR DATA TRANSMISSION
- WITH USB SLOT
- USB PLUGS
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- CONNECTORS
- IN A HOUSING
- ADAPTERS
- 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 the product to heading 8536 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables. GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify the type of packaging- clear plastic bag. GIR 6 has been used to classify the product to subheading level 853669 - Lamp holders, plugs and sockets; other than lamp holders. 8 digit code - 85366990 - Other than for coaxial cables or for printed circuits. 10 digit code 8536699099 - Other than for use in certain types of aircraft; other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSEN) to Heading 8536