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Information for ruling 600012301

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
28 Feb 2025
Expiry date
27 Feb 2028
Description
The product is triangular shaped tortilla chips made from corn, the chips are eaten as a snack and can be paired with dips. The tortilla chips are packaged in a 170g plastic bag. Corn Chips Ingredients: Corn Masa, Water, Vegetable Oil, Salt, Rosemary Extract. Production Process: The corn flour and water is weighed and mixed, until a uniform dough is formed. The dough is put into molds and assembled onto the oven machine. It is cooked for 3 minutes then passed through a dehydrating machine. The product is then passed through a fryer and onto a conveyor belt where the excess oil is drained.
Keywords
  • TORTILLA CHIPS
  • COOKED
  • VEGETABLE OILS
  • FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
  • WATER
  • ROSEMARY
  • CORN
  • SNACKFOODS
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 1905: Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging - In a 170g plastic bag GIR 6 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 190590: Other than elsewhere specified 8 Digit code - 19059055: Other than elsewhere specified; Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 19 Chapter Note 4 Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSENs) Chapter 19 heading 1905 Note (A) 15