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Information for ruling 600012358

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
19 Feb 2025
Expiry date
18 Feb 2028
Description
An assembly of components which work together to control the position and configuration of an earth station satellite antenna. Such operations include movement of the dish to maintain fixation on a satellite in orbit as well as receiving feedback information from the motors regarding the dish’s orientation. Components within the system include circuit protection switches, isolators, relays, power supplies, brake resistors, a display panel and other power management apparatus all connected together with wiring and are housed in a weather-proof cabinet situated outdoors near or attached to the antenna itself. Typical power requirement is no more than standard UK household voltage at 230-240 volts
Keywords
  • PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS
  • POWER SUPPLY UNITS
  • SWITCHES, ELECTRICAL CURRENT
  • ELECTRICITY CONTROL BOARDS
  • FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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 8537 - Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517 GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 8537 10 – For a voltage not exceeding 1,000v Code to 8 digits - 8537 1098 – Other than programmable memory controllers; other than touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called touch screens) without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area Code to 10 digits - 8537 9098 99 – Other than elsewhere specified in this commodity code Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 8537