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Information for ruling 600012842

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
14 May 2025
Expiry date
13 May 2028
Description
The product is for piston rods for hydraulic cylinders. Chrome plated steel bars used as piston rods for hydraulic cylinders. The piston rod is a hard chrome plated steel bar precision cut to length or various lengths, that attaches to the piston and extends from the cylinder through the rod-end head. This attaches to the piston and extends from the cylinder through the rod-end head. The raw material is grade 42CrMo4 Quenched and Tempered steel bar with special characteristics including restricted dimensional tolerances. The raw material is further processed by our suppliers, including machining to size and chrome plating. Elements: Carbon, silicon, Manganese, Sulfur, Phosphorus, Chromium, molybdenum. Material is packaged in either plastic wrapping or cardboard tubes to protect the chrome layer in transit.
Keywords
  • CHROMED
  • HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS
  • AS BARS
  • PLATED WITH CHROMIUM
  • BARS
  • ALLOY STEELS
  • OF STEEL
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 this product by the terms of heading 7228 - Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 7228 60 - Other bars and rods 8-digit code 722860 80 - Other than of tool steel 10-digit code 7228608090 - Other than Hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, not further worked than clad Also classified in accordance with: Note 3 to Section XV Note 1 (f) & (m) to Chapter 72 Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 7228