Information for ruling 600012890
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 17 Sep 2025
- Expiry date
- 16 Sep 2028
- Commodity code
- 6909120000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A ceramic seal face. Part of a mechanical seal. Mechanical seals come in a variety of sizes, design types and material combinations. They consists of three basic parts. A pair of seal faces a secondary sealing component and a spring to maintain contact between the parts. One is the rotary face for the rotating parts and the other a stationary face or seat face. The secondary sealing components are made of rubber and metal (O-rings or V-rings). Mainly used to prevent leakage of fluids between rotary and stationary elements within process equipment. The item is a stationary seal face made from alumina ceramic, also known as alumina oxide, and is one part of a three part mechanical seal. A round white ring made of alumina ceramic, a hard material which is resistant to wear and abrasion (Mohs scale 9). The seal is part of a mechanical seal used to prevent leakage of fluids between rotary and stationary elements. The mechanical seals are used in pumps.
- Keywords
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- CERAMICS
- MECHANICAL
- ALUMINIUM OXIDES
- SEALS
- PARTS
- FOR TECHNICAL USE
- 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 6909 - Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses; ceramic troughs, tubs and similar receptacles of a kind used in agriculture; ceramic pots, jars and similar articles of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level - 6909 12 Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses; other than of porcelain china; articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the mohs scale. Also classified in accordance with: Section notes 2a to section Section XVI Chapter Notes 1b to Chapter 84 Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) subheading explanatory notes to subheading 6909.12