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Information for ruling 600013146

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
21 May 2025
Expiry date
20 May 2028
Description
Frozen coated sprat, whitebait For human consumption. Coated raw whitebait species (Sprattus sprattus), small fish with tail . Ingredients: Whitebait (fish) 60%, wheat flour, water, salt, yeast. Packed in 20 polythene bags weighing 454 gm inside cardboard carton.
Keywords
  • COATED
  • FROZEN
  • FOOD PREPARATION
  • SPRATTUS SPRATTUS
  • WHITEBAIT
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 1604 - Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs GIR 5 b has been used to identify the type of packaging - 20 polythene bags weighing 454 gm inside cardboard carton. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 160413 - Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced; Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats 8 Digit Code 16041390 – Other than sardines 10 Digit Code 1604139092 – Bristling or sprats (sprattus sprattus); Other than in airtight cans Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 16 Note 2 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 1604