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Information for ruling 600013259

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
02 Jun 2025
Expiry date
01 Jun 2028
Description
Unwrought gold which has been cast in 1kg bars. The bars are of 96% purity (non-investment grade) and they are not further worked or processed. They are plain bars which are not marked and are non-monetary. The gold is packaged into boxes for transportation from Guinea.
Keywords
  • AS BARS
  • UNWROUGHT
  • OF GOLD
  • ALLOYS
  • GOLD
Justification
Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: - General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s: 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)). GIR 1 - has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form. GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 710812 - Non-monetary, Other unwrought forms. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Chapter 71 - Note 4(A), Note 5(b) and General Note (2). Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 7108. Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 7106 - Note (II) applies mutatis mutandis to heading 7108.