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Information for ruling 600013293

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
16 Jun 2025
Expiry date
15 Jun 2028
Description
Standard telephone master socket measuring 25(W) x 50(H) x 20.2(D) mm. It is made mainly from plastic and metal comprising a 6 pin socket mounted onto a PCB with other discrete components and a pair of 3 pin connectors. Designed for handling voltages below 1,000v.
Keywords
  • SOCKETS
  • TERMINALS
  • FOR COMMUNICATION
  • WITH CONNECTORS
  • WITH PLASTIC
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 8536 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 v; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 8536 69 – Other than lamp holders Code to 8 digits - 8536 6990 – Other than for coaxial cables; other than for printed circuits Code to 10 digits - 8536 6990 99 – Other than elsewhere specified Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 8536