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Information for ruling 600013365

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
22 Aug 2025
Expiry date
21 Aug 2028
Description
This product is a mechanical compression joint with a body and nut made of ductile non-malleable iron, thrust washer made of steel, end load washer made of spring steel, and a gasket made of rubber. The fitting has a closed body to effectively seal the end of a plain, unthreaded steel pipe or service. The compression joint is suitable for low and medium pressure installations. The compression joint has corrosion protection made of light oil film. The product provides a high strength transition fitting for a polyethylene gas service pipe to a plain ended Steel pipe for below ground installations, also available for Steel to Steel pipe connections without threading.
Keywords
  • PIPE FITTINGS
  • FITTINGS
  • OF BASE METALS
  • OF IRON
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 the product to heading 7307 - Tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 730711 - Cast fittings; Of non-malleable cast iron Eight digit code 73071110 - Of a kind used in pressure systems Also classified in accordance with: Note 3 to Section XV Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 7307