Information for ruling 600013483
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 21 Aug 2025
- Expiry date
- 20 Aug 2028
- Commodity code
- 8523511000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The product is a USB memory stick unrecorded with capacity of 128gb. This is a portable storage device that you can connect to USB ports to store data. You can transfer, or back up data between digital devices without power. USB flash drive's key components include NAND Flash Memory chips, Flash memory controller, USB Connector(s), Printed Circuit Board (PCB), resistors and capacitors.
- Keywords
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- USB MEMORY STICKS
- STORAGE DEVICES
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- FLASH MEMORIES
- FOR STORING DATA
- 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 8523 - Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, 'smart cards' and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of chapter 37. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 852351 – Semiconductor media; Solid-state non-volatile storage devices. 8 digit code 85235110 – Unrecorded. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter Note 6a to Chapter 85 Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) Note C (1) to heading 8523 World Customs Organisation (WCO) opinions to Heading 852351 Item 1, 2 & 3 adopted 2002