Information for ruling 600013631
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 02 Sep 2025
- Expiry date
- 01 Sep 2028
- Commodity code
- 9104000090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A Mechanical Aircraft Chronograph (Aircraft Clock.) The component is a mechanical chronograph designed for use in aircraft cockpits. It serves as a precision timekeeping instrument with chronograph capabilities, allowing pilots and flight crew to measure elapsed time during flight operations. It is typically mounted on the instrument panel and operates independently of the aircraft’s electrical systems. Technical Characteristics: Type: Mechanical (non-electronic) aircraft clock Mechanism: Spring-driven or gear-based chronograph movement Features: Elapsed time measurement (chronograph function) Continuous time display (hours, minutes, seconds) Manual winding or automatic movement depending on model variant Application: Installed in civil or military aircraft cockpits for navigation, flight time logging, and operational timing.
- Keywords
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- INSTRUMENT CLOCKS
- CLOCKS
- MECHANICAL
- FOR AIRCRAFT
- 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)). GIR 1 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9104 - Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels. Digit Code: 91040000 90 - Other than for use in civil aircraft. Also Classified in Accordance with: Note 2 (h) to Section XVII Harmonized System Explanatory Note (HSENs) to Heading 9104