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Information for ruling 600013873

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
17 Sep 2025
Expiry date
16 Sep 2028
Description
Pair of tailoring scissors measuring 9.5” in length. Made of stainless steel with black plastic handles. The scissors are individually packaged in a pouch with a slot for hanging the pouch when put up for retail sale.
Keywords
  • FOR CUTTING OUT
  • SCISSORS
  • OF STAINLESS STEEL
  • PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
  • TAILORS' SHEARS
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 8213 Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor GIR 5(b) has been used to identify normal packaging for transport. Display pouch. Also classified in accordance with: Note 1 to Chapter 82 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8213