Information for ruling 600013902
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Expiry date
- 26 Nov 2028
- Commodity code
- 9608101000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Neon pens. A set of 6 assorted neon coloured gel pens. The pens are used for handwriting or colouring by adults or children at school, home or whilst working. The pens consist of a hollow clear plastic shaft with a tube of coloured neon gel ink inside. The ink is dispersed onto paper whilst writing by a copper rolling ball at the end of the ink tube. The pens are topped with a corresponding self-coloured lid, of blue, mauve, green, pink, orange and lemon.
- Keywords
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- BALLPOINT INKS
- OF DIFFERENT COLOURS
- FOR COLOURING
- OF PLASTICS
- BALL-POINT PENS
- GELS
- 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 9608 - Ballpoint pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; penholders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609. GIR 5(b) has been used to identify the type of packaging. The pens are packed on a cardboard backing and clear plastic blister cover. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading 960810 - Ballpoint pens. . 8 Digit Code 96081010 - Ballpoint pens, With liquid ink (rolling ball pens). Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) 9608 10 (1).