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Information for ruling 600013920

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
24 Oct 2025
Expiry date
23 Oct 2028
Description
Wall thermometer sold in wholesale quantities. This product is designed to measure the room temperature around the house, garden, home, office or greenhouse to measure air temperature. The product is made of plastic and has an integral hanging hook. It contains a liquid which measures temperatures from -20C to 50C. The product is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. It is put up for retail sale in blister packaging.
Keywords
  • HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
  • FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE
  • OF PLASTIC
  • PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
  • FOR WHOLESALE
  • HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES
  • THERMOMETERS
Justification
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 9025 “Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments” GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging as blister packaging. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 902511 “Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments” 8 Digit Code - 90251180 other than elsewhere specified in this subheading. 10 Digit Code - 9025118090 other than elsewhere specified in this subheading. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) Note (B) (1) to Chapter 9025.