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Information for ruling 600013939

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
19 Nov 2025
Expiry date
18 Nov 2028
Description
The elbows are used in pipelines to change the angle of the pipeline. They are made from stainless steel. The stainless steel elbow is welded into a pipeline to change angle of pipeline, but keep a continued flow.
Keywords
  • PIPE FITTINGS
  • ELBOWS
  • OF STAINLESS STEEL
  • OF METAL
  • BUTT WELDING FITTINGS
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 7307 - Tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 7307 23 - Other, of stainless steel; Butt welding fittings 8 Digit Code 730723 10 - Elbows and Bends; Of austenitic stainless steel grades, corresponding to AISI types 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 316Ti, 321 and 321H and their equivalent in the other norms, with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 406.4 mm and a wall thickness of 16 mm or less, with a roughness average (Ra) of the internal surface not less than 0.8 micrometres, not flanged, whether or not finished 10 Digit Code 73072310 55 - Other than consigned from Malaysia; Other than for use in certain types of aircraft Also classified in accordance with: Notes 2(a) and 3 to Section XV Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 73.07