Information for ruling 600013994
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 01 Dec 2025
- Expiry date
- 30 Nov 2028
- Commodity code
- 5401209000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Sewing thread. Used for machine or hand sewing. The clear ‘invisible’ nylon mono filament thread blends with any colour fabric. The smoke colour is used to sew darker coloured fabrics. Made from PA Polyamide (nylon) 200m each and Denier /Tex - 22G 100G. Packaged in two reels one clear, one smoke grey card back with a plastic blister cover. For both retail & wholesale
- Keywords
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- SEWING THREADS
- OF NYLON
- ON SPOOLS
- OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- INVISIBLE
- 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 5401 - Sewing thread of man-made filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale. GIR 5b Has been used to identify the packaging – packed on a card back with a blister cover. GIR 6 Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 540120 – Of artificial filaments. 8-digit code 54012090 – Put up for retail sale. Also classified in accordance with: Section XI (I)(B)(2) Heading 5401 Chapter note 1 HSEN 5401.20