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Information for ruling 600013998

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
04 Nov 2025
Expiry date
03 Nov 2028
Description
Pack of 10 sewing needles made from hardened chrome plated steel, designed to be used with a sewing machine. The needles come in four different strengths - 70, 80, 90 and 100, designed to be used on thin, medium and thick fabrics. The needles are mounted onto a white display section within the main packaging which has the sizes of needle size printed on the front. The needles are presented on a card display and covered with a blister pack.
Keywords
  • SEWING MACHINES
  • NEEDLES
  • OF STEEL
  • SEWING NEEDLES
  • KNITTING AND SEWING ARTICLES
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 8452 - Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging – display hanger. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 845230 – sewing machine needles Also classified in accordance with: Note 5 to Section XVI Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) General Note (B) to Section XVI Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) Note (C) to heading 8452