Information for ruling 600014021
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 09 Dec 2025
- Expiry date
- 08 Dec 2028
- Commodity code
- 9505900000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Product is a box of 15 8 inch glowsticks with 15 plastic connectors which can make the glowsticks into bracelets. The box contains an assortment of colours. The connectors and outer of the glowsticks is made from polypropylene and the glowing liquid inside is made from CPPO (bis(2,4,5-trichloro-6-carbopentoxyphenyl) oxalate), Dimethyl phthalate, Tert-Butyl alcohol and Hydrogen peroxide. To active, the glowstick are snapped which created a chemical reaction that makes them glow and become solid. They are single use and cannot glow again once the first glow stops.
- Keywords
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- FOR ENTERTAINMENT
- GLOWSTICKS
- CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
- CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS
- LUMINESCENT
- BRACELETS
- 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 of 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 9505 - Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks and novelty jokes GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging as packages as a 15 glowsticks in a box. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 950590 Other than articles for Christmas festivities. Also classified in accordance with: The Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 9505