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Information for ruling 600014135

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
05 Dec 2025
Expiry date
04 Dec 2028
Description
A 100% Polyester fabric skin. The fabric has been sewn together to represent a giraffe in the form of a plush toy. Sample received is cream with light brown markings in colour, with cream material for the nose area and inner ears, the paws and tip of the tail are dark brown. The eyes are plastic with a gold, glitter outer circle and black pupils. The neck and the head are stuffed. There is an opening along the back of the skin that has a length of white thread attached. The skin is intended to be filled with stuffing and closed by sewing. There is a hanging loop attached to the top of the head. It is approximately 26 inches tall & 15 inches long.
Keywords
  • TOY ANIMAL
  • OF POLYESTER
  • OF TEXTILE MATERIAL
  • REPRESENTING ANIMALS
  • NOT FINISHED
  • CUDDLY TOYS
  • OF PLASTIC
  • TOY SKIN
  • REPRESENTING A NON-HUMAN CREATURE
  • PARTIALLY STUFFED
  • UNSTUFFED
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 9503: Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size ('scale') models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds. GIR 2A - Has been used as the goods are unfinished/unassembled. 8 DIGIT CODE 95030041: Toys representing animals or non-human creatures; Stuffed. Also classified in accordance with: General section Chapter 95 note 3 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9503 (D)(i) Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9503 parts & accessories section Tribunal C00256 dated 02/05/2008