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Information for ruling 600014205

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
21 Jan 2026
Expiry date
20 Jan 2029
Description
A violin bow. The gold-mounted bow handmade by Benoît Rolland, in Paris, circa 1990, is made of Pernambuco and ebony woods. The bow is approximately 74.5cm. long and made by Rolland in his workshop.
Keywords
  • EBONY
  • PERNAMBUCO
  • AS COLLECTORS ITEM
  • HANDMADE
  • OF WOOD
  • VIOLIN BOW
  • BOWS
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 (GIRs): GIR 1 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9705 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 970510 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic or historical interest. 10 Digit code 9705100044 - Property relating to history, including the history of science and technology and military and social history, to the life of national leaders, thinkers, scientists and artists and to events of national importance; other than more than 200 years old; collectors’ pieces of wood. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) General Note (C) to Chapter 97. Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) Note (A) (3) to heading 9705.