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Information for ruling 600014230

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
23 Feb 2026
Expiry date
22 Feb 2029
Description
A concentrated lemonade preparation. It is intended to be used in food and drink service outlets, where it is mixed with carbonated water in a dispensing unit before being sold to customers. Ingredients: water, lemon juice from concentrate, acid (citric acid), flavouring, acidity regulator (sodium citrate), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame k, saccharin) and preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite). It is in a 12 litre container. They are packaged in cardboard boxes.
Keywords
  • SUGARS
  • FOR DRINK PREPARATION
  • LEMONADE
  • WITH ALCOHOL
  • CONCENTRATED
  • FOOD PREPARATION
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: Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: General interpretative rules (GIR’s): GIR 1 Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 2106: Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included GIR 5b Has been used to identify the type of packaging: Packaged in cardboard boxes GIR 6 Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 210690: Other than protein concentrates and textured protein substances 8 digit code: 21069020 - Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages. 10 digit code: 2106902090 - Other than containing 65% or more by net weight of added cane or beet sugar of subheadings 1701 91 to 1701 99 Also classified in accordance with: Additional Chapter Note 2 to Chapter 21 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN’s) to heading 2106 (B) (7)