Information for ruling 600014465
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Expiry date
- 10 Mar 2029
- Commodity code
- 6307909820 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The product is a self-adhesive moisture-retention pad supplied in reel format for automated application. Each pad is made primarily from a polyolefin nonwoven textile material (polypropylene/polyethylene blend). The nonwoven has a thickness of approximately 1.5 mm and a basis weight exceeding 150 g/m². The nonwoven textile provides the functional performance of the product. Its fibrous structure absorbs, retains, and gradually releases moisture through capillary action, maintaining humidity within sealed tobacco containers and preventing the contents from drying out. A rubber-free, plastics-based hot-melt transfer adhesive is applied to one side of the pad solely to allow attachment to a polypropylene container lid. The adhesive has no moisture-retention function and is protected by a release liner. The material is die-cut into circular pads, typically 25 mm in diameter, and supplied on a continuous release liner wound into reels (approximately 30 mm wide, with a maximum reel diameter of 300 mm). The reels are intended for automated application during the customer’s packaging process. They are packaged in cardboard boxes.
- Keywords
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- NONWOVENS
- BINDING SUBSTANCE
- POLYPROPYLENE
- OF POLYETHYLENE
- CUT
- OF SYNTHETIC FIBRE
- TEXTILES AND TEXTILE 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: 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 6307: Other made-up articles, including dress patterns GIR 5b has been used to identify the packaging: Packaged in cardboard boxes GIR 6 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 630790: Other than floorcloths, dishcloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths, other than life jackets and lifebelts 8 Digit code 63079098: Other than knitted or crocheted; Other than of felt; Other than elsewhere specified 10 Digit code 6307909820: Nonwovens Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 56 Section Note 8 (a) Chapter 63 Section Note 7 (a) Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 6307