Information for ruling 600014662
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Expiry date
- 15 Dec 2028
- Commodity code
- 8536699099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- UK to USA 250V AC Electrical Travel adaptor plug To enable UK electrical devices to be connected to electrical outlets, in the USA The adaptor works by changing the shape of the UK physical plug to match the outlet, which creates a continuous electrical path from the outlet to the device Confirms to BS8546 Packaged on printed card with a transparent moulded disposable blister cover
- Keywords
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- HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
- PLUGS
- FOR TRAVEL
- MAINS ADAPTERS
- ELECTRICAL PLUGS
- ADAPTERS
- 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: GIR1 – has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8536 – Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1000v; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables. GIR5(b) – has been used to identify the type of packaging - Packaged on printed card with a transparent moulded disposable blister cover. GIR6 – has been used to classify the goods to subheading 853669 – Lamp holders, plugs and sockets; other than lamp holders. 8 Digit code - 85366990 - Other than Lamp holders. 10 Digit code – 8536699099 – Other than elsewhere specified in this heading. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) Note (III) A (1) to Heading 8536