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Information for ruling 600014691

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
10 Mar 2026
Expiry date
09 Mar 2029
Description
A portable power bank that is used to recharge a number of different devices such as mobile phones. It consists of a lithium-ion battery in a plastic enclosure, complete with 2 USB ports for charging. There is a LED battery level indicator. The pictures of the power bank with the application show the power bank has a 20,000mAh capacity. It measures L 13.9cm x W 6.9cm x D 2.7cm. It is packaged within a cardboard box for retail sale.
Keywords
  • FOR CHARGING
  • POWER BANK
  • RECHARGEABLE, BATTERIES
  • WITH USB SLOT
  • ACCUMULATOR CHARGERS
  • PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
  • OF PLASTIC
  • FOR SMARTPHONE
  • LITHIUM BATTERIES
  • PORTABLE
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 8507: Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square). GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging: retail cardboard box. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 850760: Lithium-ion. 10 DIGIT CODE 8507600090: Other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8506 exclusion Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8507