Information for ruling 600014700
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Expiry date
- 28 Apr 2029
- Commodity code
- 3926909790 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The item is an FKM moulded bellow, a component for a mechanical seal assembly. The black, unthreaded bellow forms the secondary sealing interface between the seal assembly and the equipment being sealed. Manufactured from fluoroelastomer (FKM) by compression moulding, the bellow is supplied without a metal spring. It is custom-designed for a specific mechanical seal application and is assembled with other seal components to meet precise technical requirements. The material offers resistance to heat and chemicals and is suitable for use in acidic, organic chemical, and petrochemical environments.
- Keywords
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- FOR SEALING
- MOULDED
- PLASTICS
- ELASTOMERS
- OF PLASTICS
- BELLOWS
- FLUORO-POLYMERS
- COMPRESSION MOULDS
- 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 the product to heading 3926 - Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 392690 - Other than elsewhere specified. 8 Digit code 39269097 - Other than perforated buckets and similar articles used to filter water at the entrance to drains; protective face shields/visors. 10 Digit code 3926909790 - Other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Section notes 1g to section XVI. Chapter notes 1 to chapter 39. Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) notes (6) to heading 3926. Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) notes parts to heading 8414.