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Information for ruling 600014707

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
16 Jan 2026
Expiry date
15 Jan 2029
Description
A travel paint set consisting of six tubes of acrylic paint in assorted colours, two paintbrushes, a plastic mixing palette, and sheets of paper. The items are stored in a polyurethane wallet for transport and convenience. The wallet packaging includes a cardboard sleeve displaying an image of the paints and brushes.
Keywords
  • COLOURS
  • GOODS PUT UP IN SETS
  • PREPARED ARTISTS COLOURS
  • ACRYLIC
  • FOR PAINTING
  • ARTISTS PAINTS
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 3213 - Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings. GIR 3b - Has been used as the paint is considered to be the essential character - Acrylic paints. GIR 5b - Has been used to identify the type of packaging - cardboard sleeve. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 321310 - Colours in sets. Also classified in accordance with: Section Notes 3 to Section VI. Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) to heading 3213.