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Information for ruling 600014858

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
04 Feb 2026
Expiry date
03 Feb 2029
Description
2008 Aston Martin DBR9 motor vehicle. One of 18 made, designed for track racing. Rear wheel drive and fitted with a V12 engine with capacity of 5,935 CC, naturally aspirated with fuel injection system developing 625 brake horsepower. Body is coloured teal with various advertising/sponsorship graphics and comprises an aluminium roof with carbon fibre body panels with a bonded aluminium monocoque chassis. It has rack-and-pinion power assisted steering with carbon ceramic vented brakes, and a 6-speed sequential gearbox.
Keywords
  • BY PETROL ENGINE
  • WITH WHEELS
  • RACING CAR
  • PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES
  • FOR ROADS
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 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 8703 24 – Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cm3 Code to 8 digits - 8703 2490 – used Also classified in accordance with :- Additional note 1 (exclusion) to Chapter 97 Note a (3) of Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 9705