Information for ruling 600014913
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 30 Jan 2026
- Expiry date
- 29 Jan 2029
- Commodity code
- 9506999000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- An outdoor handheld toy shot launcher and 2 projectiles. From the sample provided, the shot launcher has an orange and black plastic handle with a continuous looped, orange bungee cord. The projectiles are rocket shaped with a green foam tip and green fins, the shaft is mainly orange with a printed label along the middle of it. One of the projectiles has additional helicopter wings to assist with vertical flight/descent. The shot launcher is approximately 9.5’’ in length, with the projectile without helicopter wings approximately 10’’ and the one with wings being approximately 11’’. The looped bungee is placed around the launch hook of the projectile, the tab is pulled downward and released to launch the projectile. The helicopter winged projectile can be launched approximately 46ft, the other around 78ft. Both have embedded whistles within their tips enabling them to make a whistling noise in flight. The outdoor toy is for children 8 years+. It is packaged within an open card box, for retail sale.
- Keywords
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- CATAPULT
- ROCKET
- WHISTLE
- OF PLASTIC
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- MISSILES
- FOR CHILDREN
- FOR OUTDOOR USE
- OUTDOOR GAMES
- FOR ENTERTAINMENT
- OF FOAM
- TOY PROJECTILES
- SLINGSHOT
- 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 9506: Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including table tennis) or outdoor games, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; swimming pools and paddling pools. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging: Open card box. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 950699: Other than elsewhere specified; Other than articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics. 8 DIGIT CODE 95069990: Other than cricket and polo equipment, other than balls. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Chapter 95 general notes Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9506 (B)