Information for ruling 600015069
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 31 Mar 2026
- Expiry date
- 30 Mar 2029
- Commodity code
- 2008977819 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Individual portion packet of 'protein balls' for eating as a snack. They are largely based on date paste, with cashew and pistachio pieces. They are packaged in 45g bags containing approximately 7 balls per packet.
- Keywords
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- CASHEW NUTS
- DATES
- SNACKFOODS
- BALLS
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- PISTACHIOS
- 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 to Heading 2008 - Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included GIR 5B has been used to determine the packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify this product to sub-heading level 200897 - Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 200819; Mixtures 8 Digit Code 20089778 - Other than of tropical nuts and tropical fruit containing by weight 50% or more of tropical nuts; not containing added spirit; containing added sugar; other than in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1kg; Mixtures of fruit in which no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total weight of the fruit; Other than of tropical fruit (including mixtures containing by weight 50% or more of tropical nuts and tropical fruit) 10 Digit Code 2008977819 - Containing pistachios Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSEN) to 2008 Additional Chapter Note 3 to Heading 2008