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Information for ruling 600015182

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
03 Mar 2026
Expiry date
02 Mar 2029
Description
A Sideboard designed by Paolo Buffa (1903-1970), circa 1928. The sideboard is made from wood and brass Dimensions: 90 x 180 x 55 cm (35 3/8 x 70 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.) (estimate). The sideboard is currently located in Italy and is intended to be imported into the United Kingdom.
Keywords
  • AS A COLLECTORS ITEM
  • WOODEN
  • OF BRASS
  • FURNITURE
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 9705 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 970510 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic or historical interest. 10-digit code 9705100044 - Property relating to history, including the history of science and technology and military and social history, to the life of national leaders, thinkers, scientists and artists and to events of national importance: Other than more than 200 years old: Collectors’ pieces of wood. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Chapter 97 - General Note (C) Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9705 - Note (A) (3)