Information for ruling 600015262
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 28 Apr 2026
- Expiry date
- 27 Apr 2029
- Commodity code
- 9603909900 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- The mop head consists of textile cords made from 75% cotton and 25% polyester, attached to a plastic adaptor for connection to a handle. It is an incomplete article but retains the essential character of a mop. The mop heads feature a looped end and are launderable. They are intended for inclusion in cleaning sets for both retail and janitorial markets. The mop yarn is white in colour with bands of different colours - red, blue, green, yellow and white. Packaged in cardboard cartons.
- Keywords
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- OF TEXTILE MATERIAL
- MOPS
- OF POLYESTER
- COTTON
- OF PLASTICS
- FOR CLEANING
- 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 9603 - Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees) GIR 2A has been used as the goods are incomplete but still hold the essential character of a mop GIR 5B has been used identify the type of packaging. GIR 6 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 960390 - Other than elsewhere specified 8 digit code 96039099 - Other than road-sweeping brushes; household type brooms and brushes, including shoe brushes and clothes brushes; brushes for grooming animals Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 9603