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Information for ruling 600015325

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
07 May 2026
Expiry date
06 May 2029
Description
A handheld unit used to test passive components removed from printed circuit boards (PCBs). The PCB is sourced in the UK, then fitted with an LCD screen, test leads, and a battery. The unit is programmed and calibrated before being sealed inside a plastic case. The complete unit is packaged in a small cardboard box (21 x 14 x 3cms) along with a detailed manual.
Keywords
  • FOR TESTING
  • ELECTRONIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
  • WITH SCIENTIFIC AND MEASURING EQP.
  • BY ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
  • WITH LCD DISPLAY
  • HANDHELD
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 9030 - Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiation GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 9030.33 - Other, without a recording device 8 Digit Code 9030.3320 - Resistance measuring instruments 10 Digit Code 9030.3320.90 – Other than; For use in civil aircraft Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9030