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Information for ruling 600015430

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
04 Jun 2026
Expiry date
03 Jun 2029
Description
A mop head with twine cut ends, it used for cleaning floors. It is made from twisted yarns, which are 85% cotton and 15% polyester. The yarns are held together with a narrow head band, which has colour coded stripes at the top. The mop head does not have any attachment to attach it to a handle. The dimension are length 403 mm x width 194 mm x height 47 mm. The mop heads are individually packaged within a plastic bag. 50 items are then packed into a cardboard box. They are sold to retail and janitorial markets.
Keywords
  • OF COTTON
  • YARNS
  • TWISTED
  • MOP HEAD
  • FOR CLEANING
  • OF POLYESTER
  • MOPHEAD
  • MOPS
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 5609: Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging: Plastic bag inside a cardboard box. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 5609