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Information for ruling 600015505
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 04 Jun 2026
- Expiry date
- 03 Jun 2029
- Commodity code
- 85371095 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Analogue Resistive Touchscreen The product is a touchscreen; the panel consists of two layers. One is a protective plastic layer, and the inner layer has electrodes which has been laminated on to a piece of base glass. The panel has an added layer of EMI shielding and a layer of ITO coated glass with external wiring. The panel currently does not contain the final flexible circuit board connection enabling exchange between the touchscreen and the motherboard. This touchscreen would be attached to an LCD display to provide shielding from electromagnetic interference, plus heating capability to allow the display to be used in extreme environments. The product does not exceed 1000 voltage. The touchscreen is designed to work with a display but this is independent of manufacture. At point of export for this particular example the touchscreen is incomplete and non-functional until the sub-contractor applies an additional element/layer. The finished touchscreen assembly is designed to be incorporated into an enclosure that will also employ a display and that will be used in tandem. Use for this example is a military aircraft but other uses could be military and commercial vehicles/aircraft as well as heavy machinery and automation equipment. The measurements of the touchscreen are 260.4 x 204.9 x 3.9mm.
- Keywords
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- OF PLASTIC
- TOUCH-SENSITIVE
- WITH TOUCH SCREEN
- BY ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
- OF GLASS
- 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 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8537: Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading 853710: For a voltage not exceeding 1000 v. 8 Digit code 85371095: Other than numerical control panels with built-in automatic data-processing machine; Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called touch screens) without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area. Also classified in accordance with: Section Note 2(a) to Section XVI Harmonised System Explanatory Note (HSENs) to heading 8537 WCO Opinion 8537.10 (2)