Information for ruling 600015564
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Expiry date
- 15 Apr 2029
- Commodity code
- 8517620000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Fibre Optic Dust-proof Adapters which have a dust shutter to prevent dust particles interfering with the high-power laser signals (beams) that pass through them when in operation. They are used in Fibre Optics Telecoms routing apparatus (wired or wireless networks). Used inside apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network). They are also used inside machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice , images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus. They act as a docking station, featuring internal alignment of sleeves to precisely mate the connectors and are used in patch panels, wall outlets, and equipment to join different cable types or extend connection. Fibre Optic “Connectors” are physically attached to optical fibre cables and they use matching size & shape “Adapters” to be joined and function in Telecoms apparatus in Fibre Optic network applications. Fibre optic connectors and adapters are the essential hardware used to join optical fibres, allowing light to pass through with minimal interruption. Connectors are the "plugs" at the ends of fibre cables, while Adapters (also called couplers) are the "sockets" that align and hold two connectors together. Fibre optic Adapters are designed to connect two fibre optic cables together. Dust shutter Adapters are dust-proof clean and ensure precise alignment of the fibre cores so that light can jump from one cable to the next without loss.
- Keywords
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- ADAPTERS
- FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- DUST EXTRACTORS
- FOR OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES
- 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 8517 - Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 851762 - Other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network) - Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8517