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Information for ruling 600015589
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 26 May 2026
- Expiry date
- 25 May 2029
- Commodity code
- 7312102000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Stainless Steel Plant Support Device A reusable plant support device designed to suspend plant pots and containers in indoor and outdoor environments. The product is used in gardening and home décor applications to suspend plant pots and baskets from overhead supports. The product is constructed from stainless steel wire formed into an adjustable support configuration and is used to replace plastic hanging supports commonly supplied with plant pots. The product functions as a load-bearing suspension device and does not contain any electrical, textile, or mechanical components. PRODUCT CONFIGURATION • Snare configuration: supports pots with a rim or lip • Basket configuration: supports pots without a rim The product is manufactured from stainless steel wire cable. The cable consists of 7 individual stainless steel wires twisted together to form a single strand, with no central core and an overall diameter of approximately 7/32 inch (≈5.5 mm). The stranded wire is cut and formed into adjustable support configurations but retains the essential characteristics of stranded wire cable.
- Keywords
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- OF STAINLESS STEEL
- OF BASE METALS
- POT HOLDERS
- STRANDED WIRE
- 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)). GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 7312: Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 731210: Stranded wire, ropes and cables 8 Digit code 73121020: Of stainless steel Also classified in accordance with: Section Note 3 to Section XV Chapter Note 2 to Chapter 73 Harmonized System Explanatory Note (HSEN's) to heading 73.12