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Information for ruling 600015596
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 03 Jun 2026
- Expiry date
- 02 Jun 2029
- Commodity code
- 9603909900 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Textile mop head designed for manual cleaning, washing, and maintenance of floor surfaces. The product consists of looped yarn strands made from a blend of nylon, polyester, polypropylene, and viscose, secured into a plastic socket fitting for attachment to a mop handle. The mop head is reusable and intended for wet cleaning of hard floor surfaces in commercial and industrial environments. The item contains no mechanical or electrical components and is supplied as a cleaning accessory only.
- Keywords
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- FOR FLOORS
- VISCOSE
- 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 9603 - Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees) GIR 2A - has been used as the goods are incomplete but still hold the essential character of a mop GIR 5B has been used identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 960390 - Other than elsewhere specified 8 digit code 96039099 - Other than road-sweeping brushes; household type brooms and brushes, including shoe brushes and clothes brushes; brushes for grooming animals Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 9603