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Information for ruling 600015666
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Expiry date
- 29 Jun 2029
- Commodity code
- 8479899790 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- An alphanumeric transducer described as a very-low-potency instrument used to encode vibrational patterns into water, for example in the preparation of homoeopathic remedies. The product is typically intended for personal use only. The product consists of steel casings containing capacitors, crystals and copper metal plates. It is manufactured by the applicant by hand, using wires, screws, nuts, bolts and other fixings. The product is stated to capture vibrational patterns by means of coded cards. The applicant states that this is a non-electronic, non-magnetic and non-electrical process. The product is packaged in steel cases of a standard 19-inch rack style.
- Keywords
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- FOR VIBRATION EFFECT
- HOMEOPATHIC
- NON-ELECTRIC
- OF COPPER
- TRANSDUCERS
- 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 8479 – Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter. GIR 5 (B) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging - steel cases. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 8479.89 - Other machines and mechanical appliances; other than elsewhere specified in this heading. 8 Digit Code 8479.89.97 - Other than elsewhere specified in this heading. 10 Digit Code 8479.89.97.90 - Other than elsewhere specified in this heading. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8479.