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Information for ruling 600015670

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
02 Jun 2026
Expiry date
01 Jun 2029
Description
160 g Mophead The economy cotton looped end mophead is made from textile cord - cotton and other fibres. It has a coloured band and the mophead is mounted onto a plastic (polypropylene) socket adaptor, designed for connecting to a handle. It is to be used for cleaning floors in retail and janitorial markets. Available in red, blue, green, white and yellow. Individually not packed. 20 items in a carton box. Box Dimensions: L309X W307 XL224 mm.
Keywords
  • POLYPROPYLENE
  • TEXTILE
  • PARTS
  • FOR CLEANING
  • OF COTTON
  • MOPHEAD
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 2 (a) - has been used as the goods are incomplete but still hold the essential character of a mop GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging – 20 mops packed in a carton box. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 960390 – Other than elsewhere specified Eight 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 (HSEN’s) to 9603 refers