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Information for ruling 600015807
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 02 Jun 2026
- Expiry date
- 01 Jun 2029
- Commodity code
- 9506699000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A soft football made from 100% Polyurethane (PU) foam. It is orange in colour with black pentagon shapes over it. The ball has a circumference of 64.5 cm and is a size 4. The ball is not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It is packaged within an open fronted cardboard box and is for retail sale.
- Keywords
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- FOR EXERCISE
- FOOTBALLS
- BALLS
- OF FOAM
- OF POLYURETHANE
- FOR SPORT
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- 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 9506: Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including table tennis) or outdoor games, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; swimming pools and paddling pools. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging: Open fronted cardboard box. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 950669: Balls, other than golf balls and table-tennis balls; Other than elsewhere specified. 8 DIGIT CODE 95066990: Other than cricket and polo balls. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 9506 note (B)(6)