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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600015989

Start date
07 Jul 2026
Expiry date
06 Jul 2029
Description
Designer: Ettore Sottsass . Object: ‘Harlow TPA 240’ dining table and set of six ‘Harlow S 44’ chairs . Date: Circa 1971 . Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) is universally recognised as one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. His work transformed the fields of furniture, architecture, industrial design, ceramics, and decorative arts, and he is regarded as one of the defining figures of post-war international design. Materials: Aluminium, fibreglass, painted wood, fabric . Dimensions: Dining table: 72 x 240 x 80 cm . Chairs (each): 85 x 62 x 46 cm .
Keywords
  • ALUMINIUM
  • OF FIBREGLASS
  • FABRIC
  • OF HISTORIC INTEREST
  • ARTICLES OF WOOD
  • CHAIRS
  • PAINTED
  • TABLES
  • AS A COLLECTORS ITEM
  • DINING ROOM FURNITURE SETS
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 9075 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 970510 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic or historical interest. 10 Digit Code 9705100045 - Property relating to history, including the history of science and technology and military and social history, to the life of national leaders, thinkers, scientists and artists and to events of national importance; other than more than 200 years old. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) Note (A) (3) to heading 9705