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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016015
- Start date
- 10 Sep 2026
- Expiry date
- 09 Sep 2029
- Commodity code
- 8536508000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This product is an electromechanical, latching coaxial RF/microwave switch designed solely to route RF signals between alternative RF paths. It operates from +22 to +32 VDC, has SMA female RF connectors and covers the 10.0–15.0 GHz frequency range. It does not contain active RF signal-processing components. The position-indication contacts are Form-C contacts used to indicate the selected switch position/RF path and do not perform RF signal processing. The unit is the sealed version with metric mounting threads.
- Keywords
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- SWITCHING DEVICES
- ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
- FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- 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 (GIRs): GIR 1 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8536 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 8536 50 – Other switches Digit Code: 853650 80 – Other than for a voltage not exceeding 60v Also Classified in Accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) (I) (A) to Heading 8536