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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016028
- Start date
- 10 Sep 2026
- Expiry date
- 09 Sep 2029
- Commodity code
- 3917290019 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Acrylic columns for pharmaceutical use. These open-ended cylindrical columns are used within low pressure chromatography systems to separate and purify biomolecules like proteins, peptides, and monoclonal antibodies. Ranging in diameter size from 50mm to 2,500mm the columns are manufactured to the bespoke requirements of the customer. They are manufactured from a single casting of polymethylmethacrylate (acrylic).
- Keywords
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- AS CYLINDERS
- FOR LABORATORY USE
- ACRYLIC
- OF PLASTIC
- FOR PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
- FOR PHARMACEUTICALS
- 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 3917 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics GIR 6 Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 391729 – Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid; of other plastics. 10 digit code: 3917290019 – Of addition polymerisation products; Other than for use in certain types of aircraft. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 39 Note 1 Chapter 39 Note 8 HSENS to heading 3917