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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016101

Start date: 15 Sep 2026
Expiry date: 14 Sep 2029
Commodity code: 8504406090 (opens in new tab)
Description: The product is a locomotive battery charger that converts the auxiliary power supply into a stable, regulated DC output for charging the 110 V DC battery system and supplying the low-voltage control electronics.
Keywords: BATTERY CHARGERS

LOCOMOTIVES

STATIC CONVERTERS

POWER SUPPLY UNITS

ACCUMULATOR CHARGERS

BATTERIES
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 8504 - Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 8504 40 - Static converters. 8-digit code 850440 60 - Accumulator chargers. 10-digit code 85044060 90 - Other than for use in civil aircraft. Also Classified in Accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN's) (II) to Heading 8504.