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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016295
- Start date
- 08 Sep 2026
- Expiry date
- 07 Sep 2029
- Commodity code
- 3002490020 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A silage additive in powder form containing lactic acid bacteria that control forage fermentation, including a specific stabilising strain that enhances aerobic stability. The product is produced by fermentation. Packaged in a 400 g plastic bottle.
- Keywords
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- CULTURES OF MICROORGANISMS
- ADDITIVES
- CONTAINS MICRO-ORGANISMS
- YEASTS
- AS POWDER
- SUCROSE
- 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 3002 - Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified. GIR 5B Has been used identify the type of packaging: 400g plastic bottle. GIR 6 Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 300249 - Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; Other than vaccines for human or veterinary medicine. 10 Digit code 3002490020 - Cultures of micro-organisms; Other than pathogens and cultures of pathogens. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 3002