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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016375
- Start date
- 08 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 07 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 9018509000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- This is a proprietary part of an ophthalmic testing instrument, that is used for ophthalmic examinations. It has no other useful function outside of the environment for which it was designed. The part itself is a slimline wireless headband assembly for indirect ophthalmoscopes, and is used by the practitioner during examinations. The function of the finished product is for ophthalmic examinations. The materials of this part is mixed and includes mainly thermoset plastics, electronics, and neoprene.
- Keywords
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- OPHTHALMIC EQUIPMENT
- HEADBAND
- SURGICAL EQUIPMENT
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- OF PLASTIC
- MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- PART OF
- 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 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 9018 50 - Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances. 8 Digit Code: 901850 90 - Optical. Also classified in accordance with: Note 2b to Chapter 90 Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN’s) (I) (C) to 9018