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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016382
- Start date
- 09 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 08 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 9018509000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- An Ultrasound probe, which is a scan-probe. The probe is a piece of ophthalmic testing equipment used for measuring the axial length, anterior chamber depth and lens thickness of the eye. It is also used to calculate the optical power of the IOL to be implanted during cataract surgery. It has no other useful function outside of the environment for which it was designed.
- Keywords
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- OPHTHALMIC EQUIPMENT
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- PROBES
- EYES
- 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