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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016423
- Start date
- 06 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 05 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 3824999699 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A hermetically sealed plastic capsule containing desiccant silica crystals. This is for use with cochlear implants to remove moisture from the sound processor of the hearing aid. Once the blister packaging has been opened, the capsule is used until the crystals turn white in colour. They are packaged in a cardboard box.
- Keywords
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- OF SILICONE
- ABSORBENT
- AS DISCS
- HUMIDITY ABSORBING
- 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 3824: Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included. GIR 5b - Has been used to identify the packaging. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 382499: Other than Mixtures and preparations consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1.3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1.3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate; Other than Polyglycol esters of methylphosphonic acid. 8 Digit Code 38249996: Other than elsewhere specified. 10 Digit Code 3824999699: Other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Note (HSEN’s) to heading 3824.