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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016491
- Start date
- 13 Nov 2026
- Expiry date
- 12 Nov 2029
- Commodity code
- 8517620000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A Bluetooth wireless programming interface for compatible cochlear sound processors. It is used for wireless transmission of programming data between the sound processor and a computer/tablet during fitting and configuration of a sound processor. It connects to and is powered through the USB port of the computer. The device has an operating range of 10 feet (3 meters) and operates wirelessly at BT LE: 2402-2480 MHz and proximity: 2404-2478 MHz.
- Keywords
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- WIRELESS
- FOR DATA TRANSMISSION
- PROGRAMMING DEVICES
- WITH BLUETOOTH
- HEARING AIDS
- 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 8517 - Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443 , 8525 , 8527 or 8528. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 851762 - Other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network): Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to Heading 8517 - Note (II) (G).