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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016716
- Start date
- 13 Nov 2026
- Expiry date
- 12 Nov 2029
- Commodity code
- 9603909900 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Product is a sponge head designed for attachment to the swop mop sponge mopping system (not included). It is made of a compressed cellulose sponge and has an attached iron strip used to slot the head into the mopping system. It is autoclavable up to 120 degrees Celsius. It measures 320mm L X 50 mm W X 15 mm H. Packaged individually in a plastic bag and then 100 items are packaged in a cardboard box.
- Keywords
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- OF CELLULOSE
- FOR CLEANING
- SPONGES
- MOPS
- MOPHEAD
- CLEANING EQUIPMENT
- OF IRON
- 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 of 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 9603 - Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees). GIR 2A - has been used as the goods are incomplete but still hold the essential character of a sponge mop head. GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging as individually packaged in a plastic bag then 100 in a box. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 960390 Other than elsewhere specified. 8 Digit Code 96039099 Other than hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised; Other than road-sweeping brushes; household type brooms and brushes, including shoe brushes and clothes brushes; brushes for grooming animals. Also classified in accordance with: The Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 9603