Information for ruling 600011160
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 25 Sep 2024
- Expiry date
- 24 Sep 2027
- Commodity code
- 3808919090 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Insect glue board. A glue board is a replaceable item of cardboard, covered in a sticky glue which is mounted within the back of an insect light trap (ILT). (classified elsewhere) The ILT can be used, for example, in a food preparation environment, they also have other uses. The ILT uses UV light to attract insects into the unit, they then get stuck to the glue board. Larger standalone boards are also available. The glue boards generally have the same adhesive ( the same as flypapers), and a UV stabilised glue derived from ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA), resins, waxes and paraffin. Packaged is cardboard boxes in packs of 6.
- Keywords
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- INSECTICIDES
- PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
- WITH GLUED SURFACE
- FLYPAPER
- ADHESIVES
- RODENTS
- FOR INSECTS
- 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 (1)(b)). General Interpretative Rules (GIRs): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 3808 - Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant growth regulators, disinfectants, and similar products, put up in forms of packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly papers). GIR 3(b) has been used as the glue is considered the essential character. GIR 5(b) has been used to identify the type of packaging. It is packed in a cardboard box. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 380891 - Insecticides. 8 Digit Code 38089190 - Other than elsewhere specified. 10 Digit Code 3808919090 - Other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 38 Note (2) Chapter 38 Section note b. Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 38.08 99 (1)(3) (I) Combined Nomenclature Explanatory Note CNEN to heading: CNEN 3808 9110 to 9190