The product is a decorative animal, with a dog standing. Made from aluminium casting as a base metal, it then goes through a process of electroplating to give a finish look of gold, but not plated with gold. Purely used for decorative or ornamental purposes around the home, on table tops or on shelves. Packaged in a brown carton.
Keywords
PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
FOR INDOOR USE
DECORATIVE
ALUMINIUM
ANIMAL FIGURES
REPRESENTING A NON-HUMAN CREATURE
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 8306 - Bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal; photograph, picture, or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal.
GIR 5(b) has been used to identify packaging as brown carton.
GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 830629 -Statuettes and other ornaments; other than plated with precious metal.
Also classified in accordance with :
Note 3 to section XV
Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) heading 8306