Information for ruling 600011403
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 24 Sep 2024
- Expiry date
- 23 Sep 2027
- Commodity code
- 1605580000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Frozen African Land snails For human consumption. African land snails (Achatina achatina) De-shelled, washed in water with salt and lime. Boiled and packed in a transparent airtight bag
- Keywords
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- MOLLUSCS
- SALTED
- PRECOOKED
- LAND SNAILS
- SNAILS
- LIME
- 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 1605 - Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved GIR 5 b has been used to identify the type of packaging – transparent airtight bag. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 160558 – Molluscs; Snails, other than sea snails Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 16 notes a and b. Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 1605