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Information for ruling 600011525

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
21 Oct 2024
Expiry date
20 Oct 2027
Description
Foil blanket Designed to retain 90% body heat, it also reflects the heat and sun in summer. The blankets are waterproof and reusable. Ideal for indoor or outdoor use. Metallic silver in colour. For unisex use. Isothermal film in the shape of a rectangle: approximately 140cm x 210cm. Made from the following layers: One layer P.E.T (Polyethylene Terephthalate) and one layer of Aluminium. The total thickness of 2ply is 0.012mm (P.E.T is 0.01mm and Aluminium is 0.002mm). The film is not lightened, reinforced, laminated or reinforced with any other material Individually packaged in a heat-sealed plastic bag with an information card showing company name, company logo and the uses of the foil blanket. These types of blankets are extensively used for emergency situations.
Keywords
  • CONTAINING ALUMINIUM
  • EMERGENCY
  • FOR INSULATION
  • BLANKETS
  • OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • FOILS
  • OF PLASTICS
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 3920: Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials. GIR 5 (b) - Has been used to identify the type of packaging: Plastic bag with a heat seal. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 392062: Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallelic esters or other polyesters; Of poly(ethylene terephthalate). 8 DIGIT CODE 39206219: Of a thickness not exceeding 0.35 mm; Other than Poly(ethylene terephthalate) film, of a thickness of 72 micrometres or more but not exceeding 79 micrometres, for the manufacture of flexible magnetic disks; poly(ethylene terephthalate) film, of a thickness of 100 micrometres or more but not exceeding 150 micrometres, for the manufacture of photopolymer printing plates. 10 DIGIT CODE 3920621999: Other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 39 notes 1 & 10 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 3920 Combined Nomenclature Explanatory Note CNEN to heading: 3920