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Information for ruling 600011657

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
23 Oct 2024
Expiry date
22 Oct 2027
Description
A front panel. This is a front cover of optical switch with features to mount optical connectors. Made from Aluminium 5251, Sheet metal fabrication and silkscreen printing. The fixings are steel, and the EMC spring fingers are copper. Captive screws fix the panel onto tapped strips in the product tray. The panel has features to mount optical connectors.
Keywords
  • AS PANELS
  • AT THE FRONT
  • PANELS
  • ALUMINIUM
  • PART OF
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 (GIRs): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8517 - Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528 GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 851779 - Other than Aerials and Aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith Also classified in accordance with: Section XVI Note 2b Harmonized system explanatory notes (HSENs) (b) parts (ii) to Chapter 85 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 8517