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Information for ruling 600011688

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
12 Nov 2024
Expiry date
11 Nov 2027
Description
Copper anti-seize lubricating grease The product is an anti-seize lubricant for lubricating the threads of bolts to prevent seizing and to enable the bolt to be unscrewed. Ingredients: Copper flakes, Petroleum based lubricating oil, clay thickener and activator, and a solid lubricant (Graphite). Packaged into either small tubes or 500g plastic tub
Keywords
  • SCREWS AND BOLTS
  • ANTI-RUST PREPARATIONS
  • LUBRICANT PREPARATIONS
  • COPPERS
  • PETROLEUM OILS
  • METAL
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 3403 - Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould-release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals GIR 5 b has been used to identify the type of packaging - small tubes or 500g plastic tubs . GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 340319 - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous materials; other than preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials 8 Digit Code 34031910 - Containing 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals but not as the basic constituent Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 34 Note 4 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to 3403 refers Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) (II) (C) to Heading 2710 refers