AIR PUMP ALLOWS SAFE AND SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE FRONT AND REAR AIR SUSPENSION ON TOURING MOTORCYCLES. UNLIKE A BICYCLE PUMP OR A FUEL STATION AIR HOSE, THE HAND OPERATED PUMP WITH CONTROLLABLE VALVE ALLOWS PRECISE ADJUSTMENT TO AIR VOLUME, AND THE AIR CONNECTOR MAINTAINS SHOCK PRESSURE WHEN THE FITTING IS REMOVED.

THE AIR PUMP IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 8414202000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRS) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE AIR PUMP BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8414 AND ANY RELEVANT SECTION AND CHAPTER NOTES GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY TO SUBHEADING LEVEL. SECTION NOTES AND CHAPTER NOTES SECTION XVI MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES. SECTION NOTE 5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE NOTES, THE EXPRESSION MACHINE MEANS ANY MACHINE, MACHINERY, PLANT, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS OR APPLIANCE CITED IN THE HEADINGS OF CHAPTER 84 OR 85. HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES. THIS HEADING COVERS MACHINES AND APPLIANCES, HAND OPERATED OR POWER DRIVEN, FOR THE COMPRESSION OF AIR OR OTHER GASES, OR FOR CREATING A VACUUM, AND ALSO MACHINES FOR CIRCULATING AIR OR OTHER GASES. COMBINED NOMENCLATURE EXPLANATORY NOTES. THE CNEN TO 841420 20 TO 841420 80 STATES:- ONLY THOSE PUMPS WHICH ARE HAND- OR FOOT-OPERATED, I.E. OPERATED SOLELY BY HUMAN EFFORT, AS DESCRIBED IN THE HS EXPLANATORY NOTES TO HEADING 8414 (A) FALL IN THESE SUB-HEADINGS. THEY MUST BE DESIGNED, IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE INFLATION OF PNEUMATIC TYRES (FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CYCLES, MOTOR VEHICLES, ETC.) AND SIMILAR GOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, AIR MATTRESSES, AIR CUSHIONS AND INFLATABLE BOATS.