A MEDICINAL PRODUCT KNOWN AS ARTHROTEC WHICH IS USED TO TREAT OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. IT CONTAINS DICLOFENAC AND MISOPROSTOL. THE FIRST OF THESE REDUCES HORMONES THAT CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND PAIN IN THE BODY. THE LATTER REDUCES STOMACH ACID AND REPLACES PROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES IN THE STOMACH. IT IS A SYNTHETIC PROSTAGLANDIN, WHICH IS A PRODUCT OF HEADING 2937. PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRS) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF THE HEADING 3004 - MEDICAMENTS (EXCLUDING GOODS OF HEADING 3002, 3005 OR 3006) CONSISTING OF MIXED OR UNMIXED PRODUCTS FOR THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC USES, PUT UP IN MEASURED DOSES (INCLUDING THOSE IN THE FORM OF TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS) OR IN FORMS OR PACKINGS FOR RETAIL SALE GIR 5(B) HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 300439 - CONTAINING HORMONES OR OTHER PRODUCTS OF HEADING 2937 BUT NOT CONTAINING ANTIBIOTICS; OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED