THIS SILICONE SPACER IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 39169010 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3916, FOR MONOFILAMENT OF WHICH ANY CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION EXCEEDS
1 MM, RODS, STICKS AND PROFILE SHAPES, WHETHER OR NOT SURFACE-WORKED BUT NOT OTHERWISE WORKED, OF PLASTICS
GIR 5 (B) HAS BEEN USED AS THE GOODS ARE PACKAGED IN NORMAL PACKAGING FOR TRANSPORT
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL.
NOTE 1 TO CHAPTER 39
THROUGHOUT THE NOMENCLATURE, THE EXPRESSION 'PLASTICS' MEANS THOSE MATERIALS OF HEADINGS 3901 TO 3914 WHICH ARE OR HAVE BEEN CAPABLE, EITHER AT THE MOMENT OF POLYMERISATION OR AT SOME SUBSEQUENT STAGE, OF BEING FORMED UNDER EXTERNAL INFLUENCE (USUALLY HEAT AND PRESSURE, IF NECESSARY WITH A SOLVENT OR PLASTICISER) BY MOULDING, CASTING, EXTRUDING, ROLLING OR OTHER PROCESS INTO SHAPES WHICH ARE RETAINED ON THE REMOVAL OF THE EXTERNAL INFLUENCE.
THROUGHOUT THE NOMENCLATURE, ANY REFERENCE TO 'PLASTICS' ALSO INCLUDES VULCANISED FIBRE. THE EXPRESSION, HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPLY TO MATERIALS REGARDED AS TEXTILE MATERIALS OF SECTION XI.
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES INCLUDE:
CHAPTER 39
GENERAL
COMBINATIONS OF PLASTICS AND MATERIALS OTHER THAN TEXTILES
THIS CHAPTER ALSO COVERS THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS, WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED BY A SINGLE OPERATION OR BY A NUMBER OF SUCCESSIVE OPERATIONS PROVIDED THAT THEY RETAIN THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF PLASTICS:
(A) PLATES, SHEETS, ETC., INCORPORATING A REINFORCEMENT OR A SUPPORTING MESH OF ANOTHER MATERIAL (WIRE, GLASS FIBRES, ETC) EMBEDDED IN THE BODY OF THE PLASTICS
(B) PLATES, SHEETS, ETC., OF PLASTICS, SEPARATED BY A LAYER OF ANOTHER MATERIAL SUCH AS METAL FOIL, PAPER, PAPERBOARD
THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH ALSO APPLY, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, TO MONOFILAMENTS, RODS, STICKS, PROFILE SHAPES, TUBES, PIPES, HOSES AND ARTICLES.
HEADING 39.16
THIS HEADING COVERS MONOFILAMENT OF WHICH ANY CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION EXCEEDS 1 MM, RODS, STICKS, AND PROFILE SHAPES. THESE ARE OBTAINED IN THE LENGTH IN A SINGLE OPERATION (GENERALLY EXTRUSION) AND HAVE A CONSTANT OR REPETITIVE CROSS-SECTION, FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
THE HEADING ALSO INCLDES SUCH PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN MERELY CUT TO A LENGTH EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION OR SURFACE WORKED, BUT NOT OTHERWISE WORKED. PROFILE SHAPES WITH AN ADHESIVE SURFACE, USED FOR SEALING WINDOWS FRAMES, ARE CLASSIFIED IN THIS HEADING