PRODUCT IS KNOWN AS PLATINUM SPONGE. A SILVER WHITE GRANULAR FORM OF PLATINUM WITH LESS THAN 90% OF PARTICLES BY WEIGHT PASSING THROUGH A SIEVE HAVING A MESH APERTURE OF 0.5MM. NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A POWDER WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBHEADING NOTE 1 TO CHAPTER 71.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 7110 FOR PLATINUM, UNWROUGHT OR IN SEMI-MANUFACTURED FORMS, OR IN POWDER FORM GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 711011 FOR PLATINUM - UNWROUGHT OR IN POWDER FORM ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) TO 7110 CNEN TO 71101100