3/8" BORE PLASTIC HOSES WITH FITTINGS. THE HOSE MATERIAL IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF NYLON, THIS HAS AN OUTER SHEATH OF POLYURETHANE EXTRUDED OVER THE HOSE. THE HOSES ARE REINFORCED WITH AN ARAMID BRAID. THE HOSES ARE FLEXIBLE WITH A WORKING PRESSURE OF 500 PSI (34.47 MPA). THE HOSES ARE TERMINATED AT EACH END TO A TUBE WITHIN AN OUTBOARD STABPLATE THAT CAN BE ATTACHED TO BETWEEN 2 AND 13 HOSES. THE STABPLATES ARE MADE FROM PREDOMINANTLY STAINLESS STEEL WITH SOME PLASTIC AND COPPER NICKEL COMPONENTS. THE PRODUCT IS USED TO PROVIDE FLUID DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEM.

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 3917 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, AND FITTINGS THEREFOR (FOR EXAMPLE, JOINTS, ELBOWS, FLANGES), OF PLASTICS. GIR 3B HAS BEEN USED AS THE HYDRAULIC FLUID HOSES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 391731 OTHER TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES; FLEXIBLE TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, HAVING A MINIMUM BURST PRESSURE OF 27,6 MPA. TARIC CODE 3917310090 OTHER THAN WITH FITTINGS ATTACHED, FOR USE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT; OTHER THAN FOR USE IN CERTAIN TYPES OF AIRCRAFT. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: CHAPTER 39 NOTES 1 AND 8 HSEN TO HEADING 3917 SCHENKER DECISION