CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:-
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRS):
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9017: DRAWING, MARKING-OUT OR MATHEMATICAL CALCULATING INSTRUMENTS (FOR EXAMPLE, DRAFTING MACHINES, PANTOGRAPHS, PROTRACTORS, DRAWING SETS, SLIDE RULES, DISC CALCULATORS); INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING LENGTH, FOR USE IN THE HAND (FOR EXAMPLE, MEASURING RODS AND TAPES, MICROMETERS, CALLIPERS), NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER.
GIR 3B HAS BEEN USED AS THE DRAWING INSTRUMENTS (THE SET SQUARES, PROTRACTOR AND COMPASS) ARE CONSIDERED TO GIVE THE SETS ITS ESSENTIAL CHARACTER.
GIR 5A HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 9017 20: OTHER DRAWING, MARKING-OUT OR MATHEMATICAL CALCULATING INSTRUMENTS.
CN CODE 9017 20 10: OTHER DRAWING INSTRUMENTS (OTHER THAN PLOTTERS).
ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:-
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES
PART (A) TO THE HSEN TO HEADING 9017 GIVES DETAILS ABOUT WHAT IS CLASSED AS A DRAWING INSTRUMENT.