THE AIR PUMP IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 8414202000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRS)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE AIR PUMP BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8414 AND ANY RELEVANT SECTION AND CHAPTER NOTES
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY TO SUBHEADING LEVEL.
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES.
THIS HEADING COVERS MACHINES AND APPLIANCES, HAND OPERATED OR POWER DRIVEN, FOR THE COMPRESSION OF AIR OR OTHER GASES, OR FOR CREATING A VACUUM, AND ALSO MACHINES FOR CIRCULATING AIR OR OTHER GASES.
COMBINED NOMENCLATURE EXPLANATORY NOTES.
THE CNEN TO 841420 20 TO 841420 80 STATES:-
ONLY THOSE PUMPS WHICH ARE HAND- OR FOOT-OPERATED, I.E. OPERATED SOLELY BY HUMAN EFFORT, AS DESCRIBED IN THE HS EXPLANATORY NOTES TO HEADING 8414 (A) FALL IN THESE SUB-HEADINGS. THEY MUST BE DESIGNED, IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE INFLATION OF PNEUMATIC TYRES (FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CYCLES, MOTOR VEHICLES, ETC.) AND SIMILAR GOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, AIR MATTRESSES, AIR CUSHIONS AND INFLATABLE BOATS.