The Harmonized System Committee (HSC) made a number of decisions during its 60th Session at the World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarters in Brussels.
The decisions taken by the HSC during this session have now been published on the WCO website.
These decisions include, in particular, 21 new classification opinions and 18 sets of amendments to the HS explanatory notes, as well as 45 classification rulings.
These rulings deal with, among other things, blanched green shell mussels; quinoa, normally used for human consumption, which has undergone the removal of the saponin layer after harvest; silica fume; a cover made of plastics and specifically designed for smartphones; footwear made of plastics known as “sandals for adults made of plastics” and “sandals for children made of plastics”; and a laminar air flow clean bench.
They also deal with an electronic interactive whiteboard, size 78 inches, consisting of a touch-sensitive, dry-erase surface with multi-touch functionality, which accepts touch input from a pen or a finger; an insulated gate bipolar transistor module; books and sound reproducing apparatus, also called “Future Book Set”; a thin-film solar module; an integrated circuit checking instrument; and a stand up paddle board.
“Hard copies of the new Classification Opinions and sets of amendments to the Explanatory Notes will be made available in due course, enabling Contracting Parties to update their HS publications (Explanatory Notes and Compendium of Classification Opinions, 2017 Edition),” WCO said.
Photo: Kurt Stueber
