Guidance

Toy airplane (construction sets and constructional toys) (Tariff notice 5)

Check the tariff classification for toy airplane (construction sets and constructional toys).

New explanatory notes

A new聽聽was published on 9 December 2024.

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union.

(C/2024/7397)

This is not considered a change in Northern Ireland practice.

Classification (Combined Nomenclature (CN) code)

9503 00 35 and 9503 00 39

Reason

Pursuant to Article 9(1), point (a), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union are amended as follows:

On page 412

9403 00 35

and Other construction sets and constructional toys

9503 00 39

the existing text is replaced by the following text:

鈥楾hese subheadings include construction sets and constructional toys other than reduced-size (鈥渟cale鈥�) model assembly kits, which have the character of toys. Such goods have the following characteristics:

鈥� they consist of a number of individual components presented together in a packing;
鈥� the individual components are mutually complementary and are not suitable for playing with on their own merits. An assembly instruction may be provided with these construction sets;
鈥� the basic principle is that the construction/assembling itself is the main purpose of the toy.

These subheadings do not include goods presented unassembled (GIR 2 (a)), for example, for packaging reasons, whose entertainment value is only given after assembling.

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Updates to this page

Published 25 February 2025

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