WCO Posts Classification Decisions from March 2011 HSC Session
The World Customs Organization has posted a list of classification decisions (other than those subject to a reservation) taken by the Harmonized System Committee at its 47th Session (March 2011). At this session, decisions were taken on a powdered hot beverage, various categories of generic name pharmaceutical substances or ingredients, cartridges for electronic cigarettes, and a motor vehicle electrical assembly.
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The list of March 2011 HSC Session classification decisions is as follows:
| Product Description | Classification |
| Preparation, in the form of a powder, consisting of 92% sugar, 6% black currant powder, anticaking agent, citric acid and black currant flavouring, put up for retail sale in 32-gram sachets, intended to be consumed as a beverage after mixing with hot water | 2106.90 |
| Vanutide cridificar (INN List 100) | 3002.20 |
| 23 Certain International Nonproprietary Name (INN, i.e., generic name) products1 | Chapters 28, 29, and 30 |
| 17 INN products1 | Chapters 13, 29, and 30 |
| 78 INN products1 | Chapters 28, 29, 30, 35, and 39 |
| Reclassification of 2 INN products1 | Chapter 29 |
| Cartridge for an electronic cigarette, consisting of a plastic mouthpiece and a plastic tube containing an absorbing material saturated with a solution consisting of propylene glycol, glycerol, tobacco volatile oil, vanilla, menthol, linalool, 2,5-dimethylpyrazine and 2-acetylpyrazine. The cartridge is used in an electronic cigarette which heats and vaporises the solution in the cartridge to produce a vapour mist which is inhaled by the user of the cigarette. | 3824.90 |
| Cartridge for an electronic cigarette, consisting of a plastic mouthpiece and a plastic tube containing an absorbing material saturated with a solution consisting of propylene glycol, glycerol, nicotine and ethyl alcohol. The cartridge is used in an electronic cigarette which heats and vaporises the solution in the cartridge to produce a vapour mist which is inhaled by the user of the cigarette. | 3824.90 |
| An assembly of two multi-positional electrical switching devices arranged on two sides of a mounting bracket designed for mounting on the steering column of a motor vehicle. One of the multipositional devices is intended to control exterior lighting for the vehicle and the other is intended to control the windscreen wiper and washer. The article has electrical contacts for connecting it to the electrical system of the motor vehicle. | 8537.10 |
The WCO advises parties seeking to import or export merchandise covered by a decision to verify the implementation of the decision by the importing or exporting country, as the case may be.
1According to the World Health Organization, International Nonproprietary Names (INN) identify pharmaceutical substances or active pharmaceutical ingredients. Each INN is a unique name that is globally recognized and is public property. A nonproprietary name is also known as a generic name.