1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘industrial plant’ means a combination of machines, apparatus, appliances, equipment, instruments and materials which together make up large-scale, stationary units producing goods or providing services;
(b)‘component part’ means a delivery for an industrial plant which is made up of goods which all belong to the same chapter of the CN;
(c)goods code of a component part shall be composed as follows:
the first four digits shall be 9880;
the fifth and the sixth digits shall correspond to the CN chapter to which the goods of the component part belong;
the seventh and the eighth digits shall be 0.
2.[F1The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs] may compile export statistics at the level of component parts on condition that the overall statistical value of a given industrial plant exceeds [F2£2.62 million], unless it is a complete industrial plant for re-use. The compilation of the quantity shall be optional.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 11(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Sum in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.For the purposes of this Article ‘staggered consignments’ means the delivery of components of a complete item in an unassembled or disassembled state which is shipped during more than one reference period for commercial or transport-related reasons.
2.The reference period for imports or exports of staggered consignments may be adjusted so that data are reported only once, in the month when the last consignment is imported or exported.
1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘vessel’ means vessels considered as sea-going according to CN Chapter 89, tugs, warships and floating structures;
(b)‘aircraft’ means aeroplanes falling within CN code 8802 30 and 8802 40;
(c)‘economic ownership’ means the right of a natural or legal person to claim the benefits associated with the use of a vessel or aircraft in the course of an economic activity by virtue of accepting the associated risks.
2.External trade statistics shall cover only the following imports and exports of vessels and aircraft:
(a)the transfer of economic ownership of a vessel or aircraft from a natural or legal person established in a non-member country to a natural or legal person established in the [F3United Kingdom]; this transaction shall be treated as an import;
(b)the transfer of economic ownership of a vessel or aircraft from a natural or legal person established in the [F4United Kingdom] to a natural or legal person established in a non-member country; this transaction shall be treated as an export F5...;
(c)the import and export of vessels or aircraft before or following processing under contract as defined in Annex II, note 2.
3.External trade statistics relating to trade in vessels and aircraft shall be compiled as follows:
(a)the quantity shall be expressed in number of items and any other supplementary units laid down in the CN, for vessels, and in net mass and supplementary units, for aircraft;
(b)transport and insurance costs shall be excluded from the statistical value;
(c)the partner country shall be:
the non-member country where the natural or legal person transferring the economic ownership of the vessel or aircraft is established, on import, or the natural or legal person to whom the economic ownership of the vessel or aircraft is transferred, on export, for movements referred to in paragraph 2(a) and (b);
the non-member country of construction, on import, in the case of new vessels or aircraft constructed outside the [F6United Kingdom];
the non-member country where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel or aircraft is established, on import, or the non-member country undertaking the processing under contract, on export, for movements referred to in paragraph 2(c);
(d)the reference period for imports and exports referred to in paragraph 2(a) and (b) shall be the month when the transfer of economic ownership takes place.
4.At the request of the national statistical authorities, the authorities responsible for managing the ships and aircraft registers shall provide all information available in order to identify a change of economic ownership of a vessel or aircraft between a natural or legal person established in [F7the United Kingdom] and a natural or legal person established in a non-member country.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Art. 19(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(j); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 19(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(k)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 19(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(k)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 19(3)(c)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(l); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 19(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(m); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘delivery of goods to vessels and aircraft’ means the delivery of products for the crew and passengers, and for the operation of the engines, machines and other equipment of vessels or aircraft;
(b)vessels or aircraft shall be deemed to belong to the country where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel or aircraft as defined in Article 19(1)(c) is established.
2.External trade statistics shall cover exports of goods delivered from the territory of the [F8United Kingdom] to vessels and aircraft belonging to a non-member country.
3.[F9The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs] may use the following goods codes for goods delivered to vessels and aircraft:
:
goods from CN Chapters 1 to 24,
:
goods from CN Chapter 27,
:
goods classified elsewhere.
F10...
In addition, the simplified partner country code ‘QS’ may be used.
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Art. 20(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(n); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 20(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 11(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 20(3) revoked (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘offshore installation’ means the equipment and devices installed and stationary in the sea outside the statistical territory of any given country;
(b)‘goods delivered to offshore installations’ means the delivery of products for the crew and for the operation of the engines, machines and other equipment of the offshore installation;
(c)‘goods obtained from or produced by offshore installations’ means products extracted from the seabed or subsoil, or manufactured by the offshore installation.
2.External trade statistics shall record:
(a)an import, where goods are delivered from:
a non-member country to an offshore installation established in an area where the [F11United Kingdom] has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil;
an offshore installation established in an area where a non-member country has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil to the [F11United Kingdom];
an offshore installation established in an area where a non-member country has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil to an offshore installation in an area where the [F11United Kingdom] has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil;
(b)an export, where goods are delivered to:
a non-member country from an offshore installation established in an area where the [F12United Kingdom] has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil;
an offshore installation established in an area where a non-member country has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil from the [F12United Kingdom];
an offshore installation established in an area where a non-member country has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil from an offshore installation established in an area where the [F12United Kingdom] has exclusive rights to exploit that seabed or subsoil.
3.[F13The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs] may use the following goods codes for goods delivered to offshore installations:
:
goods from CN Chapters 1 to 24,
:
goods from CN Chapter 27,
:
goods classified elsewhere.
F14...
In addition, the simplified partner country code ‘QW’ may be used.
Textual Amendments
F11Words in Art. 21(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(o)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 21(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(o)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Words in Art. 21(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 11(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14Words in Art. 21(3) revoked (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘sea products’ means fishery products, minerals, salvage and all other products which have not yet been landed by sea-going vessels;
(b)vessels shall be deemed to belong to the country where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel as defined in Article 19(1)(c) is established.
2.External trade statistics shall cover the following imports and exports of sea products:
(a)the landing of sea products in the ports of the [F15United Kingdom], or their acquisition by vessels belonging to the [F15United Kingdom] from vessels belonging to a non-member country; these transactions being treated as imports;
(b)the landing of sea products in the ports of a non-member country from a vessel belonging to the [F16United Kingdom], or their acquisition by vessels belonging to a non-member country from vessels belonging to the [F16United Kingdom]; these transactions being treated as exports.
3.The partner country shall be, on import, the non-member country where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel which is carrying out the capturing is established and, on export, the non-member country where the sea products are landed or where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel acquiring the sea products is established.
4.Provided that there is no conflict with other F17... law, national statistical authorities shall have access to data sources in addition to customs declarations, such as information on declarations of national registered vessels on sea products landed in non-member countries.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Art. 22(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(o)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F16Words in Art. 22(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(o)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F17Words in Art. 22(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(p); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘spacecraft’ means vehicles which are able to travel outside the earth’s atmosphere;
(b)‘economic ownership’ means the right of a natural or legal person to claim the benefits associated with the use of a spacecraft in the course of an economic activity by virtue of accepting the associated risks.
2.The launching of a spacecraft for which economic ownership has been transferred between a natural or legal person established in a non-member country and a natural or legal person established in [F18the United Kingdom] shall be recorded:
(a)as an import [F19if the United Kingdom is where] the new owner is established;
(b)as an export [F20if the United Kingdom was the country of] construction of the finished spacecraft.
3.The following specific provisions shall apply to the statistics referred to in paragraph 2:
(a)the data on the statistical value shall be defined as the value of the spacecraft, excluding transport and insurance costs;
(b)the data on the partner country shall be the non-member country of construction of the finished spacecraft, on import, and the non-member country where the new owner is established, on export.
4.Provided that there is no conflict with other F21... law, national statistical authorities shall have access to all available data sources, necessary for the compliance with this Article, in addition to customs declarations.
Textual Amendments
F18Words in Art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(q)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F19Words in Art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(q)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F20Words in Art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(q)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F21Words in Art. 23(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(p); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.In addition to customs declarations, national statistical authorities may require that relevant information for recording imports and exports of electricity and gas between the statistical territory of the [F22United Kingdom] and non-member countries be provided directly by operators who own or operate a transmission network for electricity or gas.
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Textual Amendments
F22Words in Art. 24(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 11(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.External trade statistics shall cover imports and exports of goods intended for military use.
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