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ECJ gives the classification of tube/fitting pipes
The Judgment n. C-368/22 issued by the Sixth Chamber of the European Court of Justice states that: question: whether CN subheading 7307 22 10 must be interpreted as meaning that stainless steel tube or pipe fittings, other than cast fittings, which have an external thread and do not constitute short tube sections with an internal thread, used to join two tubes by screwing them into that fitting or by simply pushing them into that fitting, may be regarded as being ‘sleeves’ under that subheading. Main criterion: “…the decisive criterion for the classification of goods for customs purposes is in general to be sought in their objective characteristics and properties as…