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Issues: Whether the handheld mobile computers, including SIM-enabled variants, are classifiable under sub-heading 8471 30 90 as automatic data processing machines, or under Heading 8517 as telephone sets or other communication apparatus.
Analysis: The devices were found to combine computing, barcode scanning, data capture, storage and processing functions, with communication features only as auxiliary capabilities. Applying Heading 8471 with Note 6(A) to Chapter 84, the devices satisfied the characteristics of automatic data processing machines. Notes 6(C), 6(D) and 6(E) did not exclude them, because they were not merely parts of an ADP system nor machines whose specific function displaced data processing. Under Note 3 to Section XVI, a composite machine is classified according to its principal function. The principal function was held to be barcode scanning and data processing, while cellular connectivity in some models was only incidental and not enough to make the goods smartphones under Heading 8517. Note 5 to Chapter 85 was also considered, but the devices were not regarded as telephones for cellular networks.
Conclusion: The handheld mobile computers were held classifiable under Heading 8471, specifically sub-heading 8471 30 90, and not under Heading 8517.
Ratio Decidendi: A multifunction device is classified by its principal function, and where the main function is automatic data processing with only ancillary communication capability, it falls under Heading 8471 rather than Heading 8517.
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