NY 861163
APR 5 1991
CLA-2-90:S:N:N1:102 861163
Mr. Paul S. Follett
Atlantek Inc.
HS Recorder Division
10 High Street
Wakefield, RI 02879
RE: The tariff classification of digital strip chart recorders
from the United Kingdom
Dear Mr. Follett:
In your letter dated March 1, 1991 you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The merchandise at hand are your RS and HS series digital
strip chart recorders. These are microprocessor-driven thermal
print units which contain an integral, DC motor-driven paper
transport. They accept data in both ASCII format for
alphanumeric character printing, and in graphical or analog
binary formats for waveform or graphical image printing. These
are not stand-alone printers. Rather, they are designed to be
component equipment installed in other instruments. You state
that their primary use is in medical, scientific and industrial
applications such as electrocardiographs, thermographs,
Dataloggers, and small text data terminals. While they do have
usable applications in the computer and office equipment fields,
it is our opinion that their primary use is with scientific,
medical and analytical equipment.
The applicable subheading for the RS and HS series digital
strip chart recorders will be 9033.00.0000, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for parts and
accessories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter,
for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90.
The rate of duty will be 4.9 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section
177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry
documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the
documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be
brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the
transaction.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport