CLA-2-55:OT:RR:NC:N3:351

Ms. Teresa Petz
Hobby Lobby Stores, Incorporated
7707 S.W. 44th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73179

RE: The tariff classification of yarns from Turkey and China

Dear Ms. Petz:

In your letter dated October 19, 2015, you requested a tariff classification ruling.

You submitted four yarn samples. The yarns will be imported on skeins of a weight not exceeding 500 grams, which meets the tariff definition of “put up for retail sale” found in Section XI, Note 4(b)(iii), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

Yarn identified as item 996595, Art. 665 Sweet Delight Chunky Baby Yarn, is composed of 80% acrylic staple fibers and 20% polyamide staple fibers. The yarn is put up on 100 gram skeins and will be imported from Turkey. Yarn identified as item 339788, Art. 71 Effortless Super Bulky Yarn, is composed of 80% acrylic staple fibers and 20% alpaca staple fibers. The yarn is put up on 170 gram skeins and will be imported from Turkey.

Yarn identified as item 377069, Art. 78 First Love Yarn, is composed of 100% polyester staple fibers, put up on 141 gram skeins and imported from China.

Yarn identified as item 894790, Art. 32 Calcutta Chunky, is composed of 55% acrylic staple fibers and 45% cotton, put up on 113 gram skeins and imported from China.

You suggest that the proper classification of all the yarns is in subheading 5511.20.0000, HTSUS, which provides for yarn (other than sewing thread) of man-made staple fibers, put up for retail sale: of synthetic staple fibers containing less than 85 percent by weight of such fibers. However, since the Calcutta Chunky yarn, is composed of 100% polyester staple fibers, it exceeds the amount of man-made staple fibers to be classified under this subheading.

The applicable subheading for item 377069, Art. 78 First Love Yarn will be 5511.10.0060, HTSUS, which provides for yarn (other than sewing thread) of man-made staple fibers, put up for retail sale, of synthetic staple fibers, containing 85 percent or more by weight of such fibers, other. The duty rate will be 7.5% ad valorem.

The applicable subheading for all the acrylic yarns, items 996595, Art. 665 Sweet Delight Chunky Baby Yarn, 339788, Art. 71 Effortless Super Bulky Yarn, and 894790, Art. 32 Calcutta Chunky will be 5511.20.0000, HTSUS, which provides for yarn (other than sewing thread) of man-made staple fibers, put up for retail sale; of synthetic staple fibers, containing less than 85 percent by weight of such fibers. The duty rate will be 7.5% ad valorem. Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change. The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are provided on the World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.

The samples will be retained. This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177). A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Adleasia Lonesome at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Gwenn Klein Kirschner
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division