NY 845492
SEPTEMBER 29,1989
CLA-2-11:S:N:N1:231
Mr. Daniel C. Johnson
Norman G. Jensen, Inc.
P.O. Box 227
Ranier, Minnesota 56668
RE: The tariff classification of processed wild rice from
Canada.
Dear Mr. Johnson:
In your letter dated April 17,1989, on behalf of Don Bielby
of the Agriculture Developement Branch, Agriculture Canada,
Ontario, Canada, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The product, wild rice, is said to be cured (a process which
allows the immuture grains to finish ripening), parched (a
process which reduces the grain moisture levels to less than 10%
and makes the hulls brittle), dehulled (a process where the
grains circulate in a drum striking an internal shaft with
finger-like protrusions, or gentle rubs against other wild rice
allowing the kernals to thresh out readily), cleaned and graded.
The applicable subheading for the processed wild rice will
be 1104.29.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other worked grains (for example,
hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled),. The rate
of duty will be 5.9 percent.
Goods classifiable under subheading 1104.29.0000, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
5.3 percent rate of duty under the United States-Canada Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all applicable
regulations.
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