CLA-2-90:S:N:N1:114 869710
Mr. Laszlo Jakusovszky
LTJ Opti-Tech Co.
107 Pine Drive
New Windsor, New York 12553
RE: The tariff classification of Optical Prisms from Hungary
Dear Mr. Jakusovszky:
In your letter dated December 6, 1991 you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The prisms are right angle optical prisms in sizes ranging
from 1/2 inch to 1-1/2 inches. The prisms are composed of
standard optical glass and are not in a mounting.
The right angle prisms are used to deviate a beam of light.
Typical applications for the right angle prisms are in telescope
diagonals, range- finders, periscopes, cameras, boresights, and
cube beamsplitters.
The applicable subheading for the optical prisms will be
9001.90.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for lenses, prisms, mirrors and other
optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such
elements of glass not optically worked: other: prisms. The rate
of duty will be 8 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