CLA-2-61:OT:RR:NC:TA:361
Mr. Jay Chen
Hatch Way, L.L.C.
22 West 38th Street, 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10018
RE: The tariff classification of two women’s knit T-shirts from China.
Dear Mr. Chen:
In your letter dated November 21, 2008, you requested a classification ruling for a two women’s T-shirts.
The submitted samples are described as follows:
Style #9DK96000A/9DK96000B – a woman’s T-shirt constructed from 100% cotton jersey knit fabric. The garment weighs less than 200 grams per square meter and features a V-neckline, short hemmed sleeves, and a straight hemmed bottom.
Style #9DK96002A/9DK96002B – a woman’s T-shirt constructed from 100% cotton jersey knit fabric. The garment weighs less than 200 grams per square meter and features a round neckline finished with self-fabric capping, short hemmed sleeves, and a straight hemmed bottom.
The applicable subheading for the T-shirts, Styles 9DK96000A/9DK96000B and 9DK96002A/9DK96002B, will be 6109.10.0040, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for women’s or girls’ T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments, knitted or crocheted, of cotton, women’s or girls, other, T-shirts, women’s. The rate of duty will be 16.5% 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 World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.
The T-shirts, Styles 9DK96000A/9DK96000B and 9DK96002A/9DK96002B, fall within textile category 339. With the exception of certain products of China, quota/visa requirements are no longer applicable for merchandise which is the product of World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries. The textile category number above applies to merchandise produced in non-WTO member-countries. Quota and visa requirements are the result of international agreements that are subject to frequent renegotiations and changes. To obtain the most current information on quota and visa requirements applicable to this merchandise, we suggest you check, close to the time of shipment, the “Textile Status Report for Absolute Quotas” which is available on our web site at www.cbp.gov. For current information regarding possible textile safeguard actions on goods from China and related issues, we refer you to the web site of the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce at otexa.ita.doc.gov.
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 Peggy Fitzgerald at 646-733-3052.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division