CLA-2-48:OT:RR:NC:2:234
Mr. Michael Croix
Lucid Designs
1414 12th Avenue, #510
Seattle, WA 98122
RE: The tariff classification of catnip-infused paper from China
Dear Mr. Croix:
In your letter dated December 21, 2010, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The ruling was requested on an item designated as “Catnip Crumples”. The item is a soft cover booklet that contains approximately thirty sheets of catnip oil-infused paper. The thirty white sheets of paper which measure approximately 2¾ inches (w) x 2½ inches (l) are bound together at the top by an adhesive strip. The sheets are made with recycled fibers and organic catnip. The sheets of paper are to be removed from the adhesive strip, crumpled up and tossed around for cats to play with as a pet “toy”.
The applicable subheading for the catnip oil-infused paper will be 4811.60.6000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibers, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-colored, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other
than goods of the kind described in heading 4803, 4809 or 4810: Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives): Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin, stearin, oil or glycerol: In strips or rolls of a width exceeding 15 cm or in rectangular (including square) sheets with one side exceeding 36 cm and the other side exceeding 15 cm in the unfolded state: Other. The rate of duty will be free.
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/.
You have asked whether this product is subject to antidumping duties or countervailing duties (AD/CVD). Written decisions regarding the scope of AD/CVD orders are issued by the Import Administration in the Department of Commerce and are separate from tariff classification and origin rulings issued by Customs and Border Protection. You can contact them at http://www.trade.gov/ia/ (click on “Contact Us”). For your information, you can view a list of current AD/CVD cases at the United States International Trade Commission website at http://www.usitc.gov (click on “Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations”), and you can search AD/CVD deposit and liquidation messages using the AD/CVD Search tool at http://www.cbp.gov (click on “Import” and “AD/CVD”).
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 the National Import Specialist at (646) 733-3037.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division