CLA-2-73:OT:RR:NC:1:118
Ms. Cathy Chafin
Waters Shipping Company
P.O. Box 118
Wilmington, NC 28402-0118
RE: The tariff classification of a hex head screw from Taiwan.
Dear Ms. Chafin:
In your letter dated May 1, 2012, received in this office on June 11, 2012, you requested a tariff classification ruling on behalf Carolina Nail Systems.
You describe the submitted sample as a 1” unslotted hex washer head screw with double lead thread. It is used for fastening Tuftex Rain Divert Panels. The screw will be imported with an attached washer made of steel and EDPM. The #10 steel screw has a Type 17 gimlet point and the submitted sample has steep pitched threading that appears to end at the base of the attached washer.
The applicable subheading for the hex head screw will be 7318.12.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, (HTSUS), which provides for screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel: threaded articles: other wood screws. The duty rate will be 12.5% 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/.
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 Kathy Campanelli at (646) 733-3021.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Russo
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division