CLA-2-70:OT:RR:NC:N2:226
Mr. Stephen C. Liu
Pacific Century Customs Service, Inc.
2936 Columbia Street
Torrance, CA 90503
RE: The tariff classification of woven fiberglass fabric from China.
Dear Mr. Liu:
In your letter dated October 16, 2015, you requested a tariff classification ruling on behalf of your client, New Fire Co., Ltd.
The merchandise under consideration is item number RLF3011, described as “Glass Fiber Cloth with Dyeing Coated.” A sample was submitted with your ruling request and will be returned to you.
From the information you provided, the Glass Fiber Cloth with Dyeing Coated is a woven fabric, black in color, comprised of fiberglass filament yarns, with filaments 9 microns in diameter. It weighs 450 grams per square meter, and is imported in rolls which measure either 38 inches by 50 yards or 60 inches by 50 yards. After importation, you state that this fabric will be cut and sewn into applications such as a welding blanket, a fire blanket, or the outer cover of a thermal insulation jacket.
In your ruling request you suggest classification of the Glass Fiber Cloth with Dyeing Coated in 7019.59.7000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as colored fiberglass tire cord fabric woven from electrically nonconductive continuous fiberglass filaments 9 microns in diameter to 11 microns in diameter and impregnated with resorcinol formaldehyde latex treatment for adhesion to polymeric compounds. However, you have indicated that this article does not contain any resorcinol formaldehyde latex adhesives. Classification in 7019.59.7000, HTSUS, is therefore precluded.
The applicable subheading for item number RLF3011, “Glass Fiber Cloth with Dyeing Coated,” will be 7019.59.9021, HTSUS, which provides for “Glass fibers (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, woven fabrics): Other woven fabrics: Other: Colored: Other: Weighing more than 215 grams per square meter, with a filament diameter of 7 to 13 microns.” The general rate of duty will be 7 percent 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 Nicole Sullivan at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Gwenn Klein Kirschner
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division