CLA-2-:RR:NC:2:236 B82857

2922.49.4050; 2937.29.0050

Mr. Eugene Ginter
ICD Group International Inc.
600 Madison Avenue
New York NY 10022

RE: The tariff classification of Lanthanum Metal, Cerium Oxide, Iminodiacetic acid, Beta-Naphthol, and Dehydro-Isoandrosterone from China

Dear Mr. Ginter:

In your letter dated February 20, 1997, you requested a tariff classification ruling.

The applicable subheading for Lanthanum Metal will be 2805.30.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury: Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed. The rate of duty will be 5 percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for Cerium Oxide will be 2846.10.0000, HTS, which provides for Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium, or of mixtures of these metals: Cerium compounds. The rate of duty will be 6.2 percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for Beta-Naphthol will be 2907.15.3000, HTS, which provides for Phenols; phenol-alcohols: Monophenols: Naphthols and their salts: Beta-Naphthol (2-Naphthol). The rate of duty will be Free. The applicable subheading for Iminodiacetic Acid will be 2922.49.4050, HTS, which provides for Oxygen-function amino-compounds: Amino-acids and their esters, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; salts thereof: Other: Other: Amino acids: Other. The rate of duty will be 4.2 percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for Dehydro Isoandrosterone will be 2937.29.0050, HTS, which provides for Hormones, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives thereof, used primarily as hormones: other steroids used primarily as hormones: Adrenal cortical hormones and their derivatives: Other: Other. The rate of duty will be Free.

This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section 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 V. Gualario at 212-466-5744.

Sincerely,

Gwenn Klein Kirschner
Chief, Special Products Branch
National Commodity
Specialist Division