CLA-2-73:RR:NC:MM:113 C87841
7323.91.5000; 7323.99.7000; 7323.99.9030;
7615.19.7030; 7615.19.7060; 7615.19.9000;
8205.51.3030; 8215.99.3500
Mr. Ghanshyam R. Patel
Midwest Swaminarayan Temple
1505 Bates Lane
Schaumburg, IL 60193
RE: The tariff classification of assorted articles from India
Dear Mr. Patel:
In your letter dated May 6, 1997, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The merchandise consists of various articles that will be used
in preparing a meal. The items include aluminum bowls, plates,
pans, pots and covers, iron frying pans, steel frying pans, plates
and strainers with handles, stainless steel ladles and serving
spoons, white and pink rice flour, vermillion, cotton string, and
beetle nuts.
The applicable subheading for the aluminum bowls will be
7615.19.7060, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for table, kitchen or other household
articles and parts thereof, of aluminum, other, cooking and kitchen
ware, not enameled or glazed and not containing nonstick interior
finishes, other, other. The duty rate will be 3.3 percent ad
valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 7615.19.7060, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the aluminum plates will be
7615.19.9000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for table, kitchen or other household
articles and parts thereof, of aluminum, other, other. The duty
rate will be 3.2 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 7615.19.9000, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the aluminum pans, pots and lids
will be 7615.19.7030, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), which provides for table, kitchen or other household
articles and parts thereof, of aluminum, other, cooking and kitchen
ware, not enameled or glazed and not containing nonstick interior
finishes, other, cooking ware. The duty rate will be 3.3 percent
ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 7615.19.7030, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the iron fry pan will be
7323.91.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for table, kitchen or other household
articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel, other, of cast iron,
not enameled, other. The duty rate will be 5.3 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 7323.91.5000, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the steel fry pan will be
7323.99.7000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for table, kitchen or other household
articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel, other, other, not
coated or plated with precious metal, other, cookingware. The duty
rate will be 5.3 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 7323.99.7000, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the steel plates will be
7323.99.9030, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for table, kitchen or other household
articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel, other, other, not
coated or plated with precious metal, other, other, kitchen or
tableware suitable for food or drink contact. The duty rate will
be 3.4 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 7323.99.9030, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the stainless steel ladles and
serving spoons will be 8215.99.3500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS), which provides for spoons and ladles, with
stainless steel handles, other. The duty rate will be 7.1 percent
ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the steel strainers will be
8205.51.3030, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for handtools not elsewhere specified or
included and parts thereof, of base metal, household tools, of iron
and steel, other, kitchen and table implements. The duty rate will
be 4 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 8205.51.3030, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the vermillion will be
3206.49.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other coloring matter, preparations as
specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading
3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as
luminophores, whether or not chemically defined, other coloring
matter and other preparations, other, other. The duty rate will be
3.1 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the rice flour will be
1102.30.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for rice flour. The duty rate will be 0.13
cents per kilogram.
Articles classifiable under subheading 1102.30.0000, HTS,
which are products of India are entitled to duty free treatment
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the beetle nuts will be
0802.90.9890, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or
not shelled or peeled, other, other, shelled, other, other. The
duty rate will be 7 cents per kilogram.
Beetle nuts may be subject to the requirements of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which is administered by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration. You may contact them at 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone number (301) 443-6553.
Beetle nuts may also be subject to the regulations of the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and
Quarantine Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture. You may
contact them at 4700 River Road Unit 139, Riverdale, Maryland
20737, telephone number (301) 734-6799.
In order to classify the red cotton string, we need additional
information. Is the string made of single yarn or multiple yarn?
Is it of combed or uncombed fiber? What is the metric number of
the string (measurement of thickness)? How much does each ball,
skein or length of string weigh?
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 James Smyth at 212-466-2084.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director
National Commodity
Specialist Division