CLA-2-85:RR:NC:N1:113 D81798

Ms. Anne Marie Stefan
O'Neill & Whitaker, Inc.
1550 Higgins Road
Suite 106
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

RE: The tariff classification of an electric cooking burner from China

Dear Ms. Stefan:

In your letter dated August 20, 1998, on behalf of Salton/Maxim Housewares, you requested a tariff classification ruling.

The merchandise consists of an electric cooking burner, White Westinghouse WWBS28. The item is described as a buffet range, but is, in fact, a stand-alone, portable cooking hob, containing two electric heating elements. The applicable subheading for the cooking burner will be 8516.60.60000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for cooking stoves, ranges, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters, other. The rate of duty will be 3.2 percent ad valorem.

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