CLA-2-90:RR:NC:MM:105 D84567
Canadian Airlines International Ltd.
Mail Drop: YYCH320
Hangar 77 - 770 McTavish Rd. N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2E 7G6
RE: The tariff classification of an aircraft toilet controller
from France
Dear Mr. Oikawa:
In your letter, dated November 3, 1998, you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The Vacuum System Controller will be manufactured by
Monogram Sanitation for use in an A320 aircraft. You have
supplied about 20 pages of documentation describing the
aircraft`s Waste Water System in general and the VSC in
particular. We assume the VSC will be made in France since the
documentation was printed there.
The VSC will perform many functions relating to the toilet,
e.g., it monitors the level of the storage waste tank and it
reports system defects for display on the Forward Attendant
Panel.
A very important function, depending on altitude and, thus
atmospheric pressure, is to periodically receive signals from a
pressure sensor in the waste tank and, if that pressure is too
high for the toilet bowl to flush, to signal a vacuum generator
(not part of the VSC) to pump until the pressure is sufficiently
low, as indicated by the signals from the pressure sensor.
This function, which is per se covered by HTS heading 9032,
is at least as important and as costly to manufacture into the
VSC as those covered by any other heading which appears earlier
in the HTS.
The applicable subheading for this item will be
9032.20.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for manostats. The general rate of duty
will be 2.3 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177
of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact
National Import Specialist James Sheridan at 212-466-5669.
Sincerely,
Robert B.
Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division