CLA-2-39:S:N:N6:221 809387
8479.89.9599
Mr. Joseph Stinson
Air Cargo Equipment Corporation
2930 East Maria Street
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221-5187
RE: The tariff classification of doors for aircraft containers,
standard strap assemblies, ratchet buckle strap assemblies
and cargo hangars.
Dear Mr. Stinson:
In your letter dated April 2, 1995, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
There are four types of doors for the containers. The first
type of door is composed of fiberglass reinforced plastics. The
second type of door is composed of a nylon mesh covered on both
sides with a visible plastics material. The third type, a strap-
net door, consists of textile straps with metal buckles and
hooks. The fourth type of door consists of the same straps with
a plastic cover used for backing. The price breakdown supplied
to this office by telephone indicates that the straps are almost
three times the value of the plastic cover.
The standard strap assemblies are composed of textile
webbing with a metal buckle. The ratchet buckle strap assemblies
employ a gear mechanism to tighten and lock the webbing into
place. The cargo hangar consists of a piece of nylon rope cut to
length and knotted at specified intervals.
The applicable subheading for the doors composed of
fiberglass reinforced plastics and the doors composed of a nylon
mesh covered on both sides with a visible layer of plastics will
be 3926.90.9890, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other articles of plastics, other. The
rate of duty will be 5.3 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the strap-net doors, the
strap-net doors backed with a plastic cover, and the standard
strap assemblies will be 6307.90.9989, HTS, which provides for
other articles of textile material, other, other, other. The
rate of duty will be 7 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the ratchet buckle strap
assemblies will be 8479.89.9599, HTS, which provides for other
machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions,
not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, other,
other. The rate of duty will be 3.5 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the nylon rope cut to length
and knotted at specified intervals will be 5609.00.3000, HTS,
which provides for twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere
specified or included, of man-made fibers. The rate of duty will
be 8.6 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of
Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry
documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the
documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be
brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the
transaction.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport