CLA-2-48:S:N3:234 812784
Mr. Ernest M. Csak
Customs Liaison
Inter-Maritime Forwarding Company
156 William Street
New York, N.Y. 10038-2689
RE: The tariff classification of Thermal Transfer Paper, from
the United Kingdom.
Dear Mr. Csak:
In your letters dated April 21, 1995 and July 18, 1995, on
behalf of your client, Chartham Papers, South Hadley,
Massachusetts, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
Samples were submitted, which have been analyzed by the Customs
laboratory.
The papers concerned are named Thermal Transfer Paper (High
Bright), 75 gm2, and Thermal Transfer Paper, 90 gm2. They are plain
white papers, unimpregnated and uncoated, composed of chemical
bleached pulp fibers. Their intended use is with computer printers
using the wax thermal-transfer process, to produce color images.
They are found to meet the requirements in note 4 to Chapter 48,
Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTS) for
classification in heading 4802.
The applicable subheading for these papers will be
4802.52.9000, HTS, which provides for: Uncoated paper and
paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic
purposes: Other (than certain enumerated kinds), not containing
fibers obtained by a mechanical process or of which not more than
10 percent by weight of the total fiber content consists of such
fibers: Weighing 40 grams per square meter or more but not more
than 150 grams per square meter: Other (than certain enumerated
kinds). 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 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