NY 852864
June 13 1990
CLA-2-64:S:N:N3D:346 M 852864
Ms. Dagnia Kletnieks
Cypress Enterprises, Inc.
226 Sherwood Avenue
Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735
RE: The tariff classification of a woman's casual shoe from
China.
Dear Ms. Kletnieks:
In your letter, no date indicated, and received by us on May
24, 1990, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The submitted sample, your style #90145W, is a woman's low
heel, lace up, casual shoe. The shoe has an upper with an
external surface area consisting predominately of textile, with 5
plastic beaded applique designs, a leather tongue, leather
overlays at the heel and eyelet stay areas, a 3/4" high leather
mudguard, which completely encircles the shoe, and a cemented-on
unit molded rubber/plastic bottom.
We note that the submitted sample is not marked with the country
of origin. Therefore, if imported as is, the sample submitted will not
meet the country of origin marking requirements of 19 U.S.C. 1304.
Accordingly, the shoe would be considered not legally marked under the
provisions of 19 C.F.R. 134.11 which states, "every article of foreign
origin (or its container) imported into the U.S. shall be marked in a
conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature
of the article (or container) will permit".
We also note that, per a telephone conversation on June 5,
1990, with your office, the price of the subject footwear is over
$6.50 but not over $12.00 per pair.
The applicable subheading for the item described above,
Style #90145W, will be 6404.19.80, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS), which provides for footwear, in which
the external surface area of the upper is predominately textile
materials (noting that an accessory or reinforcement stitched on
top of another material is not part of the upper's external
surface, but the material hidden underneath is); in which the
outer sole's external surface is predominately rubber and/or
plastics; which is other than athletic footwear; in which the
upper's external surface is less than 50% leather even after
every leather accessory or reinforcement present is included as
part of the upper's external surface; which is not designed to
be a protection against water, oil, or cold or inclement weather;
which has neither open toes nor open heels and is not a slip-on;
and which is valued over $6.50 but not over $12.00 per pair. The
duty rate will be 90 cents per pair plus 20 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