NY 853155
Jun 13 1990
CLA-2-52:S:N:N3H:351 853155
TARIFF NOS.: 5203.00.0000; 9904.30.60
Mrs. Alice Wagner
C.J. Tower Inc.
128 Dearborn Street
Buffalo, New York 14207-3198
RE: The tariff classification of carded cotton fiber from
Canada.
Dear Mrs. Wagner:
In your letter dated May 31, 1990, on behalf of Veratec
(Canada) Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
You have submitted a sample of 100% cotton fiber. The fiber
has been carded and bleached. The cotton fiber will be shipped
in bales weighing between 300 to 350 pounds. In your letter, you
referred to the cotton fiber as wadding. Cotton fiber in bales,
however, is not considered to be wadding. The fiber will be
further processed in the United States into personal hygiene and
medical products.
The applicable subheading for the carded cotton fiber will
be 5203.00.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for cotton, carded or combed. The rate of
duty will be 5 percent ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 5203.00.0000, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
4 percent ad valorem rate of duty under the United States-Canada
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all applicable
regulations.
This type of cotton fiber is subject to a quantitative
restriction imposed by subheading 9904.30.60, HTS. That
provision limits the importation into the United States in any
twelve month period beginning September 11 of any year, to a
total of 453 kilograms.
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