CLA-2-62:S:N:N3H:354 855665
Mr. Lembi Buchanan
Elmar Company
35B Perini Road
Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada P5A 2T1
RE: The tariff classification of suspenders from Canada
Dear Mr. Buchanan:
In your letter dated August 16, 1990, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
Your submitted sample is a pair of industrial suspenders
designed to hold up a miner's safety belt or a construction
worker's tool belt. The suspenders are 100% woven nylon with
overlaid reflective strips. The belt of the wearer will slide
through the back of the suspenders. The front fastens to the
wearer's belt with the aid of plastic looplocs and hook and loop
closures. The suspenders also feature plastic strap adjusters.
The applicable subheading for the suspenders will be
6212.90.0030, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces,
suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof,
whether or not knitted or crocheted: other... of man-made fibers
or man-made fibers and rubber or plastics. The duty rate will be
7 percent ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 6212.90.0030, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
5.6 percent ad valorem rate of duty under the United States-
Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all
applicable regulations.
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