CLA-2-04:S:N:N1:229
Mr. Michael E. Evnin
Vermont House, Suite 505
131 Main Street
Burlington, VT 05401
RE: The tariff classification of POWDERED WATER BUFFALO MILK
from India.
Dear Evnin:
In your letter dated March 7, 1991, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The product in question is described as dried water buffalo
milk to be imported in powder form from India. You state that
the milk fat content of this product is about 26 percent by
weight. This product is to be imported for use, with domestic
cow's milk, in the production of cheese.
The applicable subheading for the POWDERED WATER BUFFALO
MILK will be 0402.21.4000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for "Milk and cream,
concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter:...In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat
content, by weight, exceeding 1.5 percent:...Not containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter:...Of a fat content, by weight,
exceeding 3 percent but not exceeding 35 percent. The rate of
duty will be 6.8 cents per kilogram.
Articles classifiable in HTS subheading 0402.21.4000 are
subject to quota quantity restrictions listed in subchapter IV of
Chapter 99 in HTS subheading 9904.10.12, which limits the amount
of such products which may be imported from other countries
(including India) to an annual quota quantity of 3,175
kilograms. Additionally, an import license, issued to the
importer by the United States Department of Agriculture, will be
required at the time such merchandise is withdrawn from warehouse
or entered for consumption into the United States.
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