CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:102 870229
Mr. Tim Wei
Global View Corporation
13201 Contessa
Tustin, CA 92680
RE: The tariff classification of carbon steel balls from Taiwan
Dear Mr. Wei:
In your letter dated December 23, 1991, on behalf of your
client, Hoover Precision Products, Inc., you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The items involved in this ruling consist of multiple sizes
of three different grades of polished steel balls. The stated
tolerance grades are 100, 200 and 500. These grades translate
into degrees of grinding precision and are based on the maximum
and minimum variations in ball diameter from the nominal
diameter. You state in your letter that these balls will
ultimately be incorporated into devices such as casters, drawer
slides, unground bearings and conveyor systems.
Chapter note 6 to Chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedules, states "Heading 8482 applies, inter alia, to polished
steel balls, the maximum and minimum diameters of which do not
differ from the nominal diameter by more than 1 percent or by
more that .05 mm, whichever is less." It is our understanding
that a .05 mm difference equates to a grade 500 ball.
The applicable subheading for the carbon steel balls will be
8482.91.0010, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for parts of ball or roller bearings;
balls, of alloy steel. The rate of duty will be 4.9 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