CLA-2-72:S:N:N1:117 870412
Mr. Eduard Nydegger
Metrohaus
CH-3048 Worblaufen-Bern
Switzerland
RE: The tariff classification of electrical steel sheets from
Poland.
Dear Mr. Nydegger:
In your letter dated December 30, 1991, you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The products to be imported are cold-rolled surface treated
grain oriented silicon electrical steel sheets. These silicon
electrical sheets will be imported in coil form in widths of
either 750 mm (29.52") or 800 mm (31.49") and in thicknesses
ranging from .27 mm (0.0106") to .35 mm (0.0138"). You state
that the coils may also be supplied in slit widths that are
stacked on wooden platforms, but you don't provide any dimensions
for the slit widths.
The applicable subheading for the silicon electrical steel
sheets measuring 600 mm or more in width which meet the
definition of silicon electrical steel in Chapter 72, Subheading
Note 1.(c), a copy of which is enclosed, will be 7225.10.00,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a
width of 600 mm or more, of silicon electrical steel. The rate
of duty will be 5.8 percent ad valorem. The applicable HTS
subheadings for the silicon electrical steel sheets measuring
less than 600 mm in width will be 7226.10.10 and 7226.10.50,
which provide for flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a
width of less than 600 mm, of silicon electrical steel. HTS
subheading 7226.10.10 provides for silicon electrical steel of a
width of 300 mm or more; the rate of duty will be 5.8 percent ad
valorem. HTS subheading 7226.10.50 provides for silicon
electrical steel of a width of less than 300 mm; the rate of duty
will be 7 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section
177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
You ask whether the silicon electrical steel sheets are
subject to any import quotas in the U.S. These products are
covered under the Voluntary Restraint Agreement (VRA).
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport