CLA-2-73:S:N:N1:117 871787
Ms. Ilona Menzel
Thyssen Steel Group
400 Renaissance Center, Suite 1700
Detroit, MI 48243
RE: The tariff classification of line pipe from Brazil.
Dear Ms. Menzel:
In your letter dated February 15, 1992, you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The product to be imported is Grade A or Grade B steel line
pipe made to American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification 5L.
The line pipe will have outside diameters which range from 0.840
inch (21.34 mm) to 6.625 inches (168.28 mm).
The applicable subheading for seamless carbon steel line
pipe will be 7304.10.10, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), which provides for tubes, pipes and hollow
profiles, seamless, of iron or steel, line pipe of a kind used
for oil or gas pipelines, of iron or nonalloy steel. The rate of
duty will be 8 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for welded carbon steel line pipe
will be 7306.10.10, HTS, which provides for tubes, pipes and
hollow profiles (for example, open seamed or welded, riveted or
similarly closed), of iron or steel, line pipe of a kind used for
oil or gas pipelines, of iron or nonalloy steel. The rate of
duty will be 1.9 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