CLA-2-72:S:N:N1:117 874866
Mr. Robert H. Schor
Barnes, Richardson & Colburn
475 Park Avenue South
New York, N.Y. 10016
RE: The tariff classification of thickness differential steel
material from Japan.
Dear Mr. Schor:
In your letter dated May 29, 1992 on behalf of Mitsui & Co.
(U.S.A.), Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
You have also requested confidential treatment for this ruling
letter.
This letter will be given confidential treatment based on
the information you supplied to support your claim for exemption
from disclosure.
The product to be imported is described as thickness
differential material which is made of nonalloy hot-rolled steel.
The thickness differential material will be imported in strip or
coil form. Three or more strips may be cut from a mother coil.
The strip is rolled thinner in the middle than at the borders. A
diagram of the strip which was submitted with your request
illustrates a product having a cross section with a concave
groove in the center and thicker borders on each side of the
central groove. The following dimensions are provided on the
thickness differential strip material illustrated on the diagram.
The width measures 222 mm, the thickness at the center measures
2.2 mm and the thickness at both edges or borders measures 3.0
mm. The mother coil from which the strip is slit will therefore
have rolled along the length of the coil three or more concave
grooves. At the time of importation, this hot-rolled product may
or may not be pickled, but it is otherwise not further processed.
After importation, this material will be used in the fabrication
of automobile parts.
The applicable subheading for the nonalloy hot-rolled steel
thickness differential material will be 7216.50.00, Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for
angles, shapes and sections of iron or nonalloy steel, other
angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled,
hot-drawn or extruded. The rate of duty will be 0.9 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