CLA-2-62:S:N5:354 881708
Mr. Carm Cleveland
Trifilar-A Sports, Inc.
290 Main Street
P.O. Box 100
Kingston, NS, Canada BOP 1RO
RE: The tariff classification of an athletic supporter/garter from
Canada.
Dear Mr. Cleveland:
In your letter dated January 11, 1993, you requested a
classification ruling.
Your submitted sample, the "Eliminator" is a complete athletic
supporter and removable cup sewn into a man's knit cotton-polyester
short designed for hockey players. The garment has four 4 1/2"
long x 2" wide hook and loop strips that serve as garters. This
garment features an elasticized waist and hemmed bottom. The
essential character is imparted by the athletic supporter and
garter type feature.
The applicable subheading for the "Eliminator" will be
6212.90.0030, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces,
suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, whether
or not knitted or crocheted: other, of man-made fibers or man-made
fibers and rubber or plastics. The duty rate will be 7 percent ad
valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 6212.90.0030, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
3.5 percent rate of duty under the United States-Canada Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all applicable regulations.
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