CLA-2-73:S:N:N3:113 883193
Ms. Catherine Pritchard
Expeditors International
P.O. Box 2568
578 Eccles Avenue
South San Francisco, CA 94080
RE: The tariff classification of switchplates from China
Dear Ms. Pritchard:
In your letter dated February 22, 1993, on behalf of
Institutional Financing, Inc., you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The merchandise is a switchplate, item No. 226. The item is
made of steel and painted with animal figures.
The applicable subheading for the switchplates will be
7323.99.9000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for table, kitchen and other household
articles, other. The rate of duty will be 3.4 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