CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:110 897991
Mr. Fred Membrino
Esselte Meto
1200 The American Road
P.O. Box 595
Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950-0595
RE: The tariff classification of a laser printer imported
without the controller from Japan.
Dear Mr. Membrino:
In your letter dated May 6, 1994, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The merchandise under consideration involves a model LIS
1120 laser printer, that is designed for computer output
applications. The printer features 400 dot-per-inch resolution,
scalable fonts, custom-designed graphic capabilities, automatic
image density contrast monitoring, and a print speed of 23 pages
per minute.
This printer normally incorporates a controller that
includes three PC boards. The three boards include the CPU board
that controls the paper path mechanical devices, controls the
fusing unit, and the electrophotographic portion of the printer;
the BIB board that is responsible for taking the information from
the CPU board and sending it down to the printer; and the I/O
board that takes the data from a host computer and sends it to
the CPU board. In its imported condition, these three boards
will be missing upon importation, and will be added in the U.S.
The balance of the controller portion, namely the power supply,
hard drive, and floppy disk drive will also not be shipped with
the printer.
The applicable subheading for the laser printer without
controller will be 8471.92.5400, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS), which provides for other printer units,
laser, capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute. The
rate of duty will be free.
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