CLA-2-62:RR:NC:TA:354 L86738
Mr. Jim Brown
Southern Glove, Inc.
P.O. Box 579
Conover, North Carolina 28613
RE: The tariff classification of gloves from Honduras.
Dear Mr. Brown:
In your letter dated August 12, 2005, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
Six gloves were submitted for review. Style B03SBL is a clute cut work glove made of a woven cotton fabric. The glove has two layers of inner lining on the palmside, the complete thumb, and complete forefinger. The glove features a backside knuckle overlay and an open woven fabric cuff.
Style U83C-6 is a clute cut work glove made of a woven cotton fabric with a ribbed knit cuff measuring approximately 4-3/4 inches in length.
Styles UDF22G-P and UDFG-P are lined clute cut work gloves made of a woven cotton fabric with a second layer of inner lining on the palmside, the complete thumb, and complete forefinger. The gloves feature backside knuckle overlays and woven fabric open cuffs measuring approximately 4 inches in length. Style UDFBT-P is a shorter cuff version of styles UDF22G-P and UDFG-P.
Style UDF203-7P is a lined clute cut work gloves made of a woven cotton fabric with a second layer of inner lining on the palmside, the complete thumb, and complete forefinger. The glove features a backside knuckle overlay and a ribbed knit cuff measuring approximately 4-3/4 inches in length.
The applicable subheading for all styles will be 6216.00.3800, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Gloves, mittens and mitts: Other: Of cotton: Other: Without fourchettes. The duty rate will be 23.5 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Deborah Marinucci at 646-733-3054.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division