CLA-2-61:RR:NC:TA:359 M84830
Ms. Dana Mobley
JC Penney Purchasing Corporation
6501 Legacy Dr. MS 2222
Plano, TX 75024-3698
RE: The tariff classification of a woman’s jacket from China
Dear Ms. Mobley:
In your letter dated June 30, 2006, you requested a classification ruling. Your sample is being returned.
The submitted sample, style number 5279, is a woman’s jacket that is constructed from 95% cotton, 5% French terry knit fabric and a back panel constructed from an openwork warp knit fabric with an inwrought design. The jacket features a hood, long sleeves with fitted ribbed cuffs, a full front opening with a zipper closure, 2 front patch pockets at the waist, and a ribbed fitted bottom. The front left panel and back panel have lettered designs.
The applicable subheading for the jacket will be 6102.20.0010, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for women’s overcoats…windbreakers and similar articles, knitted, other than those of heading 6104: of cotton: women’s. The duty rate will be 15.9% ad valorem.
Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change. The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are provided on World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.
The jacket falls within textile category designation 335. Quota and visa status are the result of international agreements that are subject to frequent renegotiations and changes. To obtain the most current information as to whether quota and visa requirements apply to this merchandise, we suggest that you check, close to the time of shipment, the “Textile Status Report for Absolute Quotas” available at our web site at www.cbp.gov. In addition, you will find current information on textile import quotas, textile safeguard actions and related issues at the web site of the Office of Textiles and Apparel, at otexa.ita.doc.gov.
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 Camille R. Ferraro at 646-733-3049.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division