CLA-2-82:OT:RR:NC:1:118
Ms. Lisa Knerr
Blue Star Imports, L.P.
77 Hot Metal Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
RE: The tariff classification of a bottle opener necklace from China.
Dear Ms. Knerr:
In your letter dated July 15, 2010, you requested a tariff classification ruling on behalf of Blue Star Imports, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. The sample you have submitted is being returned as you requested.
The submitted sample, style #6008, is described as a bottle opener necklace. It consists of a 1 ½” zinc bottle opener attached to a leather strand to create a necklace.
The applicable subheading for the bottle opener necklace, style #6008, will be 8205.51.7500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and similar self-contained torches; vises, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of machine tools; anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts thereof: other handtools (including glass cutters) and parts thereof: household tools, and parts thereof: other. The rate of duty will be 3.7% 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/.
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 Kathy Campanelli at (646) 733-3021.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division