CLA-2-73:RR:NC:N1:113 C88752
Ms. Tammy Locke
Wholesale Supply Company, Inc.
International Department
7100 Service Merchandise Drive
Brentwood, TN 37027
RE: The tariff classification of a silverplated food warmer from China
Dear Ms. Locke:
In your letter dated May 29, 1998, you requested a tariff classification
ruling.
The merchandise is item 11134NTS, a silverplated steel food warmer. It is a
divided food warmer with handles in a traditional design. It has two 1 1/2-quart
removable glass liners, two lids with oval handles and comes with two glass
holders containing candles. The item measures 15 inches by 12 inches by 10
inches. The bottom of the item has a rack to hold the candles, a source of heat,
beneath the glass liners.
The applicable subheading for the food warmer will be 7321.83.0050,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for
stoves, ranges, grates, cookers . . . barbecues, braziers, gas rings, plate
warmers and similar non-
electric domestic appliances, of iron or steel, other appliances, for solid
fuel, other. The rate of duty will be 0.8 percent ad valorem.
The Department of Commerce has determined that petroleum wax candles in
the following shapes: tapers, spirals, and straight-sided dinner candles;
rounds, columns, pillars, votives; and various wax-filled containers are within
the scope of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.
Although classified as part of a set imported with the food warmer, the candles
and their holders are within the scope of the antidumping duty order on
petroleum wax candles from China, and their value is subject to antidumping duty
upon entry into the United States.
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 James Smyth at 212-466-2084.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director
National Commodity
Specialist Division