CLA-2-39:RR:NC:SP:221 D82173
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Strom
AEI Radix Customs Brokerage Services
5510 W. 102nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90045
RE: The tariff classification of a thermoplastic laminate sheet
from the Netherlands.
Dear Ms. Strom:
In your letter dated September 9, 1998, on behalf of Nicolon
Corp., DBA: Ten Cate Advanced Composites, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
A sample was provided with your letter. The sample is said
to be a glass fabric reinforced polyetherimide sheet consisting
of 60 percent glass and 40 percent resin. The sample has the
character of plastic, and is flexible in that one end of the
sheet can be bent to touch the other end without cracking or
permanently creasing the sheet.
The applicable subheading for the glass fabric reinforced
polyetherimide sheet will be 3921.90.4090, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for other
plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, other,
flexible, other. The rate of duty will be 4.2 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 Joan
Mazzola at 212-466-5580.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division