NY 855611
Aug 27 1990
CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:110 855611
Mr. A. K. McClellan
U P S Customhouse Brokerage Inc.
1930 Bishop Lane Suite 200
Louisville, Ky. 40218
RE: The tariff classification of a "Sprint" Universal Programmer
from the Federal Republic of Germany.
Dear Mr. McClellan:
In your letter dated August 21, 1990, on behalf of Encore
Technology Corp., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The "Sprint" Universal Programmer includes software for
memory and logic chips, PLDASM and self test, Universal POD base
and 40-pin TOP, IBM PC/AT plug-in card, 90-cm cable, and manual.
This small, free-standing programmer has a base, and can program
all memory and logic circuits such as EPROMSs, EPLDs, and Micros.
Special logic allows the devices to be programmed in parallel,
yet individually verified. Actual device programming is
controlled by the "Sprint" socket POD, with high resolution
voltages and its own accurate timebase for even the highest speed
devices.
The applicable subheading for the "Sprint" Universal
Programmer will be 8471.99.9000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS), which provides for other machines for
transcribing data onto data media in coded form, and machines for
processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included. The
rate of duty will be 3.7 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the software, if imported with
the "Sprint Universal Programmer", will be 8524.90.4080,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for other recorded media for sound or other similarly
recorded phenomena. The rate of duty will be 9.7 cents/m2 of
recording surface.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section
177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry
documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the
documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be
brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the
transaction.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport