CLA-2-83:S:N:N3:113 886020
Mr. Ed Brodsky
Gilman Sentry Photo
8 Skyline Drive
Hawthorne, NY 10532
RE: The tariff classification of mini photo album with frame from China,
Malaysia or Indonesia
Dear Mr. Brodsky:
In your letter dated May 10, 1993, you requested a tariff classification
ruling.
The merchandise is a mini photo album with an attached picture frame.
The item is approximately 6 1/2 inches long, 5 inches wide and 1 1/2 thick.
The picture frame is of metal. You mention in your letter that some of the
frames will be of wood or polyester resin.
The applicable subheading for the photo album with metal frame will be
8306.30.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal. The duty
rate will be 5.3 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable under subheading 8306.30.0000, HTS, which are
products of Indonesia or Malaysia are entitled to duty free treatment under
the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance with all
applicable regulations.
Your inquiry does not provide enough information for us to give a
classification ruling on the picture frames of wood or resin. Your request
for a classification ruling should include either a sample of each or some
type of descriptive literature.
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