CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:103 887272
Ms. Carol Robertson
Fritz Companies, Inc.
P.O. Box 92641
Los Angeles, CA 90009-9901
RE: The tariff classification of cathode ray tube machinery from Japan
Dear Ms. Robertson:
In your letter dated June 3, 1993 on behalf of Westinghouse Trading
Company you requested a tariff classification ruling.
With your inquiry you submitted information describing the following
four items:
1. Sorting conveyor (P/N 14-12-706B-04) - a continuous action conveyor
used to transport and sort 27-inch panels on the tube manufacturing line.
2. Shrink banding machine (P/N 14-15-721B) - a machine which utilizes a
radio frequency generator to heat an implosion protection band in order to
shrink fit it around an exhaust tube.
3. Main seal bulb auto loader (P/N 14-13-02A) - a bulb unloader,
sorting conveyor and bulb loading conveyor to automatically load bulbs to a
bulb holder.
4. Frit seal funnel auto loader (P/N 14-12-712A) - a sorting conveyor,
robot and unloader to automatically load funnels to a fixture on the fixture
return conveyor.
The applicable subheading for the sorting conveyor will be 8428.39.0000,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for
other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials:
other. The rate of duty will be 2 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the shrink banding machine will be
8514.40.0000, HTS, which provides for other induction heating equipment. The
rate of duty will be 2.5 percent ad valorem.
Finally, the applicable subheading for the main seal bulb auto loader
and the frit seal funnel auto loader will be 8428.90.0090, HTS, which provides
for other loading machinery: other machinery: other: other. The rate of duty
will be 2 percent ad valorem.
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