CLA-2-73:S:N:N1:117 889873
Ms. Dody Trombley
F.W. Myers & Co., Inc.
33 West Service Road
P.O. Box 188
Champlain, N.Y. 12919
RE: The tariff classification of pipe fittings from Canada.
Dear Ms. Trombley:
In your letter dated August 24, 1993 on behalf of Fabtech
Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The products to be imported are galvanized steel, stainless
steel and aluminum ductwork pipe fittings which will be used for
commercial and industrial ventilation, air-conditioning and dust
collecting systems. Drawings of the fittings were submitted. The
types of fittings include reducers, bends/elbows and laterals.
The applicable subheading for the stainless steel pipe
fittings will be 7307.29.00, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for tube or pipe fittings (for
example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel, other, of
stainless steel, other. The rate of duty will be 6.2 percent ad
valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 7307.29.00, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
3.1 percent rate of duty under the United States-Canada Free-Trade
Agreement upon compliance with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the galvanized steel pipe
fittings will be 7307.99.50, HTS, which provides for tube or pipe
fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or
steel, other, other, other. The rate of duty will be 6.2 percent
ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 7307.99.50, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
3.1 percent rate of duty under the United States-Canada Free-Trade
Agreement upon compliance with all applicable regulations.
The applicable subheading for the aluminum pipe fittings will
be 7609.00.00, HTS, which provides for aluminum tube or pipe
fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves). The rate of
duty will be 5.7 percent ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 7609.00.00, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be free of duty
under the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement upon compliance
with all applicable regulations.
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