CLA-2-90:S:N:N3:114 897116
Mr. Renato G. Martinez
Eva, Inc.
300 Montgomery Street
Suite 633
San Francisco, CA. 94104
RE: The tariff classification of Video Image Processors for
Measuring Traffic Variables from Spain
Dear Mr. Martinez:
In your letter dated April 8, 1994 you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The EVA 2000 is an automatic road surveillance device. It
operates by analyzing video images provided by video cameras
installed on the road network. The EVA 2000 measures the following
traffic variables: count, volume, density, average speed,
occupancy, and average spatial headway.
You have indicated in a letter dated May 13, 1994 that the
video processor for the EVA 2000 will be imported. It is designed
for use in measuring traffic variables; the video processor
contains dedicated printed circuit boards with electronic
components which perform these measurements. The video camera(s)
and the connecting cables will not be imported in the same shipment
with the video processor.
The applicable subheading for the EVA 2000 Video Image
Processor for Measuring Traffic Variables will be 9031.40.8080,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for measuring or checking instruments, appliances and
machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter;
other optical instruments and appliances; other; other. The rate
of duty will be 10 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