CLA-2-84:RR:NC:MM:106 C87376
Ms. Donna M. Palermo-Vogel
Mid-America Overseas, Inc.
1180 McLester Street, Suite #7
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201
RE: The tariff classification of cleaning heads from Germany.
Dear Ms. Palermo-Vogel:
In your letter dated April 28, 1998, as a follow-up to our
request for further information based upon your previous letter
dated April 1, 1998, on behalf of Chemac, you requested a tariff
classification ruling. You submitted descriptive literature with
your request.
The articles in question are the TWK-model cleaning heads,
which are cleaning devices that are used to clean tanks,
reactors, pipes, totes, vessels and other enclosed spaces. The
cleaning heads are tools used with high pressure water. They
require a clean water source, a high pressure pump, high pressure
hose and a device for positioning the cleaning head. The
cleaning head is positioned in the vessel and the pump is brought
up to pressure to feed high pressure water to the cleaning head
via the hose. When the water reaches the cleaning head, the
force of the water is used to turn the cleaning head which in
turn blasts the wall of the vessel with the water. The cleaning
force of the water jets clean the vessel walls by cutting through
the surface contaminants and removing them via a drain below.
The cleaning heads can fit into openings ranging from 4 inches
and up. The cleaning heads are used mostly as tools for existing
cleaning systems.
The applicable subheading for the cleaning heads will be
8424.89.7090, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other mechanical appliances for
projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids. The rate of duty
will be 2.2 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177
of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above
should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time
this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions
regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist
Patrick J. Wholey at 212-466-5668.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division