CLA-2-19:RR:NC:2:228 D85404
Mr. Todd Masters
Albert Uster Imports, Inc.
9211 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
RE: The tariff classification of bread pre-mixes from
Switzerland
Dear Mr. Masters:
In your letter dated November 20, 1998, which was received
by this office on November 30, 1998, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
Four samples and descriptive literature accompanied your
letter. An ingredients breakdown was submitted by the
manufacturer, under separate cover. The samples were examined
and disposed of. The products are pre-mixes for specialty
breads, in the form of a powder containing whole or broken pieces
of grains or seeds, imported in 25-kilogram bags. The stated
ingredients in "Premix Pumpkin Seed Bread 50%" are rye flour,
pumpkin seeds, rye-whole grained flakes, soya shred, corn flour,
wheat-roast malt, sunflower seeds, linseed, fermented skimmed
milk powder, salt, fermented rye, barley and wheat flour, sesame,
spices, food acid, flour improver, and enzymes. "Premix Spelt-Malt Bread 50%" consists of roast-malt, soya shred, spelt-whole
meal flakes, wheat-malt flakes, wheat gluten, spelt-whole meal
flour, linseed, wheat flour, potato powder, salt, sunflower
grains, sesame, fermented skimmed milk powder, rye-malt powder,
fermented rye, wheat and barley flour, food acid, flour improver,
and enzymes. "Premix Pistachio Bread 50%" is made from rye
flour, pistachio seeds, rye flakes, peanut seeds, sunflower
seeds, fermented rye, wheat and barley flour, fermented skimmed
milk powder, starch, wheat gluten, salt, wheat-roast malt,
spices, food acid, flour improver, and enzymes. "Premix Spice
Bread 50%" contains rye flour, wheat-shred, sunflower seeds, soya
shred, potato powder, malt flakes, salt, fermented skimmed milk
powder, wheat flour, fermented rye, wheat and barley flour,
spice, wheat gluten roast-malt, food acid, ascorbic acid, and
enzymes. The products are not complete bread mixes. The user
must add additional flour, water and yeast prior to mixing and
baking.
The applicable subheading for these four bread pre-mixes
will be 1901.90.9095, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), which provides for food preparations of flour,
meal, starch or malt extract, not containing
cocoa...other...other... other. The rate of duty will be 7.6
percent ad valorem. Effective January 1, 1999, the rate of duty
will be 7 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 Stanley
Hopard at 212-466-5760.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division