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Ms. Lynn Baker
Katten, Muchin & Zavis
525 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois 60603-3693
RE: Disposable operating gown; modification of
Custom Headquarters Ruling Letter (HRL) 081950a
Dear Ms. Baker:
In your letter of January 8, 1990, you requested a
clarification of HRL 081950a of December 29, 1989.
FACTS:
HRL 081950a classified a disposable operating gown in
subheading 4818.90.00, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States Annotated (HTSUSA). You state that this seems
to be a clerical error in that subheading 4818.50.00, HTSUSA,
actually is correct for a paper article of apparel.
ISSUE:
Was the classification of the disposable operating gown
in subheading 4818.90.00, HTSUSA, a typographical error?
LAW AND ANALYSIS:
Upon reviewing HRL 081950a and referring back to the
merchandise (a disposable operating gown), we have concluded
that a typographical error did occur.
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Inasmuch as the operating gown is an article of apparel
which is considered, for tariff purposes, to be composed of
paper, it is correctly classified under the provision for
articles of apparel, of paper: articles of apparel, in
subheading 4818.50.00, HTSUSA, dutiable at the rate of 5.6
percent ad valorem.
HOLDING:
The disposable operating gown considered in HRL 081950a
is classified in subheading 4818.50.00, HTSUSA.
HRL 081950a is modified accordingly.
Sincerely,
Jerry Laderberg
Acting Director
Commercial Rulings Division
6 cc A.D., N.Y. Seaport
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