CLA-2-29:S:N:N7:239 804055
Mr. Michael D. Sherman
Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott
3050 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
RE: The tariff classification of Tertiary Butyl Alcohol mixture
from the United Kingdom.
Dear Mr. Sherman:
In your letter dated November 3, 1994, on behalf of your
client Vitol S.A., Inc., you requested a tariff classification
ruling for tertiary butyl alcohol mixture which is an additive
for mineral oils. The importer has stated that this product is
used as an antiknock preparation (an octane enhancer) or to a
lesser extent as a source of an oxygenate.
The applicable subheading will be 3811.19.0000, Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for
antiknock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors,
viscosity improvers, anticorrosive preparations and other
prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for
other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils:
antiknock preparations: other. The rate of duty will be 3.7
cents per kilogram plus 13.6 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