CLA-2-32:S:N:N7:236 810998
3301.90.1050
Mr. Robert E. Sergi
Charles A. Redden, Inc.
Hemisphere Center
Route 1 & 9 South
Newark, NJ 07114
RE:The tariff classification of Indigo Extract; Phenylene Diamine
Sulphate; Podophyllotoxin Extract; Capsicum Oleoresin from India.
Dear Mr. Sergi:
In your letter dated May 30, 1995, on behalf of your client
Sabinsa Corporation, you requested a tariff classification ruling
on several chemicals.
The applicable subheading for the Indigo Extract will be
3203.00.8000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for coloring matter of vegetable or animal
origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black),
whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in
note 3 to this chapter based on coloring matter of vegetable or
animal origin:... Other. The rate of duty will be 3.1 percent ad
valorem.
The applicable subheading for the Phenylene Diamine Sulphate will
be 2921.51.1000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for amine-function compounds:... Aromatic
polyamines and their derivatives; salt thereof:... o-
phenylenediamine. The rate of duty will be 6.8 percent ad
valorem.
The applicable subheading for the Podophyllotoxin Extract will be
2932.29.2000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for heterocyclic compounds with oxygen
hetero-atom(s) only:... Lactines:... Other lactones:...
Aromatic:... Drugs. The rate of duty will be 7.2 percent ad
valorem.
The applicable subheading for the Capsicum Oleoresin will be
3301.90.1050, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for essential oils (terpeneless or not),
including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of
essential oils in fats in fixed oils, in waxes or the like,
obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the
deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous
solutions of essential oils:... Other:... Extracted
oleoresins:... Other. The rate of duty will be 5.6 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