CLA-2-90:S:N:N3:114 811286
Mr. Brian Heise
H.O.T.S.
Heise's Online Thermographic Services
1900 Northshore Hills Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37922
RE: The tariff classification of the H.VIR 60 inspection window
from France
Dear Mr. Heise:
In your letter dated May 16, 1995, you requested a tariff
classification ruling on an inspection window, model H.VIR 60.
The inspection window is composed of glass. It allows users
of infrared cameras to view the interior of electrical enclosures
while the doors are shut and the equipment inside the enclosure is
energized. The inspection window is not a part of an infrared
camera but of the enclosure or cabinet in which the camera is
mounted. The window is cut and polished and is imported in an
aluminum frame. The diameter of the window is generally 55mm; its
total diameter in its frame is 78mm.
The applicable subheading for the infrared inspection window
in a frame will be 9002.90.9500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for other mounted optical
elements. The rate of duty will be 7.3 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section
177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
In your letter you inquired about the possibility of entering
this product under a duty-free provision because it is the result
of a new scientific process developed in France and is not
available from a U. S. supplier.
In order to determine if your product is eligible for the duty
free provision for instruments and apparatus for educational and
scientific purposes in subheading 9810.00, HTS, we suggest that you
write to the Chief of the Special Classification Branch, U. S.
Customs Service Headquarters, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20229.
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