CLA-2-85:S:N:N1:109 843415
Ms Joan M. McLeod
Northern Telecom Inc.
77 Oriskany Drive
Tonawanda, New York 14150
RE: The tariff classification of a digital packet network (DPN)
from Canada.
Dear Ms. McLeod:
In your letter dated July 13, 1989, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The submitted literature describes the digital packet
network (DPN) as equipment which enables the user to send data
between multiple points, usually host computers or terminals.
Typical user applications are electric funds transfer, electronic
mail, file transfers between computers, etc. The merchandise
appears to be dedicated to the transmission between two points of
electrical impulses representing text and/or images and other
data using a line connection connecting the transmitting station
to the receiving station. The equipment does not apperar
dedicated to the transmission of speech or other sounds.
The applicable subheading for the digital packet network
will be 8517.30.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), which provides for "[t]elegraph switching
apparatus." The rate of duty will be 4.7 percent ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 8517.30.5000, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
3.7 percent ad valorem rate of duty under the United States -
Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all
applicable regulations.
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