CLA-2-04:S:N:N1:229
Mr. Robert Hankey
Murray Vernon Limited
Haslington
Crewe Cheshire CW1 1RX
England
RE: The tariff classification of MONTEREY cheese from England.
Dear Mr. Hankey:
In your letter dated November 13, 1989, you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The Monterey cheese in question will be produced in the
United Kingdom and imported in the form of rindless, rectangular
blocks. Monterey cheese is a cow's milk cheese, yellow in color,
having a smooth, plastic body with few mechanical openings, and a
mild, creamy taste. A sample of this cheese, submitted to the
Customs laboratory at New York, was found to contain, by weight,
41.8 percent moisture, 32.2 percent fat (55.4 percent fat on a
dry basis), 22.1 percent protein, and 2.2 percent salt, with a pH
of 5.3.
The applicable subheading for this MONTEREY cheese will be
0406.90.8060, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for cheese, not elsewhere provided for,
containing cow's milk (except soft-ripened cow's milk cheese).
The rate of duty will be 10 percent ad valorem.
Articles classifiable in HTS subheading 0406.90.8060 are
subject to quota quantity restrictions listed in subchapter IV of
Chapter 99 in HTS subheading 9904.10.54, which limits the amount
of such cheese which may be imported from the European Economic
Community to an annual quota quantity of 20,456,000 kilograms (of
which 353,000 kilograms are reserved for Portugal) .
Additionally, an import license, issued to the importer by the
United States Department of Agriculture, will be required at the
time such merchandise is entered for consumption into the United
States.
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