CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:104 852654
Mr. C. Martin Taylor
C. Martin Taylor & Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 3067
2831 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32206-3496
RE: The tariff classification of pigment dosing apparatus from
West Germany.
Dear Mr. Taylor:
In your letter dated May 8, 1990 on behalf of Brotek
Chemical Corporation of West Palm Beach, Florida you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The Granumat pigment dosing apparatus is used for metering
dust free synthetic iron oxide pigments into a cement mixer. The
apparatus consists of 1 to 6 bins for holding different colored
oxides, two (fine and coarse) pneumatically controlled dispensing
pinch valves for each bin, an electronic load cell, a pneumatic
blow tank and a computer (PC). The pinch valves open allowing the
oxide to descend from the bins through a funnel to the load
cell. When the desired weight of oxide has been reached, the
pinch valves are closed and a butterfly valve at the base of the
load cell opens allowing the oxide to fall into a blow tank where
compressed air is used to blow the oxide into the cement mixer.
The computer provides the logic for controlling the process based
on the feedback from the load cell.
The applicable subheading for the Granumat pigment dosing
apparatus will be 8423.30.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for constant weight scales
and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material
into a bag or container, including hopper scales. The rate of
duty will be 4.4 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