CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:102 854472
Mr. John A Carella
A.N. Deringer, Inc.
727 Honeyspot Road
Stratford, CT 06497
RE: The tariff classification of rod end balls from Japan
Dear Mr. Carella:
In your letter dated July, 1990, on behalf of your client,
Heim Bearing, Division of IMO Industries, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The items at hand are finished steel balls. The balls,
which are bored through the center, are assembled in the U.S.
with threaded rod ends and teflon linings in order to produce
finished rod end bearings. For Customs' purposes, rod end
bearings are considered to be a type of spherical plain shaft
bearing.
The applicable subheading for the rod end balls will be
8483.90.3000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other parts of plain shaft bearings.
The rate of duty will be 5.7 percent ad valorem.
In that these items are considered parts of spherical plain
bearings, it is the opinion of this office that they would be
subject to dumping margins under the current anti-dumping order
on ball/roller bearings, as published by the Department of
Commerce on May 15, 1989. Please contact your local port for
specific information on the current margin rates and case number.
Should you desire a legal ruling on the applicability of dumping
to your client's product, please write directly to the Department
of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
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