NY 858198
Nov. 30, 1990
CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:103 858198
Ms. Barbara J. Cattani
Westinghouse Trading Company
Westinghouse Building
Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
RE: The tariff classification of conveyors and a taping machine
from Japan
Dear Ms. Cattani:
In your letter dated Nov. 20, 1990 on behalf of Toshiba
Display Devices Inc. you requested a tariff classification
ruling.
In your letter you describe four machines which will be used
in the assembly of color television picture tubes. The four
machines are:
1. 14-12-706A-07 sorting conveyor - a roller conveyor which
automatically transports and sorts 30, 32, and 35 inch tubes as
they exit a sealing furnace.
2. 14-13-715A-01 sorting conveyor - a roller conveyor which
transports and sorts 30. 32, and 35 inch tubes as they exit an
exhaust process.
3. 14-15-704A-03 sorting conveyor - a roller conveyor which
transports and sorts 30, 32, and 35 inch tubes before they enter
a finishing process.
4. 14-15-720A taping machine - a machine which places a
line of tape around the perimeter of a color picture tube so that
the glass surface of the tube will not break when a metal
implosion band is installed.
The applicable subheading for the sorting conveyors will be
8428.39.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other continuous-action elevators and
conveyors, for goods or materials: other. The rate of duty will
be 2 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the taping machine will be
8475.10.0000, HTS, which provides for machines for assembling
electric or electronic lamps, tubes or flashbulbs, in glass
envelopes. The rate of duty will be 3.7 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