CLA-2-39:S:N:N3H:350 859055
Mr. Charles E. Mooers
F.H. Fenderson Inc.
P.O. Box 8
Champlain, N.Y. 12919
RE: The tariff classification of an imitation leather fabric,
from Canada.
Dear Mr. Mooers:
In your letter dated December 18, 1990, on behalf of
Beckwith-Bemis, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The sample submitted (Style # CL 3831KBXFP) consists of a
100 percent cotton knit fabric that has been coated on one side
with a cellular polyvinyl chloride plastics material. The top
skin coat has been embossed to create a leather-like surface.
The PVC accounts for 89 and the cotton 11 percent by weight, of
the total weight of the fabric. Your letter indicates that this
fabric will be imported in 54 inch widths and will be used in the
manufacture of car seating and trim replacement.
The applicable subheading for the fabric will be
3921.12.1910, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other plates, sheets, film...cellular,
of polymers of vinyl chloride, with textile components in which
vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single
textile fiber, over 70 percent by weight of plastics. The duty
rate will be 5.3 percent ad valorem.
Goods classifiable under subheading 3921.12.1910, 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