CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:104 859379
Mr. Frank Murphy
John V. Carr & Son Inc.
1600 W. Lafayette
Detroit, Michigan 48216
RE: The tariff classification of CNC transfer lines from Japan.
Dear Mr. Murphy:
In your letter dated January 2, 1991 on behalf of Ford Motor
Company, Dearborn, Michigan you requested a tariff classification
ruling.
Two transfer lines are to be imported. The first, a six leg
line, will be dedicated to producing a transmission case. The
second, a seven leg line, will produce a transmission converter
housing. (In effect, thirteen transfer lines will be imported
since each leg meets the definition of a transfer line.) Each leg
is equipped with electrical control panels and hydraulic tanks to
supply all units in the appropriate leg. The importation will be
in several shipments. Each shipment will include one or more
complete legs. Each leg includes drilling, boring, milling,
tapping, facing, spot facing, checking and flashing units in
addition to the loading /unloading units. One of the machining
units is a horizontal machining center. The workpiece moves from
station to station by a lift and carry transport mechanism and
the stations of each leg are connected by brackets. The CNC's
employed are Fanuc Series O-MC.
The applicable subheading for the CNC transfer lines will be
8457.30.0010, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for multistation transfer machines. The
rate of duty will be 4.2 percent ad valorem.
If the horizontal machining center should be separately
imported, the applicable subheading will be 8457.10.0035, HTS,
which provides for machining centers, also dutiable at 4.2
percent. Machine tools from Japan classifiable under HTS
8457.10.0035 require a Japanese Export Certificate in accordance
with the Agreement on Trade in Certain Machine Tools between the
United States and Japan. Further information can be obtained by
writing to the International Trade Administration, Office of
Agreements Compliance, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
20230.
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