CLA-2-16:S:N:N1:229
Mr. Frank Stern
Interocean Chemical & Minerals Corporation
10 East 40th Street, Suite 3310
New York, NY 10016
RE: The tariff classification of FROZEN SNOW CRAB MEAT in blocks
from Korea.
Dear Mr. Stern:
In your letter dated May 28, 1991, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
You requested the classification of FROZEN SNOW CRAB MEAT in
blocks which are produced by boiling snow crabs in water and,
then, separating the crab meat from the shell. This crab meat is
washed to remove all foreign matter, and frozen in five pound
blocks. Each five pound block is packed in a waxed inner carton
(or in an unsealed polywrap within the inner carton), with six
inner cartons per each 30 pound master carton.
The applicable subheading for FROZEN SNOW CRAB MEAT in
blocks will be 1605.10.4005, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for Crustaceans, molluscs
and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or
preserved:...Crab:...Other:...Crabmeat:...Other:...Frozen:...Snow
crab (Chionoectes bairdi, C. opilio, C. tanneri, and C.
angulatus. The rate of duty will be 5 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