CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:102 866768
Mr. Ronald Jacobsen
Yusen Air & Sea Service (U.S.A.) Inc.
P.O. Box 66280
Chicago, Illinois 60666
RE: The tariff classification of steel alloy balls used in
constant velocity joints from Japan
Dear Mr. Jacobsen:
In your letter dated June 24, 1991 and received by this
office on September 5, 1991, on behalf of your client, Hoover
Precision Products, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The items involved in this request consist of polished steel
balls for use in constant velocity (CV) joints. CV joints are
flexible transmission components which facilitate the
transmission of high torques through the entire range of
operating angles. The balls act as interlocking members in the
CV joint, allowing both axial movement and torque transfer. In a
subsequent phone conversation with your client it was declared
that these balls have precision tolerances in excess of 50
microns (less than .05mm deviation in nominal diameter).
Chapter note 6 of Chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedules states that "Heading 8482 applies, inter alia, to
polished steel balls, the maximum and minimum diameters of which
do not differ from the nominal diameter by more than 1% or by
more than 0.05mm whichever is less".
As such, the applicable subheading for the polished alloy
steel balls will be 8482.91.0010, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS), which provides for parts of ball or
roller bearings; balls, of alloy steel. The rate of duty will be
4.9 percent ad valorem.
It is the opinion of this office that the instant
merchandise would be subject to anti-dumping (ADA) margins under
the current Department of Commerce ADA findings on bearings, as
published in the Federal Register on May 15, 1989. Please
contact your local port for the specific case numbers and
percentages for each case. If you desire a scope determination
on the applicability of anti-dumping duty to your product, please
write directly to the Office of Compliance, Department of
Commerce, 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