NY 869521
DEC 24 1991
CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:105 869521
Mr. Edward B. Ackerman, Esq.
Siegel, Mandell & Davidson, P.C.
1515 Broadway - 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10036
RE: The tariff classification of injection molding machines from
Italy.
Dear Mr. Ackerman:
In your letter dated December 5, 1991 on behalf of U.S. Shoe
Corporation you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The Intec ID 2-12 multiple-station, rotary injection-molding
machine is designed to produce thermoplastic soles and
simultaneously attach them to pre-manufactured uppers that have
been placed on lasts lowered into the machine's molds and locked
there during the injection cycle. The machine contains last
carriers that support the lasts to which the uppers are attached
before injection. The lasts themselves will not be imported
since U.S. Shoe Corporation chooses to source them domestically.
The applicable subheading for the Intec ID 2-12 Injection-
Molding Machine will be 8477.10.3000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTS), which provides for machinery for
working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products
from these materials, not specified or included elsewhere in this
chapter: injection-molding machines: for manufacturing shoes.
This provision is free of duty.
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