CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:110 870512
Mr. Claus Strohlein
I & S International, Inc.
P.O. Box 232
3068 Rock Hill Road
Burlington, N.C. 27215
RE: The tariff classification of aluminum warp beams from
Germany.
Dear Mr. Strohlein:
In your letter dated January 10, 1992, you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The merchandise under consideration involves aluminum warp
beams that are designed for use with warp knitting machines such
as tricot and raschel knitters. The articles in issue consist
of a galvanized steel tube with an aluminum flange on each end.
The yarn is warped onto these warp beams, placed on top of the
warp knitting machines, and then fed down to the knitting
elements. The flange diameter of these warp beams range from 21
inch by 42 inches wide, 30 inch flange by 42 inches wide, and 40
inch flange by 42 inches wide.
The applicable subheading for the aluminum warp beams will
be 8448.59.1000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for parts of knitting machines. The rate
of duty will be 4.7 percent ad valorem.
Duty on parts of certain knitting machines has been
temporarily suspended. Subheading 9902.84.49, HTSUS, provides
for the temporary free entry from most favored nations of power
driven flat knitting machines over 50.8 cm in width, parts
thereof, and auxiliary machinery for use therewith (provided for
in subheading 8447.20.10, 8447.20.60, 8448.19.00 or 8448.59.10).
This relates to entries made on or before December 31, 1992. In
HQ ruling letter 088061, it was decided that warp knitting
machines are a type of flat knitting machine. Parts that are
solely or principally used as parts of warp knitting machines, a
type of flat knitting machine, would thus be eligible for duty
free treatment under subheading 9902.84.49.
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