CLA-2-70:S:N:N3H:352 871889
Ms. Judy Kearney
Network Brokers International, Inc.
Airport Industrial Office Park, Building A2-C
145th Avenue & Hook Creek Blvd
Valley Stream, New York 11581
RE: The tariff classification of glasscloth tape from Ireland.
Dear Ms. Kearney:
In your letter dated February 27, 1992, on behalf of your
client PPI Adhesive Product Corporation, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The submitted sample, identified as glasscloth tape style
PPI 8611, is a plain woven glass fiber fabric which has been
coated on both sides with a synthetic rubber adhesive. The
fabric contains 7.5 yarns per centimeter in the warp and 7 yarns
per centimeter in the filling. It is constructed with 340
decitex yarns in both the warp and filling. Both sides of the
tape have been coated with a colorless synthetic rubber adhesive
composed of a styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer. The glass
fiber fabric tape has been packed with a polyester release film
applied to one side which facilitates handling the tape and which
is discarded when the tape is used. Weighing 56 g/m2, it will be
imported in one inch widths, however the edges have not been made
fast. Your correspondence indicates that this product will be
used to prevent television tube implosion by being wrapped around
the metal frame of the television tube.
The applicable subheading for the woven glass fiber tape
will be 7019.20.2000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), which provides for glass fibers (including glass
wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, woven fabrics,
woven fabrics, including narrow fabrics, other, not colored. The
rate of duty will be 8.3 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