CLA-2-33:S:N:N1:240 873827
Mr. Lawrence R. Pilon
Hodes & Pilon
33 North Dearborn Street, Suite 2204
Chicago, Illinois 60602-3109
RE: The tariff classification of DenTips Disposable Oral Swab
from Taiwan
Dear Mr. Pilon:
In your letter dated March 25, 1992, you requested a tariff
classification ruling on behalf of your client Medline
Industries, Inc.
DenTips Disposable Oral Swab is composed of a foam swab
attached to a paper stick. The foam portion has been impregnated
with a dentifrice designed to clean a patients' oral cavity.
The applicable HTS subheading for DenTips Disposable Oral
Swab will be 3306.10.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for preparations for oral or
dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders:
dentifrices. The duty rate will be 4.9 percent ad valorem.
This product may be subject to the regulations of the Food
and Drug Administration. You may contact them at 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone number (202) 443-3380.
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 already been filed, this ruling should be brought
to the attention of the Customs officer handling the transaction.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport