CLA-2-73:S:N:N1:117 874994
8527.90.80; 3925.90.00
Mr. Daniel Jordan
Daewoo Corporation
#510 - 1200 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6Z 2C7
RE: The tariff classification of steel tubing, numeric display
pagers and polyethylene fence material from South Korea.
Dear Mr. Jordan:
In your letter dated May 27, 1992, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The products you plan to import include structural steel
tubing, steel strapping, numeric display pagers and polyethylene
fence material.
The steel tubing is made to ASTM Specification A 500, the
Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon
Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes. You plan to import
round, square and rectangular tubing of welded construction. The
Grade A square tubing ranges in size from 1/2 x 1/2 inch to 2 x 2
inches and in wall thickness from 0.047 inch to 0.120 inch. The
Grade B square tubing ranges in size from
2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches to 6 x 6 inches and in wall thickness from
0.120 inch to 0.375 inch. The Grade A rectangular tubing
measures 2 x 1 inch in size and from 0.047 to 0.120 in wall
thickness. The Grade B rectangular tubing ranges in size from 3
x 2 inches to 6 x 4 inches and in wall thickness from 0.120 inch
to 0.375 inch. The round tubes range from 1/4 inch to 6 inches
in outside diameter and from 0.047 inch to 0.375 inch in wall
thickness.
The numeric display pager is described as a device that
alerts the user to incoming calls on a chosen telephone line.
This particular unit will advise the user of the phone number of
the calling party.
The polyethylene fence material is produced in the following
manner. It is extruded as flat sheet and then hole-punched with
circular holes. After hole-punching, the material is stretched,
causing the holes to become oval-shaped. It is cooled or frozen
after stretching to "set" the oval-shaped holes.
The applicable subheading for the round welded nonalloy
steel tubes having a wall thickness of less than 1.65 mm (0.065")
will be 7306.30.10, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS), which provides for other tubes, pipes and hollow
profiles (for example, open seamed or welded, riveted or
similarly closed), of iron or steel, other, welded, of circular
cross section, of iron or nonalloy steel, having a wall thickness
of less than 1.65 mm. The rate of duty will be 8 percent ad
valorem.
The applicable subheading for the round welded nonalloy
steel tubes having a wall thickness of 1.65 mm or more will be
7306.30.50, HTS, which provides for other tubes, pipes and hollow
profiles (for example, open seamed or welded, riveted or
similarly closed), of iron or steel, other, welded, of circular
cross section, of iron or nonalloy steel, having a wall thickness
of 1.65 mm or more, other. The rate of duty will be 1.9 percent
ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the square and rectangular
welded nonalloy steel tubes having a wall thickness of 4 mm
(0.157") or more will be 7306.60.10, HTS, which provides for
other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seamed
or welded, riveted or similarly closed), or iron or steel, other,
welded, of noncircular cross section, having a wall thickness of
4 mm or more, of iron or nonalloy steel. The rate of duty will
be 0.5 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the square and rectangular
welded nonalloy steel tubes having a wall thickness of less than
4 mm will be 7306.60.50, HTS, which provides for other tubes,
pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seamed or welded,
riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel, other, welded, of
noncircular cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4
mm, of iron or nonalloy steel. The rate of duty will be 8
percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the numeric display pager will
be 8527.90.80, HTS, which provides for radio paging receivers.
The rate of duty will be 6 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the polyethylene fence
material will be 3925.90.00, HTS, which provides for builders'
ware of plastics, not elsewhere
specified or included, other. The rate of duty will be 5.3
percent ad valorem.
Your inquiry does not provide enough information for us to
give a classification ruling on the cold-rolled steel strapping.
Please provide us with the chemical composition of this product.
Any questions on dumping duties should be directed to the
Import Specialists at the port of entry.
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