CLA-2-30:S:N:N1-F:238 875032
Mr. Sid Syms
Sid Syms & Associates
5645 Hillcroft, Suite 505
Houston, TX 77036
RE: The tariff classification of a canine general vermifuge and
vitamin supplement from Taiwan.
Dear Mr. Syms:
In your letter dated April 30, 1992, resubmitted on June 3,
1992, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The product in question is a canine general vermifuge and
vitamin supplement consisting of a mixture of various Chinese
herbs, garlic, brewers yeast and Vitamin B1. You state that the
ingredients will be put up in five-gram gel caps, with each gel
cap containing enough product to deal with approximately five
pounds of the dog's body weight. The gel caps will then be
packaged in a cardboard container and offered for retail sale
through health food stores and mail order.
The applicable subheading for this product will be
3004.50.5005, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for medicaments ... consisting of mixed or
unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in
measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale: other
medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading
2936: other: for veterinary use. The rate of duty will be 3.1
percent ad valorem.
This merchandise 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 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