CLA-2-73:S:N:N1:117 877544

Mr. Ralph H. Sheppard
Adduci, Mastriani, Meeks & Schill
330 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017

RE: The tariff classification of steel line pipe from Korea and Mexico.

Dear Mr. Sheppard:

In your letter dated August 18, 1992 on behalf of Western American Mfg., Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.

The product to be imported is welded nonalloy steel line pipe conforming to API Specification 5L. The imported pipe will have outside diameters ranging from 0.5 inch to 4 inches.

The applicable subheading for the welded line pipe will be 7306.10.10, 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, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, of iron or nonalloy steel. The rate of duty will be 1.9 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