CLA-2-96:S:N:N1:236 879842

Mr. D.F. Miller
Import Manager
J.W. Hampton Jr. & Co., Inc.
15 Park Row
New York N.Y. 10038

RE: Classification of a Headband (Style# 88305HB) from China.

Dear Mr. Miller:

In your letter dated October 28,1992, on behalf of your client, F.W. Woolworth Co., you requested a tariff classification ruling.

The prospective import is a plastic "horse-shoe" shaped headband covered with a textile.

The applicable subheading for the Headband will be 9615.19.6010, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for combs,hair-slides and the like, other, other. The duty rate will be 11 percent ad valorem. Each headband should be marked as clearly, legibly and indelibly as possible with the proper country of origin.

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