CLA-2-72:S:N:N1:117 881770
Ms. Margaret Ellen Roggensack
Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-5339
RE: The tariff classification of steel billets from Brazil.
Dear Ms. Roggensack:
In your letter dated December 22, 1993 on behalf of Fedmet
Trading, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The products to be imported are continuous cast steel billets
which, after importation, will be reheated and rerolled into wire
rods. You state that the following grades of steel billets will
be imported: 1008 rimmed, 1010, 10B21 cold heading quality, 1080
tire cord quality, 1566 industrial quality, 1065, 1022 cold heading
quality, 1038 cold heading quality and 1144 resulphurized.
The applicable subheading for the nonalloy steel billets which
contain less than 0.25 percent by weight of carbon will be
7207.11.00, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS),
which provides for semifinished products of iron or nonalloy steel,
containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon, of
rectangular (including square) cross section, the width measuring
less than twice the thickness. The rate of duty will be 4.2
percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the nonalloy steel billets which
contain 0.25 percent or more by weight of carbon will be
7207.20.00, HTS, which provides for semifinished products of iron
or nonalloy steel, containing by weight 0.25 percent or more of
carbon. The rate of duty will be 4.2 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for steel billets which meet the
definition of other alloy steel in Chapter 72 Note 1.(f), for
example, boron steel billets which contain 0.0008 percent or more
of boron, will be 7224.90.00, HTS, which provides for semifinished
products of other alloy steel, other. The rate of duty will be 5.1
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.
Information regarding product coverage in the antidumping duty
investigation of special bar quality products has been faxed to
your office.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport