CLA-2-39:S:N:N7:238 883013
Ms. Ross Ann McIlvain
Pirelli Cable Corporation
332 Main Street
P.O. Box 1097
Greenwood, SC 29648-1097
RE: The tariff classification of CV7200, a synthetic copolymer,
in pellet form, from Italy
Dear Ms. McIlvain:
In your letter dated February 10, 1993, you requested a
tariff classification ruling.
The subject merchandise, CV7200, is an ethylene-vinyl
acetate copolymer (55% ethylene, 45% vinyl acetate, by weight),
which is put up in the form of black pellets.
With respect to your request for a tariff classification
ruling on your product designated as ID8000, please be advised
that we are unable to issue a ruling on this product without the
submission of fifteen (15) dumbbell-shaped samples for our
laboratory to analyse.
The applicable subheading for CV7200 will be 3901.30.0000,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: ethylene-
vinyl acetate copolymers. The rate of duty will be 5.3 percent ad
valorem.
This merchandise may be subject to the regulations of the
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides and Toxic
Substances. You may contact them at 402 M Street SW, Washington,
DC 20460, telephone number (202) 554-1404, or EPA Region II at
(908) 321-6669.
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