CLA-2-48:S:N8:234 884128
Mr. Brian Hart
New England Graphics & Metals
P.O. Box 8033 - Bay Drive
New Fairfield, Connecticut 06812
RE: The tariff classification of stereotype matrix board from
Switzerland.
Dear Mr. Hart:
In your letter dated March 18, 1993, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
Samples were submitted, which will be returned to you, as
you request. They are small squares, about 3" x 3", which
illustrate the process of producing a rubber printing plate from
a metal prototype embossed plate. The intermediate stage, which
you have marked, "#2. This is imported item from Switzerland",
is a piece of rigid paperboard covered with a brown hard surface.
The material for which you request a ruling is unprinted
paperboard imported in rectangular sheets of which one side
exceeds 36 cm. A Customs laboratory analysis of such
merchandise previously imported by you indicates that it is
paperboard, having a thickness of 3.950 mm, composed of chemical
unbleached pulp fibers, and a coating consisting of phenol-
formaldehyde type synthetic resin.
The applicable subheading for the material described will be
4809.90.2000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for: Stereotype-matrix board and mat. The
rate of duty will be 5.8 percent.
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