CLA-2-29:S:N:N7:238 886570
Mr. Thomas Staub
R.A.V. Services Inc.
147-22 Farmers Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11434
RE: The tariff classification of Loxapine HCL (CAS# 1977-10-2), Mexiletine
HCL (CAS# 5370-01-4), Probucol (CAS# 23288-49-5), Oxaprozin (CAS# 21256-18-8),
and Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CAS# 18472-51-0), all in bulk form, from Spain
Dear Mr. Staub:
In your letter dated May 21, 1993, on behalf of your client, Medichem
Tradex S.A., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
Loxapine HCL is an anxiolytic drug; Mexiletine HCL is an anti-arrhythmic
drug; Probucol is an antihyperlipoproteinemic drug; Oxaprozin is an anti-
inflammatory drug; and Chlorhexidine Gluconate is a topical antimicrobial
drug.
The applicable subheading for Loxapine HCL and Oxaprozin will be
2934.90.2500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for other heterocyclic compounds: other: aromatic or modified
aromatic: other: drugs. The rate of duty will be 6.9 percent ad valorem. The
applicable subheading for Mexiletine HCL will be 2922.19.1500, HTS, which
provides for oxygen-function amino-compounds: amino-alcohols, their ethers and
esters, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function;
salts thereof: other: aromatic: drugs: other. The rate of duty will be 7.6
percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for Probucol will be
2930.90.2800, HTS, which provides for organo-sulfur compounds: other:
aromatic: other: other. The rate of duty will be 6.7 percent ad valorem. The
applicable subheading for Chlorhexidine Gluconate will be 2925.20.2000, HTS,
which provides for imines and their derivatives; sats thereof: aromatic:
other: drugs. The rate of duty will be 8.1 percent ad valorem.
This merchandise may be subject to the regulations of the Food and Drug
Administration. You may contact them at 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857, telephone number (202) 443-3380.
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