CLA-2-05:S:N:N7:229-887293
Mr. Charles S. Parisi
John V. Carr & Son, Inc.
5140 West 104 Street
Inglewood, CA 90304
RE: The tariff classification of frozen HUMAN EMBRYOS from Israel.
Dear Mr. Parisi:
In your letter dated June 1, 1993, you requested a tariff
classification ruling, on behalf of Surrogate Parenting Services of
Laguna Niguel, California.
You state that your client, Surrogate Parenting Services, is assisting
infertile couples in Israel by providing surrogate mothers who are willing to
bear their children. Under care of a physician, the Israeli couple will
produce their genetic embryos, which will then be frozen and transported to
the United States. In the United States, a medical team will thaw and then
transfer each embryo into a surrogate mother, who will carry the baby to
term. After each baby is born, the baby and the couple (its genetic parents)
will return to Israel.
The applicable subheading for these frozen HUMAN EMBRYOS will be
0511.99.4050, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for Animal products not elsewhere specified or included;...Other:...
Other...Other. The rate of duty will be 2.5 percent ad valorem.
Inquiries regarding applicable regulations administered by the U.S.
Public Health Service may be addressed to that Agency at the following
locations: In San Francisco, to
USPHS Quarantine Station
P.O. Box 280548 SFIA
San Francisco, CA 94128-0548
telephone: 415 876-2872
In Los Angeles, to
USPHS Quarantine Station
Los Angeles International Airport
380 World Way
Box N-19
Los Angeles, CA 90045
telephone: 213 215-2365/66
In New York, to
USPHS Quarantine Station
John F. Kennedy International Airport, Room 2339
International Arrivals Building
Jamaica, NY 11430-1081
telephone: 718 553-1685/87
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