CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:110 894422
Ms. Ann Marie Dowling
Seino America, Inc.
147-60 175th Street
Jamaica, N.Y. 11434
RE: The tariff classification of a PDF 1000 Portable Data File
Scanning device and the plastic housing for this unit from the
Netherlands.
Dear Ms. Dowling:
In your letter dated January 25, 1994, on behalf of Symbol
Technologies, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The merchandise under consideration involves a hand-held data
scanning device that is used in inventory control, manufacturing,
quality control, asset tracking, and identification card tracking.
The PDF 1000 is capable of reading and decoding more than a
kilobyte of data in a subsecond, and is the first scanning system
capable of reading PDF417, the innovative, two dimensional
symbology that can encode complete data files. It can communicate
with a wide range of personal computers and terminals with a single
or dual port RS-232C interface. The PDF 1000 scanner incorporates
a resonant scan element that generates a "raster" scan pattern.
This pattern automatically scans the PDF417 symbol both
horizontally and vertically.
Noting Legal Note 5 (B) to Chapter 84 of HTS, this scanning
device would appear to meet the definition of a "unit" of an ADP
system, since it is connectable to the central processing unit
either directly or through one or more other units, and is
specifically designed as part of such a system and be able to
accept or deliver data in a form (code or signal) which can be used
by the system.
The plastic housing for this unit appears to be specially
designed and principally used with this data scanner.
The applicable subheading for the PDF 1000 Portable Data File
Scanner will be 8471.92.8400, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS), which provides for other input units, optical
scanners and magnetic ink recognition devices. The rate of duty
will be 3.7 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the plastic housing will be
8473.30.5000, HTS, which provides for other parts and accessories
of the machines of heading 8471. The rate of duty will be free.
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