CLA-2-38:S:N:N7:239 899269
Mr. John W. Anderson, Jr.
John W. Anderson, Jr., Inc.
Suite 1460, Central Pacific Plaza
220 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
RE: The tariff classification of Caltite, Superplastet F, and
Superplastet G from Singapore.
Dear Mr. Anderson:
In your letter dated June 7, 1994, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The applicable subheading for Caltite will be 3823.40.1000,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for prepared binders for foundry molds or cores; chemical
products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries
(including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not
elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical
or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included: prepared
additives for cements, mortars or concretes: containing 5 percent
or more by weight of one or morearomatic or modified aromatic
substances. The rate of duty will be 3.7 cents per kilogram plus
13.6 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for Superplastet F will be
3823.90.2700, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for prepared binders for foundry molds or
cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied
industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural
products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products
of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or
included: Other: Other: Other. The rate of duty will be 3.7
cents per kilogram plus 13.6 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for Superplastet G will be
3804.00.1000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for residual lyes from the manufacture of
wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically
treated, including lignin sulfonates, but excluding tall oil of
heading 3803: lignin sulfonic acid and its salts. This provision
is duty 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