CLA-2-62:RR:NC:TA:354 I82640
Mr. Jim Brown
Southern Glove, Inc.
P.O. Box 579
Conover, North Carolina 28613-0579
RE: The tariff classification of gloves from Honduras.
Dear Mr. Brown:
In your letter dated May 24, 2002, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
Two styles were provided for review. Styles UDP106J and UOPD106J are clute cut work gloves with a complete palmside and backside forefinger constructed of a PVC dot coated woven cotton fabric. The PVC dot coating weights less then 50% of the cotton fabric. The remaining three backside fingers are made of a woven cotton fabric. The gloves feature a ribbed knit cuff.
The applicable subheading for styles UDP106J and UOPD106J will be 6216.00.1720, HTS, which provides for Gloves, mittens and mitts: impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber: other: without fourchettes: cut and sewn from pre-existing machine-woven fabric that is impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber: of vegetable fibers: other . . . subject to cotton restraints. The duty rate will be 23.8 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Brian Burtnik at 646-733-3054.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division