CLA-2-84:RR:NC:1:102 L89955
Mr. Eng Teoh
Team Handling Services
1031 W. Manchester Blvd # 6A
Inglewood, CA 90301
RE: The tariff classification of marine jet engine components from China
Dear Mr. Teoh:
In your letter dated January 11, 2006 you requested a tariff classification ruling on behalf of Team Handling Services. Photographs and descriptive information were provided.
The articles in question are described as a turbine assembly, a cam plate, a clutch housing assembly, an impeller, and blade castings for a marine jet engine. The cam plate and clutch housing assembly are components of a clutch assembly within the marine engine. The impeller is a component of a compressor assembly within the marine engine that draws in outside air and compresses that air to provide increased airflow to a diesel engine that drives the rotating assembly within the marine engine.
The applicable subheading for the cam plate and clutch housing assembly will be 8483.90.8080, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for parts of clutches. The rate of duty will be 2.8 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the impeller will be 8414.90.4175, HTSUS, which provides for other parts of other compressors. The rate of duty is free.
We need additional information in order to classify the turbine assembly and blade castings. Please describe in detail how the marine jet engine operates. Is the marine engine simply a gas turbine, without a combustion chamber, that uses energy provided by the exhaust gases of a separate diesel engine?
If you decide to resubmit your request, please include all of the material that we have returned to you and mail your request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Customs Information Exchange, 10th Floor, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10119, attn: Binding Rulings Section. If the required information does not involve sending a sample, you can resubmit your request and the additional information electronically.
Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change. The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are provided on World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.
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 Kenneth T. Brock at 646-733-3009.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division