CLA-2-61:RR:NC:TA:361
Ms. Christine Lanoue
Talbots Import, LLC.
Import Department
1 Talbots Drive
Hingham, MA. 02043
RE: The tariff classification of five women’s sleepwear garments from Indonesia and China
Dear Ms. Lanoue:
In your letter dated June 28, 2007 you requested a classification ruling.
Style 75103044 is a woman’s sleep shirt constructed of 100 percent cotton knit fabric. The garment is loose fitting and extends below the waist. It features hemmed long sleeves, a grandfather bib in front, a rounded neckline, a full front opening with a nine button closure and a curved hemmed bottom. Although you have described the garments as sleepwear, their appearance is ambiguous and does not clearly demonstrate their use as such. However, you have provided supporting marketing information to substantiate this claim. Therefore, these styles will be considered sleepwear, and classified in heading 6108.
Style 75103058 is women’s sleep pants constructed of 100 percent cotton woven fabric. The garment is loose fitting. The pull on flannel pants feature a partially elasticized waistband with a drawstring, hemmed leg openings and lace trim at waistline and leg bottoms. Based on its appearance and the accompanying merchandising information, the garment is considered sleepwear of heading 6208.
Style 75103060 is women’s sleep pants constructed of 100 percent cotton knit fabric. The pull-on garment features an elasticized waist and lace trim on the bottom of the leg openings. Based on its appearance and the accompanying merchandising information, the garment is considered sleepwear of heading 6108.
Style 75103059 is women’s sleep pants constructed of 100 percent cotton knit fabric. The pull-on garment features an elasticized waist hemmed leg openings. Based on its appearance and the accompanying merchandising information, the garment is considered sleepwear of heading 6108.
Style 75103061 is women’s sleep pants constructed of 100 percent cotton woven fabric. The pull-on flannel garment features a partially elasticized waist with a drawstring and a hemmed bottom. Based on its appearance and the accompanying merchandising information, the garment is considered sleepwear of heading 6208.
We are returning your samples as you requested.
The applicable subheading for styles 75103044, 75103060 and 75103059 will be 6108.91.0030, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for Women’s or girls’ slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pajamas, negligees, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted: Other: Of cotton: Other: Women’s. The duty rate will be 8.5% ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for style 75103061 and 75103058 will be 6208.91.3010, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for women’s or girls singlets and other undershirts, slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pajamas, negligees, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles: other: of cotton: other: women’s. The duty rate will be 11.2 percent ad valorem.
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/.
Styles 75103044, 75103060 and 75103059 fall within textile category 350. Styles 75103061 and 75103058 fall within textile category 352. With the exception of certain products of China, quota/visa requirements are no longer applicable for merchandise, which is the product of World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries. The textile category number above applies to merchandise produced in non-WTO member-countries. Quota and visa requirements are the result of international agreements that are subject to frequent renegotiations and changes. To obtain the most current information on quota and visa requirements applicable to this merchandise, we suggest you check, close to the time of shipment, the “Textile Status Report for Absolute Quotas” which is available on our web site at www.cbp.gov. For current information regarding possible textile safeguard actions on goods from China and related issues, we refer you to the web site of the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce at otexa.ita.doc.gov.
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 Peggy Fitzgerald at 646-733-3052.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division