CLA-2-73:OT:RR:NC:1:118
Mr. Bryon Brown
Lifetime Products
Freeport Center, Bldg. D-11
Clearfield, UT 84016
RE: The tariff classification of socket screws and a steel clip from China.
Dear Mr. Brown:
In your letter dated November 25, 2013, you requested a tariff classification ruling on three steel items.
Item number 1127314 is a 3” long hexagon socket screw with a button head. Beneath the head is a shoulder that is .37” in diameter and .45” in length. The ¼ - 20 threaded portion ends in a chamfered point. Item number 8000163 is a 5/16 – 18 x 1.25” fully threaded hexagon socket screw with a button head. Item number 1142834, described as a 3/8” silver clip, is an oblong steel loop with one hinged side. You have stated that it is used on swing sets. The document provided states that the subject clip accepts the swing chain.
The applicable subheading for item numbers 1127314 and 8000163 will be 7318.15.8045, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel: threaded articles: other screws and bolts, whether or not with their nuts or washers: other: having shanks or threads with a diameter of 6 mm or more: other: socket screws: other. The duty rate will be 8.5% ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the clip, item number 1142834, will be 7326.90.8588, HTSUS, which provides for other articles of iron or steel, other, other...other. The rate of duty will be 2.9 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/.
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 Anthony Grossi at (646) 733-3021.
Sincerely,
Gwenn Klein Kirschner
Acting Director
National Commodity Specialist Division