CLA-2-29:RR:NC:FC:240 A85572
Ms. Helen I. Sugar
The Buffalo Customhouse Brokerage Co., Inc.
1245 Niagara Street
Buffalo, New York 14213
RE: The tariff classification of Antioxidant Songnox 1010 and Antioxidant Songnox 1076
(CAS # 2082-79-3) from South Korea
Dear Ms. Sugar:
In your letter dated July 5, 1996, you requested a tariff classification ruling on behalf of
your client Grenhall Chemicals Limited.
The applicable subheading for Antioxidant Songnox 1010 also known as Pentaerythrityl
tetrakis (3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzene propanoate) will be 2918.29.6500, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for carboxylic acids with phenol function
but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their
derivatives: other: other: products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI. The rate of
duty will be 12.1 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for Antioxidant Songnox 1076 also known as Octadecyl 3,5-bis
(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxybenzene-propanoate will be 2918.29.7500, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for carboxylic acids with phenol function
but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their
derivatives: other: other: other. The rate of duty will be 3 cents per kilogram plus 15.6 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 Stephanie Joseph at 212-466-5768.
Sincerely,
Roger J. Silvestri
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division