CLA-2-81:RR:NC:1:118 A89686
Ms. Frank A. DaDario
Mgr. Contract Administration
SKW Metals and Alloys, Inc.
P.O. Box 368
Niagara Falls, New York 14302-0368
RE: The tariff classification of Titanium tablets and briklets
from Germany.
Dear Mr DaDario:
In your letter received by this office on November 14, 1996
you requested a tariff classification ruling.
You state that the submitted sample is composed of 97 t0 98
percent titanium, 1 to 2 percent aluminum, and the remainder is
expanding flux. You state that the titanium and aluminum are
ground or milled to a certain size range then mixed together with
the flux and pressed into tablet or "briklet" form.
The Customs Laboratory has analized the sample and
determined that the item is unwrought titanium grains compacted
together
The applicable subheading for the gold bonding wires will be
7108.13.7000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for Gold unwrought or in semimanufactured
forms...: Nonmonetary: Other semimanufactured forms: Other. The
rate of duty will be 5.7 percent ad valorem.
Gold in semimanufactured forms, which are classified in
subheading 7108.13.7000, HTS, will be free of duty if imported on
or before December 31, 2000, when imported in the form of wire
containing 99.9 percent or more by weight of gold and with
dopants added to control wire bonding characteristics, having a
diameter of 0.05 millimeters or less, for use in the manufacture
of diodes, transistors, and similar semiconductor devises or
electronic integrated circuits.
The applicable subheading for the aluminum bonding wire will
be 7605.19.0000, HTS, which provides for Aluminum wire: Of
aluminum, not alloyed: Other. The rate of duty will be 4.2
percent ad valorem.
As you have requested we are returning your samples.
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 Kathy
Campanelli at 212-466-5492.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Chief, Metals & Machinery
Branch
National Commmodity
Specialist Division