CLA-2-96:TC:A15: MLL C81972
Mr. Kevin Maher
C Air Custom House Brokers-Forwarders, Inc.
153-66 Rockaway Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11434
RE: The tariff classification of hair accessories from Hong
Kong.
Dear Mr. Maher:
In your letter dated November 20, 1997 on behalf of Roseart
Industries Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
Hair accessory set ASB-4985 contains 7 rayon textile hair
ribbons, 9 knit textile hair bands, 10 sewn polyester/cotton
textile hair ties, a 9 inch by 9 inch piece of veil cloth, a reel
of cotton thread, a hard plastic head band, and 3 hard plastic
hair combs, 2 hard plastic barrettes, and 7 elastic textile
strips with hard plastic connectors on each end.
The applicable subheading for the hair accessories set will be
9615.11.4000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for Combs, hair-slides and the like: Of
hard rubber or plastic: Other: Not set with imitation pearls or
imitation gemstones. The rate of duty will be 5.3 percent ad
valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section 177
of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry
documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the
documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be
brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the
transaction.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Jacksta
Port Director
Port of Washington, D.C.