CLA-2-85:RR:NC:MM:109 C86254
Ms. Yvonne Fazzino
Import Manager
JSI Shipping
1535-B Rollins Road
P.O. Box 4267
Burlingame, CA 94010
RE: The tariff classification of certain resistor/capacitor
networks from Malaysia
Dear Ms. Fazzino:
In your letter dated April 1, 1998, you requested a tariff
classification ruling on behalf of International Resistive
Company Incorporated, Corpus Christi, Texas.
The merchandise is described in your letter and accompanying
literature as the TaNCap series TaNSil AC line termination
networks and the TaNCap series TaNSil IEEE 1284 filter networks.
Additional information was provided in a telephone conversation
with Mr. Page Sacky of International Resistive Company
Incorporated on May 27, 1998. The AC line termination networks
are designed to block DC current flow into the terminating
resistor during the steady state portion of a digital signal
while passing current into the tantalum nitride terminating
resistor during the presence of signal edges and transients. The
IEEE 1284 filter networks are designed for use in printer and
other digital interface applications. The networks are produced
on silicon in the United States. They are then shipped to
Malaysia where they are diced and packaged (housed/encapsulated).
Both types of networks are manufactured using tantalum nitride
thin film technology and consist solely of passive elements
(resistors and capacitors).
The applicable subheading for these thin film
resistor/capacitor networks will be 8534.00.0090, Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for
"[p]rinted circuits: [o]ther: [o]ther." The rate of duty will be
1.9% 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 Eileen
S. Kaplan at 212-466-5673.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division