CLA-2-39:RR:NC:SP:222 C87473
Ms. Julie Knippling
Circle International, Inc.
3275 Alum Creek Drive, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43207
RE: The tariff classification of a snow-globe photo frame from
China.
Dear Ms. Knippling:
In your letter dated May 4, 1998, on behalf of your client
Shemaro, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The submitted sample is a plastic snow-globe photo frame.
It is composed of a plastic base, and a plastic dome, sealed and
filled with water. Floating in the water are some pellets
intended to resemble snow. When the globe is shaken it causes
the pellets to swirl in the water, resembling snowfall.
This particular item is constructed in a manner allowing the
base to be removed, and a photograph, approximately 3.25" x 3" to
be inserted in the middle of the dome. The photograph then
becomes the background scene in the snowfall.
The sample is returned as requested.
The applicable subheading for the plastic snow-globe
photograph holder will be 3924.90.2000, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for...other
household articles...of plastics: other: picture frames. The
rate of duty will be 3.4 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 Alice Masterson at 212-466-5892.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division