CLA-2-83:RR:NC:N1:113 C89040
Ms. Janet Dixon
Harris Hardware Sales Corp.
4 Harbor Park Drive
Port Washington, NY 11050
RE: The tariff classification of toilet partition hardware from Taiwan
Dear Ms. Dixon:
In your letter dated June 13, 1998, you requested a tariff classification
ruling.
The merchandise is item TP1-HCODS. This item is a box containing various
stainless steel hardware for toilet partitions. Each of these articles, along
with its associated mounting hardware, will be separately classifiable.
The applicable subheading for the surface mounted strike, the knob and the
coat hook will be 8302.41.6045, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles
suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery,
trunks, chests, caskets or the like, other mountings, fittings and similar
articles, suitable for buildings, other, of iron or steel, of aluminum or of
zinc, suitable for interior or exterior doors, other. The rate of duty will be
4.3 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the hinge will be 8302.10.6030, Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for base metal
mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors,
staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the
like, hinges, of iron or steel, of aluminum or of zinc, other, suitable for
interior or exterior doors. The rate of duty will be 3.7 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 James Smyth at 212-466-2084.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director
National Commodity
Specialist Division