CLA-2-39:RR:NC:SP:221 C89151
Ms. Tracy Bazzle
Schenker International, Inc.
7221 Investment Drive
N. Charleston, S.C. 29418
RE: The tariff classification of welding rods from Austria.
Dear Ms. Bazzle:
In your letter dated June 11, 1998, on behalf of Agru America, you
requested a tariff classification ruling.
Sample segments of three rods were provided with your letter. The rods are
available in both polypropylene and polyethylene plastic. The rods are said to
measure from 1 to 5 millimeters in diameter. The rods will be used to secure
concrete protective liners.
The applicable subheading for those welding rods composed of polyethylene
that exceed 1 millimeter in diameter will be 3916.10.0000, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for monofilament of which
any cross-
sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or
not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics, of polymers of
ethylene. The rate of duty will be 5.8 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for those welding rods composed of polypropylene
that exceed 1 millimeter but do not exceed 5 millimeters in diameter, will be
3916.90.3000, HTS, which provides for monofilament of which any cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not
surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics, other, monofilament. The
rate of duty will be 6.8 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for those welding rods composed of polypropylene
that exceed 5 millimeters in diameter, will be 3916.90.5000, HTS, which provides
for monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods,
sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise
worked, of plastics, other, other. The rate of duty will be 5.8 percent ad
valorem.
You did not provide us with enough information to issue a ruling on those
rods that do not exceed 1 millimeter in diameter. If you wish to obtain a
ruling on such rods, please provide us with the decitex and the length of the
rods as imported. The decitex is a measurement of linear density expressed in
grams per 10,000 meters.
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 Joan Mazzola at 212-466-5580. If you have any questions
regarding the additional information requested for the rods not exceeding 1
millimeter in diameter, contact National Import Specialist Camille Ferraro at
212-466-5885.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division