CLA-2-64:RR:NC:TA:347 D80246
Mr. Robert P. Kenneally
Tower Group International
150 Eastern Avenue
Chelsea, MA 02150-3352
RE: The tariff classification of footwear from China
Dear Mr. Kenneally:
In your letter dated July 9, 1998, on behalf of Bandwagon Inc., you
requested a tariff classification ruling.
The submitted sample is a pair of women's open back, wedge heeled house
slippers, with polyurethane plastic uppers and stitched on textile outer soles.
The applicable subheading for this item, identified by you as "Shimmer
Slippers", will be 6405.90.9000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for footwear, in which the external surface of the upper
is predominately rubber or plastics and the external surface of the outer sole
is not predominately rubber or plastics; in which there is a line of demarcation
between the sole and the upper; and which is not disposable footwear designed
for one time use. The rate of duty will be 12.5 percent ad valorem.
The submitted sample is not marked with the country of origin. Therefore,
if imported as is, the slipper will not meet the country of origin marking
requirements of 19 U.S.C. §1304. Accordingly, the slipper will be considered
not legally marked under the provisions of 19 C.F.R. §134.11 which states "every
article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the U.S. shall be
marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly and permanently as the
nature of the article (or container) will permit."
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 Richard Foley at 212-466-5890.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division