NY D81019
August 21, 1998
CLA-2-39:RR:NC:SP:221 D81019
CATEGORY: Classification
TARIFF NO.: 3925.30.5000; 3920.42.5000
Ms. Miriam Quinones
Jumbo Transport International, Inc.
Port Elizabeth Plaza
1201 Corbin Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
RE: The tariff classification of parts for vinyl blinds from
Taiwan.
Dear Ms. Quinones:
In your letter dated August 6, 1998, on behalf of The
Pinnacle Corporation, you requested a tariff classification
ruling.
The parts for the finished blinds include vinyl slats,
plastic tilters, and other plastic hardware. The slats are
curved but otherwise unworked beyond strips. The corners will be
rounded and the slats punched with holes after importation.
Textile cords and ladders and unspecified metal parts will also
be imported.
The applicable subheading for the vinyl slats will be
3920.42.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other plates, sheets, film, foil and
strip, of plastics, noncellular and not reinforced., laminated,
supported or similarly combined with other materials, of polymers
of vinyl chloride, flexible, other. The rate of duty will be 4.2
percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for the plastic tilters and other
plastic hardware will be 3925.30.5000, HTS, which provides for
builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or
included...shutters, blinds (including venetian blinds) and
similar articles and parts thereof, other. The rate of duty will
be 5.3 percent ad valorem.
You did not provide enough information for us issue a ruling
for the textile cords and ladders. If you wish to obtain a
ruling, please provide the decitex, identify the fibers, state
the number of plies, and indicate whether the cords and ladders
will be imported in rolls or continuous lengths. If they are cut
to length prior to importation, please identify the length of the
cords and ladders. The decitex is a measurement of linear
density expressed in grams per 10,000 meters.
If you wish to obtain a ruling, please for the metal parts,
please provide a sample and description for each part, and
identify the type of metal it is composed of.
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 cords and ladders, contact
National Import Specialist Camille Ferraro at 212-466-5885.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division