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NY 851235

Apr 25 1990

CLA-2-68:S:N:N01:236 851235

CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION

TARIFF NO.: 6815.10.0000

Ms. Robin D. Vanhorn
Marketing Dept.
Ashland Petroleum Company
P.O. Box 391
Ashland, Kentucky 41114

RE: The tariff classification of LOW MODULUS CARBON FIBER (Renoves L Series) from Japan and CARBOFLEX paper from England

Dear Ms Vanhorn:

In your letter dated April 4, 1990 you requested a tariff classification ruling on the following:

1. CARBOFLEX paper produced from pitch-based carbon fibers and/or pitch based carbon fibers and poly-acrylo-nitrile carbon fibers, all with various binders. The Carboflex fibers are 90 percent of the paper with 10 percent binding material. You indicate that the carbon fiber is manufactured by Ashland in the United States and shipped to England as "Carboflex Chopped" for processing into paper.

The applicable subheading for the CARBOFLEX PAPER will be 6815.10.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for non-electrical articles of graphite or other carbon. The HTS Explanatory Notes includes carbon fibers and articles of carbon fibers under the above provision. The rate of duty will be 4.9 percent ad valorem.

2. LOW MODULUS CARBON FIBER (Renoves L Series) consists of pitch-based carbon fibers and articles of these fibers. They include the following:

Nonwoven Mat
Chopped Fiber (cut into lengths from 3 to 10 mm.) Milled Fiber (segments of chopped fibers with lengths of 0.13, 0.37 or 0.7 mm.)
Felt (Soft/Rigid)
Yarn/Woven
Paper
Milled and Colored

The applicable HTS subheading for LOW MODULUS CARBON FIBER (Renoves L Series) will be 6815.10.0000, which provides for non- electrical articles of graphite or other carbon. The rate of duty will be 4.9 percent ad valorem.

This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the transaction.

Sincerely,

Jean F. Maguire
Area Director

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