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NY 856114
October 5, 1990

CLA-2-61:S:N:N3H:354 856114

CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION

TARIFF NO.: 6116.93.1000

Mr. James F. O'Hara
Stein Shostak Shostak & O'Hara
3580 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2597

RE: The tariff classification of a textile cross-country ski glove from Korea and Taiwan.

Dear Mr. O'Hara:

In your letter dated September 7, 1990, on behalf of Columbia Sportswear Company, you requested a tariff classification ruling.

Your submitted sample, Wintertrainer, has a textile knit shell described as 100% polyester fleece. This lightweight glove features a fully elasticized wrist, leather capping around the top of the glove and a hook and clasp. This glove also has leather palm and thumb reinforcement. The essential character of this glove is imparted by the textile shell.

Our Headquarters' office has previously ruled that gloves designed for use in cross-country skiing have the following characteristics:

1. Lightweight;

2. Back of the hand made of breathable material with or without perforations;

3. Wrist tightener to hold the glove firmly around the wrist and to prevent snow from entering;

4. Reinforcement on palm and along the thumb or reinforcement along the seam of the index finger and thumb to protect against the stress caused by the pole.

Since your glove is similar in all material respects to the glove ruled on, it is properly classifiable as a cross-country ski glove.

The applicable subheading for the cross-country glove will be 6116.93.1000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted: other: ski or snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts. The rate of duty will be 5.5 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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