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NY 885016

April 16, 1993

CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:110 885016

CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION

TARIFF NO.: 8473.30.4000

Mr. Dennis Heck
Castelazo & Associates
5420 West 104th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90045-6069

RE: The tariff classification of a keyboard platform and adjustable wrist rests from China.

Dear Mr. Heck:

In your letter dated April 12, 1993, on behalf of MicroComputer Accessories, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.

The merchandise under consideration involves a model #860 keyboard platform and a model #6800 adjustable wrist rest that are designed and used with desktop computers. These computer accessories are marketed and sold to help ease potential stress and fatigue for greater comfort while keying on computer keyboards. Though both products are adjustable height wrist rests, the keyboard platform has the added feature of adjustable keyboard angle.

The keyboard platform slips underneath the keyboard to adjust both the angle of the keyboard on the desktop and the height of the padded wrist rest. It incorporates non-skid strips to hold the keyboard securely in place, and the wrist rest adjusts up and down, as well as forward and backward, to accommodate a variety of keyboard depths and hand sizes.

Both of these devices are designed and principally used with ADP units such as keyboards, and enhance the function of the keyboard unit. Noting the Explanatory Notes for Heading 8473 of HTS, these devices would meet the definition of an accessory for an ADP system.

The applicable subheading for the keyboard platform and adjustable wrist rest will be 8473.30.4000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8471 not incorporating a cathode ray tube. The rate of duty will be free.

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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