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NY C80776




February 24, 1998

CLA-2-28:RR:NC:2:236 C80776

CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION

TARIFF NO.: 2915.29.5000; 2918.11.5000; 2918.15.5000

Ms. Ellen Michalos
Durlacher International Brokerage, LTD.
50 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Suite 400 Uniondale, New York 11553

RE: The tariff classification of Calcium Lactate, Calcium Citrate, Biological Calcium Carbonate Dry Base, Calcium Acetate Dry Base from China

Dear Ms. Michalos:

In your letter dated October 20, 1997, you requested a tariff classification ruling.

The applicable subheading for Calcium Acetate Dry Base will be 2915.29.5000, HTS, which provides for Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhyrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: Acetic acid and its salts; acetic anhydride: Other: Other. The rate of duty will be 2.8 percent ad valorem.

The applicable subheading for Calcium Lactate will be 2918.11.5000, HTS, which provides for Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: Carboxylic acids with alcohol function but without other oxygen function, their anhyrides, halides, peroxides, peroxacids and their derivatives: Lactic acid, its salts and esters: Other. The rate of duty will be 3.4 percent ad valorem.

The applicable subheading for Calcium Citrate will be 2918.15.5000, HTS, which provides for Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: Carboxylic acids with alcohol function but without other oxygen function, their anhyrides, halides, peroxides, peroxacids and their derivatives: Salts and esters of citric acid: Other. The rate of duty will be 3.7 percent ad valorem.

Your inquiry does not provide enough information for us to give a classification ruling on "All kinds of Ammonia". Your request for a classification ruling should include product trade names, chemical abstract numbers and the manufacturing process for each product.

Your inquiry does not provide enough information for us to give a classification ruling on "Biological Calcium Carbonate". Your request for a classification ruling should include product trade names, chemical abstract numbers and the manufacturing process for each product. We also need information on derivation in order to classify this product.

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 V. Gualario at 212-466-5744.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski
Director

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