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NY N004749




August 2, 2007

CLA-2-60:RR:NC:TA:352

CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION

TARIFF NO.: 6001.22.0000

Ms. Deborah Wanless
OIA Global Logistics
8560NE Alderwood Road
Portland, Oregon 97220

RE: The tariff classification of a bonded fabric consisting of a 100% polyester dyed weft knit face fabric of looped pile construction laminated by means of a plastic adhesive to a 100% polyester weft knit backing fabric of double knit construction from Taiwan.

Dear Ms. Wanless:

In your letter dated December 21, 2006, on behalf of your client Scott USA, you requested a classification ruling.

Laboratory analysis of the submitted sample indicates that it is a bonded fabric consisting of a weft knit face fabric laminated to a weft knit backing fabric. The face fabric is a dyed weft knit fabric of looped pile construction that is composed of 100% polyester. Weighing 161.6 g/m2, it is characterized by a plush fibrous surface created by brushing the sinker loops that form the pile of the face fabric. The face fabric and the backing fabric are bonded together by means of a layer of plastic adhesive which is not visible in cross section. The backing fabric is an unbleached or bleached weft knit fabric of double knit construction that is composed of 100% polyester. Weighing approximately 211.6 g/m2, this fabric functions to reinforce the face fabric. The bonded fabric including the face fabric, the backing fabric and the adhesive layer weighs 373.2 g/m2 and will be imported in widths exceeding 30 centimeters.

Note 1 to chapter 60 states in part:

This chapter does not cover:

Knitted or crocheted fabric, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of chapter 59. However, knitted or crocheted pile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, remain classified in heading 6001.

Since this fabric is a laminated fabric and incorporates a knit pile fabric, Note 1(c) to chapter 60 specifically includes it within the scope of heading 6001, HTS.

The applicable subheading for the bonded fabric will be 6001.22.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for pile fabrics, including “long pile” fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted, looped pile fabrics, of man-made fibers. The duty rate will be 17.2 percent ad valorem.

Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change. The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are provided on World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.

This fabric falls within textile category 224. With the exception of certain products of China, quota/visa requirements are no longer applicable for merchandise which is the product of World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries. Quota and visa requirements are the result of international agreements that are subject to frequent renegotiations and changes. To obtain the most current information on quota and visa requirements applicable to this merchandise, we suggest you check, close to the time of shipment, the “Textile Status Report for Absolute Quotas” which is available on our web site at www.cbp.gov. For current information regarding possible textile safeguard actions on goods from China and related issues, we refer you to the web site of the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce at otexa.ita.doc.gov.

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 Alan Tytelman at 646-733-3045.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski
Director,

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