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NY N014703





August 22, 2007

CLA-2-61:RR:NC:TA:361

CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION

TARIFF NO.: 6114.30.3070

Mr. Brett Ian Harris
Pisani & Roll
Attorneys At Law
1875 Century Park East, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067

RE: The tariff classification of women’s knit body stockings from Taiwan.

Dear Mr. Harris:

In your letter dated July 19, 2007, on behalf of your client National Corset Supply House, Inc., you requested a classification ruling.

The submitted samples are described as follows:

Style #90027 - a woman’s body stocking constructed from 100% nylon knit fabric. The full body garment features a V-shaped neckline in front, elasticized spaghetti shoulder straps, a criss-cross back, and an open crotch. The garment also covers the feet.

Style #90067 – a woman’s body stocking constructed from 100% nylon knit fabric. The full body garment features a straight neckline in front and back, elasticized spaghetti shoulder straps, and an open crotch. The garment also covers the feet.

Style #90010 - a woman’s halter style body stocking constructed from 100% nylon knit fabric. The full body halter style garment features a V-shaped neckline in front, straps that snap around the neck, and an open crotch. The garment also covers the feet.

We are returning your samples as you requested.

The applicable subheading for Styles 90027, 90067, and 90010 will be 6114.30.3070, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for other garments, knitted or crocheted of man-made fibers, other, other, women’s or girls’. The rate of duty will be 14.9% 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/.

Styles 90027, 90067 and 90010 fall within textile category 659. With the exception of certain products of China, quota/visa requirements are no longer applicable for merchandise which is the product of World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries. The textile category number above applies to merchandise produced in non-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 Peggy Fitzgerald at 646-733-3052.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity

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