QUESTION: Is VITON classified as rubber or as plastic? =============== ANSWERS: Viton is considered plastic for tariff purposes, see note 4 to chapter 40 of the HTSUS. See ruling N235357 ====================== Viton is a synthetic rubber. ===================== I would recommend reviewing Customs ruling # N235357 (and other related rulings). Viton is correctly classified under chapter […]
QUESTION: I’’ve read the informed compliance publication surrounding water resistant/coated apparel cover to cover, however I have a few remaining questions that Customs doesn’t seem to be clear about. When trying to classify under 6201/02 as water resistant, assuming the fabric has passed the AATCC35 test, what other things does custom look for? I understand […]
Question: I have a women’s suit-type jacket. The fabric content is 48% wool/27% polyester/25%viscose The HTS jacket hierarchy goes from wool >cotton>synthetic>other>artificial>other Should I stop at wool and classify under 6204.31.2010 or should I consider that since polyester is synthetic (MMF) and viscose is artificial (MMF) should I go all way to the end with […]
Question: Would appreciate feedback from members who may have run into this issue in the past and how it was managed. HS code 8302.30 in the US Article Description text ends with “…and parts thereof;” The MX text does not have this. If we are harmonized globally to 6 digits, would not the text be […]
Question: I have a checking fixture made of steel I need to move from Ontario, CA back to the states. Its function is to a hold finished good automotive hood to check gap fit and specified dimensions. I am thinking HTS 9031.80.8085. I am soliciting any advice or opinions in concurrence or otherwise regarding […]
Question: We are involved in clinical study where out kits consists of drugs and placebos. The kits are given to a doctor where either the drug or placebo is given to a patient and results are recorded for the study. When these kits, of the above, are imported into Germany, there is a ruling (see […]
Question: Has anyone else faced this type of pushback from your management team? If so, were you somehow able to persuade them? As a Licensed Customs Broker, I feel uneasy about having a broker use a HTS code from an invoice that I don’t think is accurate. I am personally of the opinion that […]
Question: I have been asked to create a process for HTS Quarterly Review. The quarterly review is to touch every part we have every year or every other year. Does anyone have a sample of a process for this or recommendations for how to go about this? =========== Answer: Without knowing the type complexity, or […]
Question: Looking for guidance on classifying chemicals and to get someone within ICPA who has knowledge on how to classify the following item: Poly(ethylene-co-propylene-co-5-methylene-2-norbornene) CAS # 25038-36-2 There are two rulings pointing to chapter 40, but these rulings are not correct for this item as it truly is a liquid chemical. =========== Answers: […]
Question: Our company uses the names “Harnesses”, “Whips”, and “Jumpers”, and they are used for connecting solar panels to each other and to combiner boxes in energy-scale solar panel fields. They are cables fitted with connectors. All of the specs that our engineering department provides to our suppliers to create these products say “rated to […]
Question: Our company fully integrates commercially available laptops into our finished product, i.e., they do not plug into the external electricity distribution system of the country where we deploy them, nor do they connect the PSTN/fiber optic network. The laptop monitors and measures the performance characteristics and of the product only. The data is taken […]
Question: Good morning, I was wondering if anyone in the group would be able to send a copy of the following court case from 1977? Ideal Toy Corp. v. United States, 78 Cust. Ct. 28, 34, C.D. 4688 (1977) ************* Answers: The question that the US Customs Court addressed in this case in 1977 was […]
