Classification: Import

Question: I’m looking for the classification for a cell phone re-charger. I’m pretty sure it’s in this area but when it says “power supply” does that also indicate the ability to re-charge an item? Is this the best classification?

Question: Does anyone have a list of all the HTS# changes for 2009?

Question:   I wonder how the membership (importers and exporters) use 9306.30 and 9306.90. What calibers are typically recorded under 930630 vs. 930690?   Not looking for country-specific data, although that would be nice. At the end of the day, we just need to know if 930630 is capturing a lot of items outside the […]

Question:   HTS 8407.90.9010 covers “Gas (Natural or LP) Engines,” yet Customs Ruling NY N052377 seems to put a natural gas-powered engine into 8412.80.9000. Does anyone in the Membership have experience in classifying natural gas engines?

Question:     We received a letter from CBP stating there could be a possible violation in misclassifying an item for entry; this item has been imported since 2007. According to CBP they are investigating and will meet with us.  What do I need to do to prepare for the meeting?  

Question:   A couple of weeks ago, there was a discussion regarding classification of sets and what would qualify as a set.  I would like to piggy-back on that discussion.   If you have product that has been successfully determined as a set and classified under one HTS, how would country of origin be determined […]

Question:   I would like to know if any members have encountered this problem before and how they handled it.  We have a customer outside the United States who insists that we place a certain tariff classification on our invoices for goods sold to them.  We do not necessarily know what the country of destination […]

Question:   My company develops and manufactures cameras, these cameras are normally shipped with several accessories including two (2) alkaline batteries, lens cover, neck strap, wrist strap, lens cleaning cloth, interface input/output cables,  operations manual, and a hard (pelican) carrying case in which the foam inside the container has been shaped to fit the camera […]

Question:We import electrical wiring under 8544 that includes jumper tags and zip ties to tie the jumper tags onto the electrical wiring.  The purposes of the jumper tags is informational only e.g. “Don’t connect these wires until lineshare device is installed”. Should there be 3 classifications; one for the wire, one for the jumper tags […]

Question: My manager has posed the following question: What would be the proper classification for the HOOK attached at the end of a chain of a hoist? Is the HOOK considered part of the hoist, or would it beclassified separately? We are leaning toward 8431.10.00.10 Parts of machinery of subheading 8425.11 or 8425.19 Does everyone […]

I have a question regarding Designers and Artists purchasing art/designs for use in garments. This is not a question of assists, as I know it will be assists if used for production; however, my question is more of how this would be classified when bringing the actual art/design into the U.S. We have designers and […]

Question: Background – in the tariff schedule there is a flat panel monitorclassification for monitors used “solely or principally” with computerswhich has a free duty rate (8528.51.000). The classification heading forflat panel monitors deemed to be not solely or principally for computersis 8528.59 and has a 5% duty rate. We understand there is a controversy […]