The tariff classification of Q-OMBB (CAS # 606-28-0), Q-MBF (CAS # 15206-55-0) and Q-EDAB (CAS # 10287-53-3) from Taiwan and People’s Republic of China

NY F81606 January 25, 2000 CLA-2-29:RR:NC:2:240 F81606 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 2918.30.2500; 2918.30.3000; 2922.49.3000 Ms. Camille Sanzo Fritz Companies, Inc. 150-20 132nd Avenue – 2nd Floor Jamaica, New York 11434 RE: The tariff classification of Q-OMBB (CAS # 606-28-0), Q-MBF (CAS # 15206-55-0) and Q-EDAB (CAS # 10287-53-3) from Taiwan and People’s Republic of China Dear Ms. Sanzo: In your letter dated September 30, 1999, on behalf of your client C & H Industrial (USA) Corporation, you requested a tariff classification ruling. Q-OMBB, also known as Benzoic acid, 2-benzoyl-, methyl ester and Q-MBF, also known as Benzeneacetic acid, a-oxo-, methyl ester, are aromatic carboxylic acid esters. Q-EDAB, also known as Benzoic acid, 4-(dimethylamino)-, ethyl ester, is an aromatic amino acid ester. The above products are photoinitiators used as UV curing agents. The applicable subheading for Q-OMBB will be 2918.30.2500, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Carboxylic acids with aldehyde or ketone function but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: Aromatic: Other: Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI.… The rate of duty will be 9.3 percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for Q-MBF will be 2918.30.3000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Carboxylic acids with aldehyde or ketone function but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: Aromatic: Other: Other….. The rate of duty will be 1.5 cents per kilogram plus 11.1 percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for Q-EDAB will be 2922.49.3000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Amino-acids and their esters, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; salts thereof: Other: Aromatic: Other: Other: Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI….. The rate of duty will be 9.3 percent ad valorem. 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 Stephanie Joseph at 212-637-7066. Sincerely, Robert B. Swierupski Director, National Commodity Specialist Division