The tariff classification of legwarmers from Bangladesh

N146617 March 3, 2011 CLA-2-64:OT:RR:NC:N4:447  CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 6406.99.1510 Ms. Melissa Stanczak Ballet Makers, Inc.1 Campus Road Totowa, NJ 07512 RE:     The tariff classification of legwarmers from Bangladesh Dear Ms. Stanczak:In your letter dated January 25, 2011 you requested a tariff classification ruling.The submitted sample identified as style #CS104, is as a pair of women’s leg-warmers of 100% acrylic man-made textile materials. The leg-warmers are of a tubular knit construction, are approximately eighteen inches in length and are designed to cover a part of the wearer’s leg but not the foot.The applicable subheading for style #CS104 will be 6406.99.1510, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for gaiters, leggings and similar articles of textile materials, which are leg-warmers of man-made fibers. 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/.Leg-warmers 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 With the exception of certain products of China, quota/visa requirements are no longer applicable for merchandise which is the product of World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries.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 Bangladesh 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 Stacey Kalkines at (646) 733-3042.Sincerely, Robert B. Swierupski Director National Commodity Specialist Division