851934 85 Ruling Active

The tariff classification of the Stencil Fun Box #306 and the Cartoon Kit, #310 from China.

Issued May 14, 1990 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Tariff classification

HTS codes: 3213.10.0000

Headings: 3213

Product description

The prospective imports are a stencil and a cartoon kit. The stencil kit consists of a water color palette with a paint brush, two marking pens, paper, thirty stencils, and an instruction booklet. The cartoon kit consists of a water color palette with two paint brushes, six marking pens, a ruler, a fountain pen, paper, a plastic form for mixing colors, a bottle to be filled with india ink in the United States, a separate brush and an instruction booklet.

CBP rationale

The applicable subheading for the stencil and cartoon kits will be 3213.10.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for artists', students' or signboard painters' colors, modifying tints, amusement colors and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings: color in sets.

Full text

NY 851934 May 14 1990 CLA32:S:N:N1:236 851934 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 3213.10.0000 Mr. Andrew Glanz-Vice President Natural Science Industries 51-17 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Far Rockaway, NY 11691 RE: The tariff classification of the Stencil Fun Box #306 and the Cartoon Kit, #310 from China. Dear Mr. Glanz: In your letter dated April 25, 1990, you requested a tariff classification ruling. The prospective imports are a stencil and a cartoon kit. The stencil kit consists of a water color palette with a paint brush, two marking pens, paper, thirty stencils, and an instruction booklet. The cartoon kit consists of a water color palette with two paint brushes, six marking pens, a ruler, a fountain pen, paper, a plastic form for mixing colors, a bottle to be filled with india ink in the United States, a separate brush and an instruction booklet. The applicable subheading for the stencil and cartoon kits will be 3213.10.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for artists', students' or signboard painters' colors, modifying tints, amusement colors and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings: color in sets. The rate of duty will be 6.5 percent ad valorem on the entire set. This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177). A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the transaction. Sincerely, Jean F. Maguire Area Director New York Seaport

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