The tariff classification of an imitation leather fabric,from Canada.

NY 859055 January 10, 1991 CLA-2-39:S:N:N3H:350 859055 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 3921.12.1910 Mr. Charles E. Mooers F.H. Fenderson Inc. P.O. Box 8 Champlain, N.Y. 12919 RE: The tariff classification of an imitation leather fabric, from Canada. Dear Mr. Mooers: In your letter dated December 18, 1990, on behalf of Beckwith-Bemis, you requested a tariff classification ruling. The sample submitted (Style # CL 3831KBXFP) consists of a 100 percent cotton knit fabric that has been coated on one side with a cellular polyvinyl chloride plastics material. The top skin coat has been embossed to create a leather-like surface. The PVC accounts for 89 and the cotton 11 percent by weight, of the total weight of the fabric. Your letter indicates that this fabric will be imported in 54 inch widths and will be used in the manufacture of car seating and trim replacement. The applicable subheading for the fabric will be 3921.12.1910, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for other plates, sheets, film...cellular, of polymers of vinyl chloride, with textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber, over 70 percent by weight of plastics. The duty rate will be 5.3 percent ad valorem. Goods classifiable under subheading 3921.12.1910, HTS, which have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a 3.7 percent ad valorem rate of duty under the United States- Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all applicable regulations. 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