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The tariff classification of rattan baskets from China.
Issued July 17, 1998 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Tariff classification
HTS codes: 4602.10.1600
Headings: 4602
Product description
It is a six-inch-high open basket with a cylindrical, seven-inch-diameter body whose lower portion tapers down to a three-inch-square base. It is made of flat, interwoven strips of a vegetable plaiting material which our laboratory has confirmed to be rattan (as you had indicated). A pivoting bent-wood handle attached to the rim arches about five inches above the top of the basket. Most of the strips comprising the sample are dark brown in color, but there are three wide purple ones which encircle the basket near the center. Your letter suggests that styles 108770 and 108772 (no samples provided) will be the same as style 108771, except that the three contrasting strips will be red and green, respectively. We note your suggestion that this merchandise falls in a tariff item providing for certain "wickerwork" baskets. We must point out, however, that wickerwork must be composed of plaiting materials which are in the form of twigs, rods or the like (i.e., pieces having a generally round cross section). Products like the instant ones, composed of flat strips, fail to meet this criterion.
CBP rationale
The applicable subheading for the style 108770, 108771 and 108772 "Round Shaker Baskets" will be 4602.10.1600, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for other (than certain enumerated) baskets and bags, whether or not lined, of vegetable plaiting materials: of rattan or of palm leaf: other than wickerwork.
Full text
NY C88102 July 17, 1998 CLA-2-46:RR:NC:SP:230 C88102 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 4602.10.1600 Ms. Kristen Gibson Bath & Body Works 7 Limited Parkway East Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 RE: The tariff classification of rattan baskets from China. Dear Ms. Gibson: In your letter dated May 12, 1998, you requested a tariff classification ruling. A sample identified as a style 108771 "Round Shaker Basket" was submitted with your inquiry. It is a six-inch-high open basket with a cylindrical, seven-inch-diameter body whose lower portion tapers down to a three-inch-square base. It is made of flat, interwoven strips of a vegetable plaiting material which our laboratory has confirmed to be rattan (as you had indicated). A pivoting bent-wood handle attached to the rim arches about five inches above the top of the basket. Most of the strips comprising the sample are dark brown in color, but there are three wide purple ones which encircle the basket near the center. Your letter suggests that styles 108770 and 108772 (no samples provided) will be the same as style 108771, except that the three contrasting strips will be red and green, respectively. We note your suggestion that this merchandise falls in a tariff item providing for certain "wickerwork" baskets. We must point out, however, that wickerwork must be composed of plaiting materials which are in the form of twigs, rods or the like (i.e., pieces having a generally round cross section). Products like the instant ones, composed of flat strips, fail to meet this criterion. The applicable subheading for the style 108770, 108771 and 108772 "Round Shaker Baskets" will be 4602.10.1600, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for other (than certain enumerated) baskets and bags, whether or not lined, of vegetable plaiting materials: of rattan or of palm leaf: other than wickerwork. The rate of duty will be 5.5%. The sample is being returned to you as requested. We regret that it had to be cut to permit laboratory analysis. 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 Paul Garretto at 212-466-5779. Sincerely, Robert B. Swierupski Director, National Commodity Specialist Division
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