The tariff classification of Used Cooking Oil from Argentina

N237710 February 8, 2013 CLA-2-15:OT:RR:E:NC:N2:235 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 1518.00.4000 Ms. Nancy Redwine Ameropa North America, Inc. 2502 N. Rocky Point Drive Suite 580 Tampa, FL 33607 RE: The tariff classification of Used Cooking Oil from Argentina Dear Ms. Redwine: In your letter dated January 23, 2013, you requested a tariff classification ruling. As indicated in your submitted documents, the subject product is Used Cooking Oil composed of tryacilglycerides, phospholipids and free fatty acids. The article is intended for use as raw material in the production of bio diesel. The applicable subheading for the Used Cooking Oil will be 1518.00.4000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated, sulfurized, blown, polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included: Other. The general rate of duty will be 8 percent 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/. The importation of Used Cooking Oil is subject to import regulations, and or licensing regulations which are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.). Information regarding applicable regulations administered by the U.S.D.A. may be addressed to that agency at United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services Plant Protection and Quarantine Quarantine Policy Analysis and Support 4700 River Road, Unit 60 Riverdale, Maryland 20737 You made a request in your submission for the applicability of an unspecified Free Trade Agreement to your product for preferential treatment. We are unable to make that determination since Argentina is not part of any trade agreement program. 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 Hodgkiss at (646) 733-3046. Sincerely, Thomas J. Russo Director National Commodity Specialist Division