The tariff classification of a “Deco Frenzy Egg Decorating Kit” from China

N279200 September 23, 2016 CLA-2-32:OT:RR:NC:2:236 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 3213.10.0000 Ms. Heather Confer Peachtree Playthings 601 Woodlawn Drive, NE Marietta, GA RE: The tariff classification of a “Deco Frenzy Egg Decorating Kit” from China Dear Ms. Confer: In your letter received August 31, 2016, you requested a tariff classification ruling on a “Deco Frenzy Egg Decorating Kit.” You have indicated that the product at issue is a kit, which includes a decorating mousse and a chipboard sticker sheet. You explain that to use this product, the decorating mousse is applied to an Easter egg and the chipboard stickers are placed in the wet mousse. When the mousse dries, the stickers are permanently adhered to the egg’s surface. The decorating mousse is comprised of styrene-acrylic latex, glycerol, copolymer, ethyl paraben, and pigment. The applicable subheading for the “Deco Frenzy Egg Decorating Kit” will be 3213.10.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), 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: Colors in sets. The general rate of duty will be 6.5 percent ad valorem on the entire set. This merchandise may be subject to the requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which are administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Information on the TSCA can be obtained by contacting the EPA at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Mail Code 70480, Washington, D.C., by telephone at (202) 554-1404, or by visiting their website at www.epa.gov. 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 https://hts.usitc.gov/current. 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 Nuccio Fera at [email protected]. Sincerely, Steven A. Mack Director National Commodity Specialist Division