HQ 083252: Classification of ground meat

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	HQ 083252

	April 10 1989
 

 CLA2 CO:R:C:G 083252 JGH

  CATEGORY: Classification

  TARIFF NO.: 0202.30.40

  Mr. William C. Morrison
  Meat Importers Council of America, Inc.
  1901 N. Fort Myer Drive
  Arlington, Virgina 22209

  RE: Classification of ground meat

  Dear Mr. Morrison:

Your letter of December 29, 1988, concerns the  classification of New Zealand ground meat under the Harmonized  Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA).

  FACTS:

  	The New Zealand ground beef in question is said to be considered semiground.  It is described as being processed by  being ground once through a 3/8 inch plate, and then stuffed
  into 10pound clear tubes and frozen.  It is then packed 6 to 8   tubes  per box and shipped to the United States.  Subsequent to   importation it will be defrosted and ground again before being
  sold.

  ISSUE:

       	Classification of frozen ground beef under the HTSUSA.

  LAW AND ANALYSIS:

       	U.S. Note 1(a) to Chapter 2, HTSUSA, states that the term   "processed" covers meats which have been ground or comminuted,  diced, or cut into sizes for stew meat or similar uses.

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  HOLDING:

       Frozen ground boneless beef is classified in the provision  for other processed boneless meat of bovine animals, frozen, in  subheading 0202.30.40, HTSUSA.  The rate of duty is 10 percent
  ad valorem.

                              				Sincerely,

                              				John Durant, Director
                              				Commercial Rulings Division