NY 863489: The tariff classification of AFRP rods from Japan.

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                                   NY 863489

                                  June 6, 1991


CLA-2-39:S:N:N3G:221 863489 

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 3916.90.5000

Mr. Harry M. Mahn
Teijin America, Inc.
10 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1001
New York, NY 10020


RE:  The tariff classification of AFRP rods from Japan.

Dear Mr. Mahn:

     In your letter dated May 16, 1991, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.        
       
     The sample submitted with your letter is a rod made from
aramid fiber reinforced plastics (AFRP).  The rod is made from
aramid yarns impregnated with vinyl ester polymers and pultruded
into a ridged rod.  The ridges are not created by notching or
grooving previously formed rod.  Rather, they are formed by the
alternate over-and-under winding of the spiral yarns traveling
around the main yarn bundle prior to being pulled through a hot
die where the matrix resin cross-links and becomes fixed. 
Therefore, the ridging is not a further working of the rods.  The
rods are used to strengthen and reinforce concrete structures. 
Reinforcement may be created by pouring the concrete over a
prestressed AFRP rod, by passing the rod through a passageway
left in a poured concrete member and then subsequently tensioning
the rod, or by pouring concrete over prepositioned rod.
     
     The applicable subheading for the AFRP rods will be
3916.90.5000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for rods, sticks and profile shapes,
whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of other
plastics, other.  The rate of duty will be 5.8 percent ad
valorem.   

     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