NY 866629: The tariff classification of Lint Brushes from Hong Kong

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                                     NY 866629
                                   September 18 1991



CLA-2-96:S:N:N1:236 866629  

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 9603.90.8050  

Ms. Gloria Faircloth
Vice President
Southern Overseas Corporation
P.O. Box 2323
Savannah, Ga 31402-2323

RE:  The tariff classification of Lint Brushes from Hong Kong

Dear Ms. Faircloth:

     In your letter dated August 29, 1991 you requested a tariff
classification ruling on the following brushes:

     1.  New Magic Brush is a lint brush approximately 9 1/4
inches long by 2 inches wide.

     2.  Magic Brush is a lint brush approximately 10 inches long
by 2 1/4 inches wide.  The brush has a release button which
enables the brush portion to be rotated 180 degrees.

     3.  Trip-let (the 3 in 1 Brush) is a composite article
having a clothes brush, lint remover, and shoe horn attached to a
common handle.  It is approximately 10 1/4 inches long by 2 1/4
inches wide.        

     4.  Travel Brush is a 3 in 1 composite article having a
bristle clothes brush, a lint remover, and a swivel shoe horn. 
In a closed position, the composite article measures
approximately 5 1/4 inches long by 1 3/4 inches wide by 1 3/4
inches deep.  When the shoe horn swivels out, the composite
article is 9 3/4 inches long.                

     Headquarters has ruled that cloth lint brushes having
distinct tufts or knots of flexible fibers causing a brushing
action rather than a wiping action are classified as brushes.

     The essential character of the composite articles are the
clothes brushes.
     
     The applicable subheading for the above four brushes will be
9603.90.8050, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for other brushes.  The rate of duty will
be 5.6 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