HQ 084644: Purse pouch

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                                      HQ 084644

                                  September 13,1989



          CLA-2:CO:R:C:G  084644  SR

          CATEGORY:  Classification

          TARIFF NO.:  6307.90.9050

          Mr. Joel K. Simon
          Serko and Simon
          One World Trade Center
          Suite 3371
          New York, N.Y. 10048

          RE: Purse pouch

          Dear Mr. Simon:

                This is in reference to your letter dated May 15, 1989,
          requesting the tariff classification of a textile pouch used to
          protect a purse, under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
          United States Annotated (HTSUSA).  A sample produced in Italy or
          South Korea was submitted.

          FACTS:

                The merchandise at issue is a textile pouch in which an
          expensive leather purse is imported.  The pouch serves to protect
          the purse from scratches, abrasions, and crocking (the transfer
          or rubbing off of leather finishing materials or color, or the
          show of irregularity from rubbing).  The purse is imported in the
          pouch, and the purse is usually stored in the pouch when not in
          use by the consumer.  Company logos, trademarks, or trade names
          can be printed on the pouch.

          ISSUE:

                Whether the purse pouch at issue is classifiable as the
          normal container for the purse or as luggage.

          LAW AND ANALYSIS:

                Classification of goods under the HTSUSA is governed by the

















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          General Rules of Interpretation (GRI), taken in order.  GRI 5(a)
          provides the following:

                Camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, drawing
                instrument cases, necklace cases and similar containers,
                specially shaped or fitted to contain a specific article or
                set of articles, suitable for long-term use and entered
                with the articles for which they are intended, shall be
                classified with such articles when of a kind normally sold
                therewith.  This rule does not, however, apply to
                containers which give the whole its essential character.

          The merchandise at issue does not meet these qualifications.  The
          pouch, retangular in shape, does not appear to be specially
          shaped or fitted to contain a specific purse.

                Heading 4202, HTSUSA, provides for trunks, suitcases,
          vanity cases; toiletry bags, and similar containers of textile
          materials, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials.  The
          pouch at issue is not similar to the items listed.  The pouch is
          used to protect a purse while it is in storage.  The pouch is not
          worn or carried on the person as is luggage.  Similar pouches
          have been classified under subheading 6307.90.9050, HTSUSA, as
          other made-up textile articles.

           HOLDING:

                The merchandise at issue is classifiable under subheading
          6307.90.9050, HTSUSA, as other made up articles, other, other,
          other.  The rate of duty is 7 percent ad valorem.

                                  Sincerely,




                                  John Durant, Director
                                  Commercial Rulings Division


























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