HQ 953706: Classification of Reemay, a spunbonded polyester fiberfilament nonwoven material

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                            HQ 953706

                         April 13, 1993

CLA-2 CO:R:C:T 953706 jlj

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIF NO.: 5603.00.9070

Mr. Charles E. Ellis
Intercontinental Transport Services, Inc.
9569 Benford Road 
Orlando, Florida 32827

RE: Classification of Reemay, a spunbonded polyester fiber
filament nonwoven material

Dear Mr. Ellis: 

     In your letter of March 23, 1993, you requested a tariff
classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) for
Reemay, a nonwoven material to be manufactured in the United
States and exported to Canada.  The material will be exported by
your client, Palm Tree Packaging of Apopka, Florida.  You
submitted a sample of Reemay along with your letter.

FACTS:

     The sample, Reemay, is a material of spunbonded (filament)
nonwoven man-made fiber construction.  You state that it is of
polyester.

ISSUE:

     What is Reemay's HTS export classification?

LAW AND ANALYSIS:

     Classification of merchandise under the HTS is in accordance
with the General Rules of Interpretation (GRIs), taken in order. 
GRI 1 provides that classification shall be according to the
terms of the headings and any relevant section or chapter notes.

     Reemay is specifically provided for under the provision for
nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or
laminated, of filaments, in subheading 5603.00.9070, Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA).  The HTS
is an international tariff down to the subheading (6-digit)
level.  Accordingly, the Canadian classification beyond the 6-
digit level may differ from the United States classification.

HOLDING:

     Reemay is classified in subheading 5603.00.9070, HTSUSA.

                                   Sincerely, 



                                   John Durant, Director
                                   Commercial Rulings Division