NY 862916: The tariff classification of a count-down timer made inChina.

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                                  NY 862916
                                 May 9, 1991


CLA-2-99:S:N:N3G:344  862916 

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 9902.91.06

Mrs. Sandra Brown
Fritz Companies, Inc.
P.O. Box 18923
7209 Cessna Drive
Greensboro, NC  27419 

RE:  The tariff classification of a count-down timer made in
China. 

Dear Mrs. Brown:

     This classification decision under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTS) is being issued in accordance with the
provisions of Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

     DATE OF INQUIRY   :    April 23, 1991

     ON BEHALF OF      :    MarketUSA, Summerfield, North
			 Carolina.

     DESCRIPTION OF
     MERCHANDISE       :    Battery-operated 16 hour count-down
			 kitchen timer with a solid-state electronic
			 clock movement having a digital Liquid Crystal
			 Display (LCD).  The timer can be used on a
			 table top or counter top and a magnet built-in
			 at the rear of its plastic case permits
			 stick-on attachment to a metal surface such as
			 a refrigerator door.

     HTS PROVISION     :    Apparatus for measuring, recording or
                         otherwise indicating intervals of time, with
                         clock or watch movements, battery or AC
                         powered and with optoelectronic display only
                         (provided for in subheading 9106.90.80). 

     HTS SUBHEADING    :    9902.91.06

     RATE OF DUTY      :    3.9% on the apparatus + 5.3% on the battery.

     
     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