NY a86846: The tariff classification of Guthion Solupak 35% Wettable Powder Crop Insecticide, from Germany

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                            NY A86846

                         August 28, 1996



CLA-2-38:RR:NC:FC:238 A86846  

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 3808.10.2500  

Ms. B.C. Jardak
Bayer Corporation
8400 Hawthorn Road
P.O. Box 4913
Kansas City, MO  64120-0013

RE:  The tariff classification of Guthion  Solupak 35% Wettable
     Powder Crop Insecticide, from Germany

Dear Ms. Jardak:

     In your letter dated August 15, 1996, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.

     You indicate in your letter that you intend to import
Guthion  Technical [common name: Azinphos-methyl (CAS-86-50-0)]
into a foreign trade zone, where you will use it, as the active
ingredient, in the formulation of Guthion  Solupak 35% Wettable
Powder Crop Insecticide.  With respect to your request for a
tariff classification ruling on Guthion SC for Canada, please be
advised that we require the percentage composition by weight of
each ingredient (active and inert) making up the product, before
we can issue a ruling.  

     The applicable subheading for Guthion  Solupak 35% Wettable
Powder Crop Insecticide will be 3808.10.2500, Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for:
"Insecticides, ... , put up in forms or packings for retail sale
or as preparations or articles ... : Insecticides: Containing any
aromatic or modified aromatic insecticide: Other."  The rate of
duty will be 1.1 cents per kilogram plus 8.4 percent ad valorem.  

     This merchandise may be subject to the regulations of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which
is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Pesticide Programs.  You may contact them at 401 M Street, S.W.,
Washington, DC  20460, telephone number (703) 305-7092.

     This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177
of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

     A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above
should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time
this merchandise is imported.  If you have any questions
regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist
Cornelius Reilly at 212-466-5770.


                                        Sincerely,




                                        Roger J. Silvestri
                                        Director,
                                        National Commodity
                                        Specialist Division