HQ 083728: Tariff classification of a ladies' wallet, a spiral-bound address book and a spiral-bound engagement book.

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                                      HQ 083728

                                    June 2, 1989

          CLA-2 CO:R:C:G 083728 JLJ, 836499

          CATEGORY: Classification

          TARIFF NO: 4820.10.20; 4202.32.20

          Mr. Paul Caterina, Traffic Manager
          Bally Incorporated
          One Bally Place
          New Rochelle, New York 10801

          RE:  Tariff classification of a ladies' wallet, a spiral-bound
               address book and a spiral-bound engagement book.

          Dear Mr. Caterina:

               You requested a tariff classification under the Harmonized
          Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA) for three
          items imported from Italy.  You submitted samples of each along
          with your request.

          FACTS:

               The instant sample, Style No. 94065, consists of a ladies'
          wallet with a snap clasp, a spiral-bound address book of paper
          and a spiral-bound engagement book of paper.  In a conversation
          with Miss Johnson of this office, you stated that, while the
          address book and the engagement book fit within the wallet, the
          three items are imported separately so there is no question of
          the three items constituting a set put up for retail sale.

               The wallet measures approximately 6-5/8 inches in length and
          approximately 4 inches in width.  The two halves of the wallet
          are secured by a leather clasp with a snap.  The majority of the
          exterior surface of the wallet is cotton coated with a PVC
          plastic, then embossed with the Bally logo.  The trim and the
          clasp are of leather (within the exception of the metal snap and
          of an ornamental diamond-shaped metal piece with a letter B on
          it).  The interior of the wallet is leather on the parts that are
          exposed,  with polyurethane underneath.  There is a small oval of
          metal with "Bally" printed on it which is affixed to the lower
          left corner of the wallet.  The interior of the wallet has spaces
          for credit cards, an identification card or photograph, and
          several pockets for currency.
















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               The engagement book is of paper, except for a plastic spiral
          binder and a sheet of transparent plastic which covers but is not
          attached to the top cover of the engagement book.

               The address book is also of paper, except for a plastic
          spiral binder and a sheet of transparent plastic which covers but
          is not attached to the top cover of the address book.

          ISSUE:

               What are the HTSUSA tariff classifications for these three
          items?

          LAW AND ANALYSIS:

               The Explanatory Notes for the HTSUSA state that:

                    This heading covers various articles of stationery,
                    other than correspondence goods of heading
                    48.17 and the goods referred to in Note 9 to
                    this Chapter.  It includes:

                    (1) Registers, accounts books, notebooks
                        of all kinds, order books, receipt books,
                        copy books, diaries, letter pads,
                        memorandum pads, engagement books, address
                        books and books, pads, etc., for entering
                        telephone numbers. [Emphasis added.]

               The spiral-bound address book and the spiral-bound
          engagement book are therefore classified under the provision for
          registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books,
          letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles:
          diaries, notebooks and address books, bound; memorandum pads,
          letter pads and similar articles in subheading 4820.10.20,
          HTSUSA, dutiable at the general rate of 4 percent ad valorem.

               The ladies' wallet is classified under the provision for
          traveling bags, toiletry bags, knapsacks and backpacks, handbags,
          shopping bags, wallets, purses...and similar containers, of
          leather or of composition leather, of plastic sheeting, of
          textile materials, of vulcanized fiber or of paper-board, or
          wholly or mainly covered with such materials; articles of a kind
          normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag; with outer
          surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials: with outer
          surface of plastic sheeting: other, in subheading 4802.32.20,
          HTSUSA, dutiable at the general rate of 20 percent ad valorem.















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          HOLDING:

               The ladies' wallet is classified in subheading 4202.32.20,
          HTSUSA.  The spiral-bound address book and the spiral-bound
          engagement calendar are classified in subheading 4820.10.20,
          HTSUSA.

                                        Sincerely,




                                        John Durant, Director
                                        Commercial Rulings Division
















































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