NY 865653: The tariff classification of a lithographically printedposter from Canada.

Native CBP ruling rendition. Applicability is fact-specific; modification/revocation relationships and original publisher date are retained. Publisher sentinel year0001 means unknown date, not a historical legal adoption.

                              NY 865653

                             AUG 14 1991 

CLA-2-49:S:N1:234 865653  

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 4911.91.2020  

Ms. Maryann Madore
R.R. #1, Box Hill Island
Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada KOE 1LO

RE:  The tariff classification of a lithographically printed
poster from Canada.

Dear Ms. Madore:

     In your letter dated July 17, 1991 to the U.S. Customs
Service office at Champlain, New York, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.         
     A sample poster was submitted, and will be retained for
reference.  It is a lithographically reproduced photograph on
paper, of a house standing among trees on the bank of a body of
water.  It is printed with text,in varying letter size and color:
"The Thousand Islands", "Broomstick Castle -Fairyland Island",
and "Photograph by Maryann Madore (c) 1991".
     
     The applicable subheading for the poster will be
4911.91.2020, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for :Other (than certain enumerated)
pictures, designs and photographs: Lithographs on paper or
paperboard: Not over 0.51 mm in thickness: Posters.  The rate of
duty will be 13.2 cents per kilogram.   

     Goods classifiable under subheading 4911.91.2020, HTS, which
have originated in the territory of Canada, will be entitled to a
5.2 cents per kilogram rate of duty under the United States-
Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upon compliance with all
applicable regulations.

     The poster is not marked to indicate its country of origin;
however, it appears from the sample submitted that it will be
imported in retail packaging which will be appropriately marked. 
We suggest, in addition, in order to obviate any possibility of
mistake and/or delay in clearance, that any cardboard tubing or
other outer container in which the posters are imported, also be
marked, in a manner similar that in which the poly tubing sleeve
of the sample is marked.

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

     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