NY a82461: The tariff classification of woven fabric swabs used for cleaning fiber optic connectors from Japan.

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                            NY A82461

                          April 18, 1996

CLA-2-63:RR:NC:TP:352 A82461  

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 6307.90.9989  

Mr. David P. Sanders
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene, & MacRae
1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-5728

RE:  The tariff classification of woven fabric swabs used for
     cleaning fiber optic connectors from Japan.

Dear Mr. Sanders:

     In your letter dated March 27, 1996, on behalf of your
client Alcoa Fujikura, Ltd., you requested a tariff
classification ruling.

     The submitted sample, designated as a swab, is an article
designed as a cleaning implement for fiber optic connectors.  It
consists of small pieces of 100% polyester plain woven fabric
that have been wrapped and attached by means of gluing and a
rubber ferrule to a twisted paper stick.  The swab is
approximately 6 inches long and the textile woven fabric head
which functions as the cleaning medium is approximately 1 inch
long.

     Since the functional element in this article is the textile
woven fabric and the relative cost of the textile portion of this
article far exceeds the cost of either the rubber or paper
portions of this article, it is the polyester woven fabric which
gives it its essential character.

     The applicable subheading for the swab will be 6307.90.9989,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which
provides for other made up articles, other, other, other, other,
other.  The rate of duty will be 7 percent ad valorem.   

     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 Alan
Tytelman at 212-466-5896.



                                        Sincerely,



                                        Roger J. Silvestri
                                        Director
                                        National Commodity
                                        Specialist Division