NY 865811: The tariff classification of components of a fatty alcoholplant from Germany.

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                               NY 865811      

                              SEP 03 1991


CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:105:865811  

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 8419.89.5075, 8419.50.0080              

Mr. John A. Slagle
Wolf D. Barth Co. Inc.
7575 Holstein Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19153

RE:  The tariff classification of components of a fatty alcohol
plant from Germany.

Dear Mr. Slagle:

     In your letter dated July 29, 1991  on behalf of the Henkel
Corporation, Emery Group you requested a tariff classification ruling.

     The two components of the fatty alcohol plant your client plans to
import are Item X5 R0, a multitube reactor and item Y5 H01, a 1HP heat
exchanger.

     Coconut oil is fed into the multitube reactor, where a
hydrogenation process, which generates heat and is accelerated by a
catalyst within the tubes, occurs, converting the cocomut oil into a
fatty alcohol.

     The heat exchanger is a shell and tube type one that cools the
reactor product in the shell by a heat exchange with a recycle gas
passed through the tubes.  It effects a drop of about 102 degrees C. in
the temperature of the reactor product.

     The applicable subheading for the X5 R01 multitube reactor will be
8419.89.5075, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS),
which provides for other machinery and plant or laboratory equipment .
. . for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of
temperature, other.  The rate of duty will be 4.2 percent ad valorem.

     The applicable subheading for the Y5 H01 heat exchanger will be
8419.50.0080, HTS, which provides for other machinery and plant or
laboratory equipment . . . for the treatment of materials by a process
involving a change of temperature: heat exchange units, other.  The
rate of duty will be 4.2 percent ad valorem.

     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