HQ 081403: Tariff Status of a Butylene Stream

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                            HQ 081403

                                   March 22, 1989

          CLA-2 CO:R:C:G 081403 JGH

          CATEGORY: Classification

          TARIFF NO.:  2711.14.0000, 2711.29.0055

          Mr. G.A. Mastaw
          John V. Carr & Son,Inc.
          1101 Military
          Port Huron, Michigan 48061

          RE: Tariff Status of a Butylene Stream

          Dear Mr. Mastaw:

                Your letter of December 2, 1987, concerns the tariff status
          under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
          Annotated (HTSUSA), of a C4 raffinate butylene stream.

          FACTS:

                The C4 raffinate butylene stream has an approximate
          composition as follows:

                   Component         Percent

                   n-butene            55
                   trans-butene-2      13
                   cis-butene -2       12
                   butane              12
                   isobutane            8

          ISSUE:

                Classification of C4 butylene stream under the HTSUSA.

          LAND AND ANALYSIS:

                Note 1 to Chapter 29, HTSUSA (organic chemicals) states
          that mixtures of the type in issue here are excluded from the
          chapter.  In the Explanatory Notes for heading 27.11--petroleum


















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          gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons--provides a specific purity
          criteria for gaseous hydrocarbons classifiable in that heading.
          Paragraph V of that note states that butenes (butylenes) and
          butadienes less than 90 percent pure are included under that
          section.

          HOLDING:

                A C4 raffinate butylene stream of the composition give, if
          liquified, is classifiable in subheading 2711.14.0000, HTSUSA, if
          in the gaseous state,it is classifiable in subheading
          2711.29.0055, HTSUSA, the provision for other petroleum gases and
          other gaseous hydrocarbons.  Both provisions are duty free.

                                        Sincerely,




                                        John Durant, Director
                                        Commercial Rulings Division








































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