NY a86412: The tariff classification of automotive tube assemblies from Canada

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                            NY A86412


                         August 21, 1996



CLA-2-87:RR:NC:MA:101 A86412  

CATEGORY:  Classification

TARIFF NO.: 8708.99.8080  

Mr. Walter R. Manns
Ford Motor Company
West Park Center
5111 Auto Club Drive
Dearborn, MI 48121

RE:  The tariff classification of automotive tube assemblies from
     Canada 

Dear Mr. Manns:

     In your letter dated July 17, 1996 you requested a tariff
classification ruling.

     The items concerned are two steel tube assemblies which have
the following Parts numbers (depending on which model automobile
they are installed in and the engineering level of the part,
itself) - 
          #E8LC-5F235-AA           #E8SC-5F235-AC
          #E8SC-5F235-BA           #E9TA-5F235-AB
          #E9TA-5F235-GC           #E9TA-5F298-AC
          #E9TD-5F235-BA           #E9TD-5F298-AD
          #E9UA-5F235-DA           #E9UA-5F298-BB
          #F2UA-5F235-BB           #F2UA-5F298-BB
          #F3TA-5F298-AD           #F3UA-5F298-BD
          #F4TA-5F298-AA 




     You state that the function of both tube assemblies is to
facilitate the transportation of pre-heated exhausted air from an
automobile engine, which has passed through an air injection pump
and its ejection tube, to the catalytic converter assembly; they
constitute a portion of the air pollution control system.      

     The applicable subheading for the tube assemblies will be
8708.99.8080, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS), which provides for Parts and accessories of . . . motor
vehicles . . . : Other parts and accessories: Other: Other:
Other: Other: Other.  The rate of duty will be 2.9% 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 Robert
DeSoucey at 212-466-5667.


                                        Sincerely,




                                        Roger J. Silvestri
                                        Director
                                        National Commodity
                                        Specialist Division