Feb. 5 CBP Bulletin Revokes Rulings on D-Lysine, Polyurethane Coated Gloves
The Feb. 5 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 5), CBP published two notices of revocation of rulings and treatment regarding D-Lysine, a type of amino acid, and polyurethane coated gloves
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Revocations Are Effective April 7
CBP is revoking these rulings, as well as any treatment CBP previously accorded to substantially identical transactions, effective for merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after April 7.
D-Lysine
| Item: D-Lysine is an isomer of lysine, an essential amino acid which is not synthesized in animals and must instead be ingested. |
| New Ruling: HQ H091978 (dated 01/13/14), revokes NY N056378 (2009) |
| Old HTS/Rate: 2922.41.0010, Free (Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; salts thereof: Lysine and its esters; salts thereof: Meeting requirements of Food Chemical Codex, Codex Alimentarius or United States Pharmacopeia.) When the product does not meet the requirements of the Food Chemical Codex, Codex Alimentarius or United States Pharmacopeia, it is classified as 2922.41.0090, 3.7% (Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; salts thereof: Lysine and its esters; salts thereof: Other) |
| New HTS/Rate: Only 2922.41.00, 3.7% (Oxygen-function amino-compounds: Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; salts thereof: Lysine and its esters; salts thereof.) |
| Reason: Lysine was deleted from the pharmaceutical appendix by the 1997 Annex to Presidential Proclamation 6982, said CBP. Lysine is thus no longer subject to duty free treatment pursuant to General Note 13. |
(See 13070802 for summary of the proposed revocation of this ruling.)
Gloves
| Item: Polyurethane Coated Gloves. String-knit work gloves constructed of 50% polyethylene, 29% polyester, 14% glass fiber and 7% spandex with a polyurethane coating which covers the entire palm as well as a portion of the cuff and overlaps the fingers and sides of the wearer’s hands. A polyurethane coating has also been applied to the underside fabric of the palms. |
| New Ruling: HQ H246529 (dated 01/09/14), revokes NY N23869 (2013) |
| Old HTS/Rate: 3926.20.1050, Free, (other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914: articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves): gloves: seamless: other: other.) |
| New HTS/Rate: 6116.10.55, 13.2%, (Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted: Impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber: Other: Without fourchettes: Other: Containing 50 percent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or other textile fibers, or any combination thereof) |
| Reason: While there is plastic on the inside and outside, the gloves are made of textile material that is neither completely embedded nor entirely coated or covered on both sides with plastic, and the textile material is present for more than mere reinforcement, said CBP. The gloves therefore shouldn't be classified as an article of plastic, it said. |