Jan. 27 CBP Bulletin Proposes to Revoke Rulings on Woven Sheeting, Mobile Pumper
In the Jan. 27 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 4) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for woven sheeting and mobile pumpers.
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Comments on Proposals Due Feb. 26
CBP said consideration will be given to any written comments received by Feb. 26 before taking this action. In addition, any party who has received a ruling or decision on the merchandise that is subject to the proposed revocations or modifications, or any party involved with a substantially identical transaction, should advise CBP by the date that written comments on the proposed ruling are due. (An importer's failure to advise CBP of such rulings, decisions, or substantially identical transactions may raise issues of reasonable care on the part of the importer or its agents for importations subsequent to the effective date of the final decision in this notice.)
Proposals
CBP is proposing to revoke or modify the rulings below, and any rulings on these products that may exist but have not been specifically identified. CBP is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
Woven Polypropylene/Polyethylene Sheeting
| Item: Sheets consisting of flat, closely woven white polypropylene/polyethylene strips. |
| Current: 4601.99.9000, 3.3%, (Plaits, and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens): Other (than mats, matting and screens of vegetable materials): Other (than of bamboo, of rattan or of other vegetable materials): Other (than plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips).) |
| Proposed: 4602.90.0000, 3.5%, (Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from articles of heading 4601; articles of loofah: [o]ther) |
| Reason: The coating of such sheeting is a level of manufacturing that is beyond the scope of heading 4601. |
| Proposed for revocation: NY N213335 (2012), NY N213337 (2012), NY N213340 (2012) |
| Proposed new ruling: HQ H230079 |
Mobile Pumper
| Item: A pumper used for to pump propant, at high-pressure, into an oil well to fracture and stimulate hydrocarbons and create a shell for pumping oil from the well. |
| Current: 8705.90.0000, Free, (Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods ...: Other) |
| Proposed: 8413.50.0090, Free, (Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators; part thereof: Other reciprocating positive displacement pumps: Other.) |
| Reason: The merchandise should be classified according to its principal function, which is as a pump. |
| Proposed for revocation: NY N049598 (2009) |
| Proposed new ruling: HQ H155596 |