Classification: Import

Question: I was wondering if anyone in the group has a footwear classification matrix or decision “tree” that they could share? ============

Question: Does anyone have a copy of the retired Informed Compliance Publication “What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Classification of Festive Articles” they would be willing to share?  I think it was published in 2007. ===========

Question: I am trying to determine the correct classification for cord retainers that my company is using for our medical devices. The medical devices are classified in Heading 9018.  The cord retainers are attached to the medical devices with screws and they hold the electrical cord that goes into the device in place. The retainers’ […]

Question: How are members classifying plastic spray nozzles ? CROSS indicates 8481 but that doesn’t feel right. I’m thinking either parts of the machines or 3926. ************

  QUESTION:   We may have to seek a Customs ruling for a specific situation, but the same issue occurs many times.  What have you done in these cases?   A subsidiary in Germany makes a small steel pin that is part of a product that is classified as a mounting – 8302.49.6055.  As this […]

  Why are surge (suppressors/protectors) listed in heading 8536, yet updated binding rulings show that they belong in 8537? Shouldn’t surge (suppressors/protectors) be removed from 8536?  

Question:   I am asking for advice / reasons why an IOR should NOT allow Customs Brokers to classify items for them. Mostly, I am asking for different ways of explaining it so that the message gets through to those in control who still dictate procedure and policy. I need to quantify the risks of […]

  Question:   I have a Mens 100% Polyurethane jacket normally classified under 3926.20.9050 that we now want to make a change to and add a bonded Sherpa lining.  Would anyone know if classification would change due to bonding a Sherpa lining to the outer shell?  Is Sherpa considered to be of pile constructions as […]

  QUESTION:   am a service provider and have a question regarding if assembly of a kit is considered a manufacturing process.  In this case a customer of ours provides to us with their  components that will go into a set.  We provide the labor of assembly and create a kit under the direction of […]

  Question: I’m looking for clarification regarding the classification of festive articles. I understand that festive articles with utilitarian function cannot be classified under 9505. Articles of Christmas go under 9505.10. My question is what other festive occasions can go under 9505.90.6000? I’ve been told by someone (who I do not know how reliable she […]

  Question:   We are in the US and share an inventory control system with our sister factory in the EU. They have classified one of the electronic instrument systems that we make in the US with an HTS in the 8517 category. This system is not a telecommunications system, it is used in manufacturing […]

  Question:   We are in the US and share an inventory control system with our sister factory in the EU. They have classified one of the electronic instrument systems that we make in the US with an HTS in the 8517 category. This system is not a telecommunications system, it is used in manufacturing […]