The tariff classification of fracture appliances from Switzerland Dear Mr. Leo:In your letter, dated June10, 1999, for DePuy Ace Medical Company, you requested a tariff classification ruling. Three samples and literature were provided. The stainless steel bone screws do raise the issue of whether they should be excluded from Chapter 90 by its Note 1-f excluding parts of general use, which includes the nails of HTS 7317 and the screws of HTS 7318. It is not unreasonable to refer to them as screws; they do in fact have a threaded end which will be screwed into the bone and they do join together two otherwise separated bone fragments. They are described as self-tapping, and their resistance to pull out and head-torque strength are cited in your advertising. Those are both characteristics normally important in describing screws. However, Explanatory Note II to Harmonized System Heading 90.21 states, rather contradictorily, "Subject to the provisions of Note 1-f to this Chapter, the
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The tariff classification of fracture appliances from Switzerland Dear Mr. Leo:In your letter, dated June10, 1999, for DePuy Ace Medical Company, you requested a tariff classification ruling. Three samples and literature were provided. The stainless steel bone screws do raise the issue of whether they should be excluded from Chapter 90 by its Note 1-f excluding parts of general use, which includes the nails of HTS 7317 and the screws of HTS 7318. It is not unreasonable to refer to them as screws; they do in fact have a threaded end which will be screwed into the bone and they do join together two otherwise separated bone fragments. They are described as self-tapping, and their resistance to pull out and head-torque strength are cited in your advertising. Those are both characteristics normally important in describing screws. However, Explanatory Note II to Harmonized System Heading 90.21 states, rather contradictorily, "Subject to the provisions of Note 1-f to this Chapter, the
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CBP Ruling E83364 (9021194000): The tariff classification of fracture appliances from Switzerland Dear Mr. Leo:In your letter, dated June10, 1999, for DePuy Ace Medical Company, you requested a tariff classification ruling. Three samples and literature were provided. The stainless steel bone screws do raise the issue of whether they should be excluded from Chapter 90 by its Note 1-f excluding parts of general use, which includes the nails of HTS 7317 and the screws of HTS 7318. It is not unreasonable to refer to them as screws; they do in fact have a threaded end which will be screwed into the bone and they do join together two otherwise separated bone fragments. They are described as self-tapping, and their resistance to pull out and head-torque strength are cited in your advertising. Those are both characteristics normally important in describing screws. However, Explanatory Note II to Harmonized System Heading 90.21 states, rather contradictorily, "Subject to the provisions of Note 1-f to this Chapter, the
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