HQ 083728

June 2, 1989

CLA-2 CO:R:C:G 083728 JLJ, 836499

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO: 4820.10.20; 4202.32.20

Mr. Paul Caterina, Traffic Manager

Bally Incorporated

One Bally Place

New Rochelle, New York 10801

RE: Tariff classification of a ladies\' wallet, a spiral-bound

address book and a spiral-bound engagement book.

Dear Mr. Caterina:

You requested a tariff classification under the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA) for three

items imported from Italy. You submitted samples of each along

with your request.

FACTS:

The instant sample, Style No. 94065, consists of a ladies\'

wallet with a snap clasp, a spiral-bound address book of paper

and a spiral-bound engagement book of paper. In a conversation

with Miss Johnson of this office, you stated that, while the

address book and the engagement book fit within the wallet, the

three items are imported separately so there is no question of

the three items constituting a set put up for retail sale.

The wallet measures approximately 6-5/8 inches in length and

approximately 4 inches in width. The two halves of the wallet

are secured by a leather clasp with a snap. The majority of the

exterior surface of the wallet is cotton coated with a PVC

plastic, then embossed with the Bally logo. The trim and the

clasp are of leather (within the exception of the metal snap and

of an ornamental diamond-shaped metal piece with a letter B on

it). The interior of the wallet is leather on the parts that are

exposed, with polyurethane underneath. There is a small oval of

metal with \"Bally\" printed on it which is affixed to the lower

left corner of the wallet. The interior of the wallet has spaces

for credit cards, an identification card or photograph, and

several pockets for currency.

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The engagement book is of paper, except for a plastic spiral

binder and a sheet of transparent plastic which covers but is not

attached to the top cover of the engagement book.

The address book is also of paper, except for a plastic

spiral binder and a sheet of transparent plastic which covers but

is not attached to the top cover of the address book.

ISSUE:

What are the HTSUSA tariff classifications for these three

items?

LAW AND ANALYSIS:

The Explanatory Notes for the HTSUSA state that:

This heading covers various articles of stationery,

other than correspondence goods of heading

48.17 and the goods referred to in Note 9 to

this Chapter. It includes:

\(1\) Registers, accounts books, notebooks

of all kinds, order books, receipt books,

copy books, diaries, letter pads,

memorandum pads, engagement books, address

books and books, pads, etc., for entering

telephone numbers. \[Emphasis added.\]

The spiral-bound address book and the spiral-bound

engagement book are therefore classified under the provision for

registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books,

letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles:

diaries, notebooks and address books, bound; memorandum pads,

letter pads and similar articles in subheading 4820.10.20,

HTSUSA, dutiable at the general rate of 4 percent ad valorem.

The ladies\' wallet is classified under the provision for

traveling bags, toiletry bags, knapsacks and backpacks, handbags,

shopping bags, wallets, purses\...and similar containers, of

leather or of composition leather, of plastic sheeting, of

textile materials, of vulcanized fiber or of paper-board, or

wholly or mainly covered with such materials; articles of a kind

normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag; with outer

surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials: with outer

surface of plastic sheeting: other, in subheading 4802.32.20,

HTSUSA, dutiable at the general rate of 20 percent ad valorem.

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HOLDING:

The ladies\' wallet is classified in subheading 4202.32.20,

HTSUSA. The spiral-bound address book and the spiral-bound

engagement calendar are classified in subheading 4820.10.20,

HTSUSA.

Sincerely,

John Durant, Director

Commercial Rulings Division

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