| Title: | PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACH |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1998-07-10 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : CARLA ZZ-DONOFRIO
SUBJECT : PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACH
DATE : 07/10/1998
ABI DAILY MESSAGE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ABI DAILY MESSAGE IS TO CALL ATTENTION TO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOUND IN THE 1998 HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES (HTS), SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE
IMPORTATION OF PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES UNDER HTS
8477.10.90 ONE OF THESE CHANGES IS THE ADDITION OF CLAMP FORCE
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES OF A TYPE USED
FOR PROCESSING THERMOPLASTICS. THESE NEW STATISTICAL TARIFF
CLASSIFICATIONS, WHICH ARE BASED ON CLAMP FORCE REQUIREMENTS,
STATED IN METRIC TONS, WERE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE SOCIETY
OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY (SPI), AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (AMT).
IN ORDER TO PROPERLY CLASSIFY IMPORTATIONS OF PLASTIC INJECTION
MOLDING MACHINES OF A TYPE USED FOR PROCESSING THERMOPLASTICS
WITHIN HTS 8477.10.90, ALL IMPORT INVOICES MUST INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(1) WHETHER THE PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES ARE OF A TYPE
USED FOR PROCESSING THERMOSETTING MATERIALS, OR THERMOPLASTICS?
(2) IF THE PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES ARE OF A TYPE USED
FOR PROCESSING THERMOPLASTICS, THE CLAMP FORCE, STATED IN METRIC
TONS, MUST BE PROVIDED ON THE INVOICE. CLAMP FORCE INFORMATION
IS TYPICALLY FOUND IN SALES BROCHURES AND DESCRIPTIVE PRODUCT
CATALOGUES, BUT IS SELDOM INCLUDED ON IMPORT INVOICES.
(3) IF THE CLAMP FORCE IS NOT STATED IN METRIC TONS, THE CLAMP
FORCE MUST BE CONVERTED ON THE INVOICE. THE FOLLOWING TABLE MAY
BE USED TO CONVERT CLAMP FORCE TO METRIC TONS:
1 KN
224.82 LBS
1 US TON
2,000 LBS
1 METRIC TON
2,204.62 LBS
CONVERSIONS: KN X 224.82
LBS
2204.62
METRIC
TONS
OR
U.S. TONS
1.10231
METRIC TONS
OR
1 U.S. TONS X 0.9072
METRIC TONS
IN ORDER TO ENSURE PROPER CLASSIFICATION, AND AVOID ENTRY
REJECTION OR OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE
IMPORT INVOICES FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES OF A TYPE
USED FOR PROCESSING THERMOPLASTICS CONTAIN THE ABOVE REFERENCED
INFORMATION. INFORMED COMPLIANCE LETTERS WITH THE ABOVE
INFORMATION WERE ALSO ISSUED TO IMPORTERS OF THESE PLASTIC
INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES. THIS LETTERS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 6,
1998, BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA STRATEGIC TRADE CENTER.