Oct. 5 CBP Bulletin Proposes to Revoke Rulings on Betel Nut Food Products
In the Oct. 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 39), CBP published a proposal to revoke one ruling concerning nut food products.
Comments on Proposals Due Nov. 5
CBP said consideration will be given to any written comments received by Nov. 5 before taking these actions. In addition, any party that 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 after 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.
Nut Food Products
| Items: Chopped betel nuts coated with flavors and spices. Ingredients are betel nuts, catechu, limes, cardamom, and flavors. The merchandise is packed with a small plastic spoon in a foil-sealed metal container, holding 100 grams, net weight. Pan Masala is consumed after meals, a small spoonful placed in the mouth and chewed, as a stimulant and digestive aid. |
| Current: 2106.90.99, 6.4%, “Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: Other: Other: Other: Other.” |
| Proposed: 2008.19.9090, 17.9%, “Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: Other, including mixtures: Other, including mixtures: Other: Other.” |
| Reason: The subject pan masala betel nut food product is more specifically provided for under heading 2008. |
| Proposed for revocation: NY 830068, dated June 9, 1988, and DD H890859, dated Oct. 22, 1993 |
| Proposed new ruling: HQ H326009 |