Section 134.24(b), Customs Regulations, provides that disposable containers, not designed or capable of reuse, which are imported empty and packed and sold in multiple units, need not be individually marked with the country of origin.

Section 134.1(d), Customs Regulations, defines 'ultimate purchaser' as 'generally the last person in the United States who will receive the article in the form in which it was imported. In such a manner as to indicate to the ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the country of origin of the article. §1304), requires that, unless excepted, every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the United States shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article (or container) will permit, Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. You also inquired about the country of origin marking requirements. The duty rate will be 3 percent ad valorem. The applicable subheading for the preform will be 39, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics.carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, other. As you requested, the sample is being returned. After importation, Avon will expand the preform to its desired shape and size and fill the bottle with toiletry products for retail sale. The neck is threaded and finished to receive a cap. The preform is tubular shaped and approximately 4 1/2 inches in length and 3/4 inch in diameter at the neck. Shoichet: In your letter dated April 30, 1999, on behalf of Avon Products, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.

RE: The tariff classification of plastic bottle preforms from Mexico, Brazil, Poland and/or China. Shoichet Tompkins & Davidson, LLP One Astor Plaza 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036-8901

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