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NY M86791 October 6, 2006 CLA-2-72:RR:NC:1:117 M86791 CATEGORY: Classification TARIFF NO.: 7215.50.0060; 7215.50.0090; 7215.90.3000; 7222.20.0045; 7222.20.0075; 7222.30.0000; 7228.50.1010; 7228.60.1030 Terry McCracken R.J. McCracken Son, Inc. 5345 44th Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 45912-4001 RE: The tariff classification of steel shafts from Japan. Dear Mr. McCracken: In your letter received on September 19, 2006, on behalf of your client Sunhill America, LLC, you requested a tariff classification ruling. The product to be imported is described as cold drawn centerless ground rod and bar stock. Cut to length, with diameters ranging from ?” to 2”, these steel shafts are available in four different chemistries. The stainless product is the equivalent of AISI 440C, the alloy product, also referred to as SUJ2, is the same as AISI 52100 and the carbon products meet the specifications for either AISI 1045 or 1060. Each of these is also available with a chrome plating. All of these products will ultimately be used as guide shafts in hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders in linear machines. The applicable subheading for the type 1045 carbon steel shafts and those type 1060 shafts with a carbon content of less than 0.6 % will be 7215.50.0060, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, other, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, containing by weight 0.25 percent or more but less than 0.6 percent of carbon. The rate of duty will be free. The applicable subheading for the type 1060 carbon steel shafts with a carbon content greater than 0.6% will be 7215.50.0090, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, other, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished, containing by weight more than 0.6 percent of carbon. The rate of duty will be free.