Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465), for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished); parts thereof:
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H032674 · 2009-05-13 — Modification of NY 898413 and NY R01892; Tariff classification of computer-to-plate plate-making apparatus
This letter pertains to your request, following our meeting of July 7, 2008, that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reconsider New York Ruling Letter (NY) 898413, dated June 20, 1994, and NY R01892, dated May 26, 2005. The two rulings concerned the tariff classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) of the Platesetter (NY 898413) and the Lotem or Trendsetter (NY R01892), all of which are used in computer-to-plate (CTP) systems to create printing plates used in offset printing. Also consulted in the preparation of this ruling were your electronic…
R01892 · 2005-05-25 — The tariff classification of computer-to-plate systems from Canada and Israel
The computer-to-plate systems are composed of a platesetter, i.e., (Lotem or Trendsetter) and a workflow system, i.e., computer workstation (Prinergy, Synapse or Brisque). A platesetter is used to “write” digital information directly onto pre-sensitized printing plates. This allows printers to eliminate certain intermediate platemaking steps involving imaging and imposing photographic film, thus saving both time and money. Digital data is loaded into the platesetter, processed by a computer workstation and imaged onto the photo-sensitive receiving plate by multiple laser beams. In NY ruling…
958154 · 1995-10-03 — Rotary Hot Foil Stamping Cylinders/Dies; Printing Machinery; Parts of Machines for Uses Ancillary to Printing; Headings 8442 and 8443; Legal Note 2(a) to Section XVI; EN 84.42
FACTS: The merchandise consists of brass, rotary hot foil stamping cylinders/dies which are engraved with designs, decorations, and/or lettering. Hot foil stamping is a procedure used to place designs, decorations, and/or lettering made of a colored metallic foil on paper, plastics, or other materials. The process typically utilizes a colored metallic foil to which an adhesive layer has been applied. Hot foil stamping machines basically consist of a plate or cylinder die, a foil feeding device, a plate or cylinder stamping press, and a heat source. After importation, the stamping…
953599 · 1993-12-30 — Linotronic 630 Drum Recorder without Raster Image Processor (RIP) 40; phototypesetting; principal use; Additional U.S. Rule of Interpretation 1(a); HRL 951992
We regret the delay in responding to your request. FACTS: In Headquarters Ruling Letter (HRL) 951992 dated December 14, 1992, the Linotronic 630 Drum Recorder imported with a RIP 40 was classified under subheading 8442.30.00, HTSUS, as other machinery, apparatus and equipment for typesetting, for preparing or making printing blocks, plates, cylinders or other printing components. In this case, the Linotronic 630 will be imported without the RIP 40. The Linotronic 630 is a color laser recorder that images on photosensitive film and paper media at resolutions up to 3251 dots per inch (dpi). The…
951808 · 1992-07-07 — Phototypesetting And Composing Machines; Apparatus; Preparing Printing Plates And Components; Laser Recorder Scanners; Proofers; Forms; Labels; Packaging
, to the Customs National Import Specialist in New York for a classification ruling on certain typesetting apparatus under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Your letter was forwarded to Customs Headquarters for a reply. FACTS: The merchandise consists of the BG 4100 flatbed laser recorders, BG 3600, 3700 and 3800 laser recorder-scanners, BG 920, 2100, 2200, 2300 and 2400 workstations, and BG 5100 thermal transfer proofers. The merchandise is entered as systems and as separate components. A system would consist of a BG workstation and a recorder or recorder-scanner,…
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