Articles imported for the use of an institution organized and operated for religious purposes, including cemeteries, schools, hospitals, orphanages and similar nonprofit activities staffed and controlled by such institution: — Altars, pulpits, communion tables, baptismal fonts, shrines, mosaics, iconostases, or parts, appurtenances or adjuncts of any of the foregoing, whether to be physically joined thereto or not, and statuary (except granite or marble cemetery headstones, granite or marble grave markers and granite or marble feature memorials, and except casts of plaster of Paris, or of compositions of paper or papier-mâché)
Part of: 98 — Special classification provisions (US)
N358057 · 2026-02-13 — The tariff classification of decorative gold ornament with synthetic gems from India
You have submitted photographs and descriptive literature for our review. The article in question is an ornamental article designed to adorn a statue of Sri Shirdi Saibaba within a Hindu temple. It is constructed of 18K gold and set with synthetic gems. It is not suitable for, or intended to, be worn by person. The applicable subheading for the gold ornament will be 7115.90.3000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for “Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal: Other: Other: Of gold, including metal clad with gold.” The rate of…
N356031 · 2025-12-05 — The tariff classification of a marble mimbar from India.
The merchandise under consideration is referred to as a marble mimbar. It is a pulpit, consisting of steps leading to a speaking platform, used by an imam during khutbah and other Islamic religious services. From the information you provided, the mimbar measures approximately 48 inches high by 30 inches wide by 39 inches deep at its widest points and is made of hand-carved polished marble. You state it will be imported unassembled to prevent damage during transportation, and will be permanently installed inside the Dar-ul-ilm Foundation’s mosque in Illinois. In your ruling request you suggest…
N189115 · 2011-10-30 — The tariff classification of religious statuary and sculptures from Italy.
A declaration issued by Chiarelli’s Religious Goods, declares that the items (St. Joseph the Worker; St. Francis of Assisi; and Stations of the Cross) were specifically made for the church, and that these items were not for “resale or stock/inventory” in Chiarelli’s store. Item 1 is a statue of St. Joseph the Worker. The item is a fully rounded figure, cast in fiberglass and polyester resin, painted in traditional colors, and stands 4 feet tall. Information provided by Chiarelli’s Religious Goods indicates that the statue of St. Joseph the Worker was purchased by and sold to the Providence…
N161526 · 2011-04-27 — The tariff classification of religious altars, statuary and shrines from Italy or Spain.
In your undated letter, received by this office on April 20, 2011, on behalf of St. Jude Shop, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling. A declaration issued by St. Jude Shop, Inc., informs the necessary parties that imports for St. Jude Shop and its affiliate, St. Jude Liturgical Arts Studio, are specific orders for customers and not items for store stock or inventory. Taken from the St. Jude’s website, the St. Jude Liturgical Arts Studio is a 9000 square foot showroom in Havertown, Pennsylvania which displays custom pieces and offers complete custom services for liturgical objects…
N028509 · 2008-06-03 — The tariff classification of rice straw floor mats from Japan.
In your recent undated letter, on behalf of The Zen Studies Society, you requested a tariff classification ruling. The ruling was requested on "tatami" rice straw floor mats which were previously classified in ruling letter N023587. The mats are designed to be used indoors for sitting, laying or kneeling. They are composed of the following: an outer covering of Japanese rush grass strips, layers of insecticide treated papers, layers of coarse rice straw and one layer of Styrofoam. In N023587 the mats were classified under heading 4602.19.8000. You have submitted additional information that…
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