April 2018 — Question 43
What is the CLASSIFICATION of a work glove, made of a synthetic suede (a non-woven polyester fabric with the textile making up 85% of the weight and the plastic making up 15%)? The glove features fourchettes, thermo-plastic rubber attachments on the knuckles on the back side, rubber overlays on the palm side of the thumb, and a cuff with a hook and loop closure to tighten the glove at the wrist.
- A6116.10.7520
- B6216.00.2425
- C6216.00.2925
- D6216.00.5420
- E6216.00.5820✓ CBP's answer
Why this answer
The glove is cut and sewn from a nonwoven fabric, so it is not knitted or crocheted and belongs in heading 6216 (gloves, not knitted or crocheted) rather than heading 6116, which eliminates option A. With textile making up 85 percent of the weight and rubber present only as localized overlays and knuckle attachments, the glove as a whole is not impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber, so the 6216.00.24 and 6216.00.29 coated-glove lines drop out. Within the remaining man-made fiber provisions, 6216.00.54 covers gloves without fourchettes and 6216.00.58 covers gloves with fourchettes; this glove has fourchettes, making 6216.00.5820 correct. Watch for: Treating the localized rubber overlays as making the whole glove coated with rubber under the 6216.00.24/.29 lines.
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