HQ 954759: Classification of Optical Brighteners

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                              HQ 954759

                        September 3, 1993

CLA-2 CO:R:C:F  954759  JGH

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.:  3204.20.5000

Mr. Andrew Sowula
POLCHEM International S.A.
810 North Sixth Street
Allentown, Pa.  18102-1610

RE: Classification of Optical Brighteners

Dear Mr. Sowula:

     Your letter of July 14, 1993, concerns the classification of
certain optical brighteners from Poland under the Harmonized
Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS).

FACTS:

     The optical brighteners listed, Heliofor PN, Heliofor PB,
and Heliofor PBX, are said to be used for surface brightening of
papers.

ISSUE:

     Classification of certain optical brighteners.

LAW AND ANALYSIS:

     Heliofors are considered bistriazine derivatives of
diaminostilbenesulfonic acids.

     Products of Poland are entitled to the General Rates of
Duty.
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HOLDING: 

     The Heliofors described are classifiable under the provision
for other synthetic organic products of a kind used as
fluorescent brightening agents in subheading 3204.20.5000, HTSUS.
The rate of duty is 8.1 percent ad valorem.

                              Sincerely,




                              John Durant, Director