CCSB DOCKET 2012-3
SECTION I
SUBJECT 15
Re: Packaging Exceptions Based on Product Weight
Staff Contact: Erin N. Topper
Telephone — (703) 838-8856
[email protected]
Proponent: Commodity Classification Standards Board
Present Classification Provisions
Item
Description
Class
LEAD: subject to item 110000
110080
Antimonial, in pigs or slabs, loose, only if weighing each 25 pounds
or over, or in packages..................................................................Not Involved
110140
Bar, Block or Ingot, loose, only if weighing each 25 pounds or over,
or in packages ................................................................................Not Involved
110410
Scrap, NOI, loose, only if in pieces weighing each 25 pounds or over,
or in packages ................................................................................Not Involved
MACHINERY GROUP: subject to item 114000
114990
Blades, blast or blower wheel, or Fan Blades, single or multiple,
without hubs, NOI; or Hubs, propeller wheel, fan or blast or
blower wheel, see Note, item 114992; in packages, or loose
if weighing each 50 pounds or over:
Subs 1-3
Not Involved.
114992
NOTE—Not Involved.
Elevators, Conveyors, or Parts Named: subject to item 120000
Spiral Screw Conveyor Parts: subject to item 120140
120220
Couplings, spiral conveyor or shaft, steel, in packages, or
loose if weighing each 50 pounds or over......................Not Involved
121870
Gear or Speed Increasing or Reducing Machines, weighing
each less than five pounds, other than gear-motors,
or Gear or Speed Increasing or Reducing Machine Parts,
NOI, in boxes or crates; or Hydromatic Braking Machines,
in boxes or crates, or on skids, or loose if weighing each
100 pounds or more .......................................................................Not Involved
121875
Gear or Speed Increasing or Reducing Machines, weighing each
five pounds or more, other than gear-motors, in boxes or
crates, or on skids, or loose if weighing each 100 pounds or
more; or Drives, pump, right angle, without motors, in boxes
or crates, or on skids .......................................................................Not Involved
122885
Holders, die or mold, stamping, punching or molding machine, iron
or steel; in boxes or crates or on skids; or if weighing each
500 pounds or more, or sections weighing each 500 pounds
or more, loose, see Note, item 122887 ........................................Not Involved
122887
NOTE—Not Involved.
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Present Classification Provisions — Continued
Item
Description
Class
MACHINERY GROUP: subject to item 114000
Regulators: subject to item 128330
128360
Feed Water, in packages, or loose if weighing each 25 pounds
or over ........................................................................................Not Involved
129800
Sewing Machine Stand Parts, iron, consisting of legs, braces,
treadles, treadle rods, wheels or wheel guards, loose, only if
weighing each 25 pounds or over, on skids or in packages:
Subs 1-2
Not Involved.
134160
Mast Arms (Brackets), with or without mast arm supports, street lighting,
aluminum, in packages, or loose when weighing each 15
pounds or more ....................................................................................Not Involved
134270
Mats or Runways, airfield or aircraft landing:
Sub 1
Aluminum alloy; in packages, or loose if weighing each 15 pounds
or over ..............................................................................................Not Involved
Sub 2
Not Involved.
METALS GROUP: subject to item 135300
135400
Babbitt Metal (white metal alloys containing in excess of 10 percent
tin), bars, pigs, slabs or scraps; loose, only if weighing each
25 pounds or over; or in packages ..............................................Not Involved
135500
Cable, scrap, lead covered copper, consisting of lead covered
copper cable worn out or otherwise rendered unfit for use,
having value only for remelting purposes; in packages, or
loose if weighing each 50 pounds or over..................................Not Involved
136440
Solder, NOI, other than with gold, palladium or silver content:
Sub 1
Tin content exceeding 10 percent; in packages, or loose if in
pigs or slabs weighing each 25 pounds or over; see Note,
item 136441................................................................................Not Involved
Subs 2-4
Not Involved.
136441
NOTE—Not Involved.
NICKEL GROUP: subject to item 139740
139760
Anodes, nickel; loose, only if weighing each 25 pounds or over;
or in packages ................................................................................Not Involved
139800
Bars, Billets, Briquettes, Cathodes, Cubes, Granules, Ingots, Pellets,
Pigs, Rods, Shot or Slabs; loose, only if weighing each 40
pounds or over; or in packages ...................................................Not Involved
139880
Flats; loose, only if weighing each 50 pounds or over; or in
packages.........................................................................................Not Involved
ROOFING OR SIDING MATERIALS GROUP: subject to item 170000
170215
Roofing, steel, corrugated or not corrugated, plain, galvanized or
painted, priming coat only, or coated with lead, terne or tin,
see Note, item 170216, loose, if pieces each weigh 15 pounds
or over, or in packages..................................................................Not Involved
170216
NOTE—Not Involved.
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Present Classification Provisions — Concluded
Item
Description
Class
ROOFING OR SIDING MATERIALS GROUP: subject to item 170000
170220
Roofing, steel, NOI, loose, if pieces each weigh 15 pounds or over,
or in packages ................................................................................Not Involved
SPRINGS: subject to item 177900
177930
Springs, coiled, overhead door tension, in boxes or drums, or loose
when weighing each 15 pounds or over ....................................Not Involved
TOOLS, OR PARTS NAMED: subject to item 183550
184975
Jacks, hydraulic, other than cantilever, not wheeled:
Sub 1
In packages other than boxes or crates, or loose if weighing
each 25 pounds or over ..........................................................Not Involved
Sub 2
Not Involved.
187780
Tubes, cyclone dust collector, cast iron, machined or not machined,
in packages, or if weighing each 25 pounds or more, loose.........Not Involved
VEHICLE PARTS: subject to item 190500
191820
Freight Trailer Parts, NOI, see Note, item 191822, iron or steel, cast or
forged, or plate or sheet not thinner than 12 gauge, in
packages, or loose if weighing each 15 pounds or over .........Not Involved
191822
NOTE—Not Involved.
197020
Weights, wheel, iron, NOI, in packages, or loose if weighing each
25 pounds or over .................................................................................Not Involved
WHEELS OR WHEEL BLANKS: subject to item 197240
197339
Wheels, cog, gear or pinion, iron or steel, in packages, or loose if
weighing each 25 pounds or over ...............................................Not Involved
WIRE GOODS GROUP: subject to item 197760
197820
Cloth, metal, other than paper machine clothing, with or without
coating of other materials, in packages, or loose if weighing
each 50 pounds or over, subject to Item 170 and having a
density in pounds per cubic foot of:
Subs 1-2
Not Involved.
Proposed Classification Provisions
Item
Description
Class
LEAD: subject to item 110000
Antimonial, in pigs or slabs, in packages .............................................. No Change
Bar, Block or Ingot, in packages ............................................................ No Change
Scrap, NOI, in packages ......................................................................... No Change
MACHINERY GROUP: subject to item 114000
114990
Blades, blast or blower wheel, or Fan Blades, single or multiple,
without hubs, NOI; or Hubs, propeller wheel, fan or blast or
blower wheel, see Note, item 114992; in packages:
Subs 1-3
No Change.
114992
NOTE—No Change.
110080
110140
110410
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Proposed Classification Provisions — Continued
Item
Description
Class
MACHINERY GROUP: subject to item 114000
Elevators, Conveyors, or Parts Named: subject to item 120000
Spiral Screw Conveyor Parts: subject to item 120140
120220
Couplings, spiral conveyor or shaft, steel, in packages ......... No Change
121870
Gear or Speed Increasing or Reducing Machines, weighing
each less than five pounds, other than gear-motors,
or Gear or Speed Increasing or Reducing Machine Parts,
NOI, in boxes or crates; or Hydromatic Braking Machines,
in boxes or crates or on skids ...................................................... No Change
121875
Gear or Speed Increasing or Reducing Machines, weighing each
five pounds or more, other than gear-motors; or Drives, pump,
right angle, without motors; in boxes or crates or on skids ........ No Change
122885
Holders, die or mold, stamping, punching or molding machine, iron
or steel, see Note, item 122887, in boxes or crates or
on skids .............................................................................................. No Change
122887
NOTE—No Change.
Regulators: subject to item 128330
128360
Feed Water, in packages .................................................................. No Change
129800
Sewing Machine Stand Parts, iron, consisting of legs, braces,
treadles, treadle rods, wheels or wheel guards, in packages
or on skids:
Subs 1-2
No Change.
134160
Mast Arms (Brackets), with or without mast arm supports, street lighting,
aluminum, in packages ..................................................................... No Change
134270
Mats or Runways, airfield or aircraft landing:
Sub 1
Aluminum alloy, in packages ................................................................. No Change
Sub 2
No Change.
METALS GROUP: subject to item 135300
135400
Babbitt Metal (white metal alloys containing in excess of 10 percent
tin), bars, pigs, slabs or scraps, in packages ............................ No Change
135500
Cable, scrap, lead covered copper, consisting of lead covered
copper cable worn out or otherwise rendered unfit for use,
having value only for remelting purposes, in packages ........ No Change
136440
Solder, NOI, other than with gold, palladium or silver content:
Sub 1
Tin content exceeding 10 percent, in packages, see Note,
item 136441................................................................................. No Change
Subs 2-4
No Change.
136441
NOTE—No Change.
NICKEL GROUP: subject to item 139740
139760
Anodes, nickel, in packages .................................................................. No Change
139800
Bars, Billets, Briquettes, Cathodes, Cubes, Granules, Ingots, Pellets,
Pigs, Rods, Shot or Slabs, in packages ...................................... No Change
139880
Flats, in packages .................................................................................... No Change
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Proposed Classification Provisions — Concluded
Item
Description
Class
ROOFING OR SIDING MATERIALS GROUP: subject to item 170000
170215
Roofing, steel, corrugated or not corrugated, plain, galvanized or
painted, priming coat only, or coated with lead, terne or tin,
see Note, item 170216, in packages ......................................... No Change
170216
NOTE—No Change.
170220
Roofing, steel, NOI, in packages ............................................................ No Change
SPRINGS: subject to item 177900
177930
Springs, coiled, overhead door tension, in boxes or drums ............... No Change
TOOLS, OR PARTS NAMED: subject to item 183550
184975
Jacks, hydraulic, other than cantilever, not wheeled:
Sub 1
In packages other than boxes or crates ........................................ No Change
Sub 2
No Change.
187780
Tubes, cyclone dust collector, cast iron, machined or not machined,
in packages ........................................................................................ No Change
VEHICLE PARTS: subject to item 190500
191820
Freight Trailer Parts, NOI, see Note, item 191822, iron or steel, cast or
forged, or plate or sheet not thinner than 12 gauge, in
packages.......................................................................................... No Change
191822
NOTE—No Change.
197020
Weights, wheel, iron, NOI, in packages ...................................................... No Change
WHEELS OR WHEEL BLANKS: subject to item 197240
197339
Wheels, cog, gear or pinion, iron or steel, in packages ..................... No Change
WIRE GOODS GROUP: subject to item 197760
197820
Cloth, metal, other than paper machine clothing, with or without
coating of other materials, in packages, subject to Item
170 and having a density in pounds per cubic foot of:
Subs 1-2
No Change.
Analysis and Relationship to CCSB Policies and Guidelines
This proposal would remove packaging exceptions that allow individual articles over a
stated weight to move loose from numerous items in the NMFC.
Interpretation questions are received on an ongoing basis regarding Classification
provisions that provide packaging exceptions predicated on product weight. Often the
Classification user misreads the item and interprets those provisions to mean that the item
applies on the involved commodity only when the product weighs the threshold amount or
more, when in fact, the product is able to be tendered loose when meeting the assigned
weight.
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CCSB packaging policies state that articles should be tendered for shipment in a
manner that provides adequate protection in the motor carrier environment, and enables
handling and stowing that is reasonably safe and practicable. The involved packaging
exceptions do not meet these criteria. As such, it would be in keeping with CCSB policies to
remove the references to packaging exceptions based on product weight from the
Classification, as proposed.
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