Effective April 8, the National Motor Freight Traffic
Association is changing the NMFC descriptions for 31 product categories. The changes are summarized below. (Or click here to read the full Notice of
Disposition.)
A UTS auditor will follow up directly if you ship product
affected by these changes.
Subject 1 - Furniture Group and Furniture Parts Group
Numerous items for furniture or furniture parts are
canceled with reference to new item 78400, new item 79300, item 164390, item
178690 or provisions otherwise applicable, as shown.
Subject 2 - Plastic or Rubber Articles
Provisions
for plastic or rubber articles, as shown, are updated by: reclassifying
numerous products; canceling the Plastic or Rubber Articles or Materials,
Expanded, Group; canceling obsolete provisions; amending minimum packaging
requirements; and making other changes in the interest of clarification,
simplification and uniformity.
Subject 3 - Dental, Hospital or Medical Supply Group
The
Dental, Hospital or Medical Supply Group is updated by canceling numerous items
with reference to new items 56570, 56590, 56830 or 56930, or item 188560, as
shown. The group is further updated by canceling numbered packages and making
other changes in the interest of clarification, simplification and uniformity.
Subject 4 - Cabinets, or Parts Named
Subject 5 - Pipe or Tubing, or Pipe or Tubing Fittings, metal
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 52200, naming “Pipe,
Tubing, or Pipe or Tubing Fittings, metal, combined or not combined with other
materials, NOI,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Note, item 51902 is canceled and reestablished as new Note, item 52201.
Subject 6 - Pipe, Tubing or Pipe Fittings, NOI, mineral and
resin composition combined - Item 52250
Item
52250 is canceled with reference to item 156600.
Subject 7 - Foodstuffs, other than frozen
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to item 73260, which provides the
FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 8 – Sugar
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to item 73150, which
provides density breaks at 10, 15 and 30 pcf.
Subject 9 - Pads, Padding and Related Articles Group
Numerous items, as shown, are
canceled with reference to item 149265, which provides the FCDC’s standard
11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 10 - Brooms Group
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 32800, naming “Brooms,
Brushes or Mops, or Parts thereof, NOI,” with classes predicated on the FCDC’s
standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 11 – Mirrors
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 137390, naming
“Mirrors, NOI,” with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 12 - Chemicals, NOI - Item 43940
Item
43940 is amended by assigning classes predicated on density, with breaks at 10,
15 and 30 pcf.
Subject 13 - Pesticides, including Insect Paper, and Flypaper
Item
155045 is canceled with reference to item 155050. Concurrently, item 155050 is
amended to assign the FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 14 - Carts, Wagons or Wheeled Trays, food or
beverage preparation, serving or vending - Items 81570 and 188950
Items
81570 and 188950 are canceled with reference to new item 189000, naming “Carts,
Wagons or Wheeled Trays, food or beverage preparation, serving or vending, with
or without cooking, cooling or heating devices or equipment,” with classes
predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 15 - Wheels or Wheel Blanks
Numerous items, as shown, are canceled with
reference to new item 197230, naming “Wheels or Wheel Blanks, NOI.” As
modified, the new item assigns classes predicated on packaging and density.
Subject 16 - Radiators, heating or cooling
Items
26800, 26840, 26860 and 26880 are canceled with reference to new item 26820,
naming “Radiators, heating or cooling, NOI, or Unit Ventilators,” with classes
predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 17 - Guards, Screens or Covers, gutter, metal
Item
36650 is amended to read, “Guards, Screens or Covers, gutter, metal,” and to
assign classes predicated on greatest dimension and density. The minimum
packaging requirements are amended to authorize “in packages,” and new Note,
item 36651 is established to provide additional packaging requirements.
Subject 18 - Items (Rules) 245 and 680 - Definition of and Construction Requirements
for Crates
The
requirements in Item 245 are clarified by: stating that crates are six-sided;
amending the methods of securement; and specifying the bottom construction
requirements. As modified, the requirements are amended to state that openings
on sides, ends and tops must not exceed 25 inches in their greatest dimension,
which may be the length, width, height or diagonal measurement of the opening.
Item 680, Sec. 5(a) is concurrently amended to state that “in packages” also
applies on articles tendered in a “crate-like framework not complying with Item
245.”
Subject 19 - Feeders, livestock or poultry
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 65300, naming
“Feeders, livestock or poultry, including Salt Holders, with or without
conveyors or troughs,” with classes predicated on packaging and density.
Subject 20 - Bottle Filling, Labeling, Rinsing, Washing,
Wiring, Capping or Corking Machines - Items 115220 and 115240
Item
115220 is canceled with reference to item 115240. Item 115240 is amended to
include “Capping or Corking Machines” and to assign classes predicated on
packaging and density.
Subject 21 - Ice Cream Freezers (Ice Cream Makers) - Item 121400
As
modified, item 121400 is canceled with reference to new item 123135, naming
“Ice Cream Makers, including Ice Cream-Making Freezers,” and assigning the
FCDC’s standard 11-subprovision density scale.
Subject 22 - Peat or Peat Moss
The
description of item 154900 is amended to read, “Peat or Peat Moss, NOI,” and
class 70 is assigned.
Subject 23 - Culverts, Culvert Sections or Culvert Fittings,
metal
Numerous
items, as shown, are canceled with reference to new item 51015, naming
“Culverts, Culvert Sections or Culvert Fittings, metal,” with classes
predicated on greatest dimension and density.
Subject 24 - Blanks or Stampings, NOI, or Castings or
Forgings, NOI, aluminum, or brass, bronze or copper - Items 13260, 13320, 30260
and 30320
Items
13260 and 13320 are canceled with reference to item 13120, and items 30260 and
30320 are canceled with reference to item 30160.
Subject 25 - Dough Sheeters
The
description of item 114390 is amended by adding “Dough Sheeters.”
Subject 26 - Removal of ‘F’ Packages
Subject 27 - Obsolete Provisions - Multiple Items
Subject 28 - Obsolete Provisions - Multiple Items
Subject 29 - Obsolete Provisions - Multiple Items
Subject 30 - Obsolete Provisions - Multiple Items
Subject 31 - Bicycles, electric (Electric Bikes or EBikes) - Deferred Subject
As
modified, new item 190270 is established, naming “EBikes or ETrikes (Electric
Bicycles or Tricycles),” with classes predicated on whether the products are
shipped without batteries, with batteries installed, or with batteries
uninstalled.