Tyco Fire Products L.P. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

RESTANI, Judge:

Tyco Fire Products L.P. (“Tyco”) appeals a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) ruling that Tyco’s products — filled bulbs 1 it uses in fire sprinklers and water heaters — are classified under Chapter 70 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”), as articles of glass. 2 Tyco contends in its motion for summary judgment that the goods should be classified within Chapter 84, as parts of certain machines. Tyco asserts that its goods are properly classified under Heading 8419 or 8424 3 because the liquid compound inside the glass,…