February Meeting Resulted in Significant Commodity Reclassifications

Online, February 19, 2010 (Newswire.com) - For further information contact:
Betty Stenaka
Marketing Manager
NMFTA
[email protected]
703-838-1810 ext. 1882

SIGNIFICANT COMMODITY RECLASSIFICATIONS - NMFTA|CCSB|CRC FEBRURAY 2010 MEETINGS
Significant commodity reclassifications and changes from the Commodity Classification Standards Board (CCSB) meeting.
Alexandria, VA - The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA), Commodity Classification Standards Board (CCSB), and the Classification Resource Committee (CRC) held their February meetings in Tampa, Florida on Monday, February 8th - Wednesday, February 10th.

The most significant commodity reclassifications resulting from the CCSB meeting were:
• Machinery or Machines, NOI, or Machinery or Machine Parts, NOI
• Coffee, Tea or Herbal Tea
• Cable or Wire
• Snack Foods
• Mail
• Wheelchairs, other than motor-propelled
• Canes (Walking Sticks)
• Rear Projection Screens, rigid, other than curved
• Spark Plug or Ignition Cables, Cable Sets, Wires or Wire Sets
• Conveying, Dredging, Dumping, Excavating or Hoisting Buckets, Dippers or Skips
• Tool, Ammunition or Fishing Tackle Boxes or Chests

The CCSB also:
• Clarified the application of item 44155, Corrosive Materials
• Amended item 178690, Stands, other than furniture, by adding a listing for Stanchions, pedestrian traffic or crowd control, with or without rope or retractable belt
• Approved a new numbered package for Wooden Storage Cabinets
• Amended Packages 1F, 2F and 19F
• Canceled Packages 78, 86 and 730 as obsolete
• Withdrew a proposal to establish a new rule for Products Requiring Special or Additional Care or Attention in Handling or Stowing; research will continue

In addition, the CCSB deferred disposition of a proposal to reclassify footwear to its next regularly scheduled public meeting on June 7, 2010. The classification provisions for footwear that became effective on January 9, 2010 will continue to apply.

Complete details are available on our website; refer to the Public Docket Files for Docket 2010-1. The changes approved by the CCSB are scheduled to become effective on May 1, 2010.

Additionally, a number of committee and subcommittee meetings took place allowing for more
in-depth discussions on weighing & research, interline procedures, transportation for the U.S. government and membership outreach programs. The next meeting of the NMFTA|CCSB|CRC will take place in Alexandria, VA in June 2010. Both the CCSB and CRC meetings are open to the public and all parties interested in the classification process are welcome to attend.