Turbine classification under Heading 90.21 rejected because it was a machine capable of commercial use, not a demonstrational model.

Heading 90.21 applies only to models of Chapter 90 goods or articles designed solely for demonstration and unsuitable for other uses; a turbine is a machine falling under Chapter 84. Because the imported article was described in technical material as a machine and was capable of commercial use, it could not be treated as a mere demonstrational model. Classification under Heading 90.21 was therefore rejected.

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Issues: Whether the imported turbine was classifiable under Heading 90.21 as an instrument, apparatus or model designed solely for demonstrational purposes, or under Chapter 84 as a machine.

Analysis: Heading 90.21 is confined to models of articles or goods covered by Chapter 90 and to goods designed solely for demonstration and unsuitable for other uses. A turbine is not an item of the kind contemplated by Chapter 90 and is a machine falling within Chapter 84. The imported article was described in the technical pamphlet as a machine and was capable of commercial use, so it could not be treated as a mere demonstrational model.

Conclusion: The claim for classification under Heading 90.21 was not correct and the turbine was not classifiable under that heading.

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