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FILE NAME: Asbestos in Hair Dryers (HD) DATE: 1977 Oct 10 DOC#: HD041 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Customs RE GE Importation of New Hair Dryer October 11th, 1977 D is tric t D irector o f Costens. A ttn t Mr J .T . X lelte, I I Dor c. o f Los Angeles /Long. Beach , ' 300 South Ferry S tre e t . . Teardnal Islan d ,. C a lifo rn ia 90731 . * . . . . . * : ... . .. -. . " ... . . . * v . ' ...r : Dear Mr. V eltet . . . ' * . . * >' . . * * . ' G eneral E l e c t r i c i s in p u ttin g a . new H a ir D ry er fro n o u r S ingapore . Affiliate, .G eneral E l e c t r i c (U .S .A .), Housewares P te . L td . (GEHGW) . T h is Hair Dryer, i s assig n ed Model itu sh er PEG-10. , .. .. ` - I s in d icate d .in the attached d escrip tiv e lite r a tu r e , .E xhibit I ,i t has 1200 M atts o f drying power, a .concentaator attachm ent f o r " sp o t drying, has th ree Ueat/Speed conbinations and i s callfedd a Power Turbo P is to l D ryer. *' . * . . ` A copy o f G eneral E le c tr ic Purchase O rder 12G-H-22749 i s E x h ib it I I . 5 o s o f s a l e a r e FOB S in g a p o re , C&E Los A n g eles. - terms assume ocean f r e ig h t o f $.25 p e r u n it.- - ' 33 The c&F ' ' In a l e t t e r d ated A ugust 23, 1977 (copy a tta c h e d ) we I n d ic a te d th e e e lliu e p rice to be 5.92 w ith a lo c a l content o f 54.7/., our. Singapore _ . 2 K S ^ in d icates the p rice estab lish ed in August v as a P J J * W c a lc u la tio n and has subm itted a co rrected s e llin g p ric e p f $6.03 w ith a l co n ten t o f 47%, s t i l l q u a lify in g f o r duty t r e e e n t r y under the^ G en eralized System o f P re fe re n c e s , TSUS A*6S4.50. _ ' D nfortunatcly, n rio r to developing th e corrected s e llin g ^ i c c . our **S ingapore A f f i l i a t e h as nade many shipm ents with- th e a s s o c ia te d p P vork indicating the s e llin g p ric e to be 5.92. Vo w i l l p rep are and subm it to you a r e c o u c ill in g s c h e d u le d e t a i l i n g Che adjustm ents to th e c o r r e c t b i l l i n g p r ic e and amount. GEGIE 00005 tir* JT. U c ltc , I I Fa{*o 2. October 11, 1977 A ll c o ld s t o o l s , d i e s , e t c . o re ctroed by CEHOU. As i n th e ease o f o u 7 o t" r ^ u c t o purchase.! iron. <XUOU, C uncral E l e c t r i c I s rc ro h u rs e J ly S ,1 0 f= r M d m lc a l^ s s ls c c n c e th r o ^ h tHo " * 5 ? ? " ? * ^ 7 ^ ' Z _ ^ ,, r - ncR Tc e . m e fe e i s based on 47. o f th e GELO.I il.S .B . V aln e, tn e cos t o f v h ic h i s in d io d e d i n tlie p r ic e p a id by G en eral E l e c t r i c . copy o f this'agreem ent i s attach e d as'E x h ib it I I I , * m the event you req u ire further, c la rffic a tio n /o r inform ation, please . advise. . CRS:vo ' ' Attaclinants ` . ccs J . Coppock D,G. Harlow . . J.D. Hadcil ' K.A. Rasmussen (Attachment) R.L. Kandell (Attachment) C.E. szymanski GEG1E 00006