Rainin Instrument Co., Inc. v. United States

OPINION

RIDGWAY, Judge.

At issue in this case is the proper tariff classification of certain adjustable mechanical pipettes — known as “Pipetman” pipettes — which were imported from France through the port of Boston in 1999 by Plaintiff Rainin Instrument Co., Inc. (“Rai-nin”). Rainin challenges the decision of the United States Customs Service (“Customs”) 1 denying its protest and classifying the pipettes as “[mjachines and mechanical appliances having individual functions,” under subheading 8479.89.97 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) (1999). 2 Duties were…