Universal Laboratories v. United States

EKWAll, Judge:

The merchandise in this case consists of what is described as “ergoty screenings,” imported at the port of Noyes, Minn. The collector assessed duty thereon under the eo nomine provision for screenings in paragraph 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T. D. 51802, at the rate of 2% per centum ad valorem.1 It is claimed by *24the plaintiff herein that the merchandise consists of screenings and ergot and that the latter commodity should have been segregated and allowed free entry under paragraph 1728 of the said tariff act.2 It has…