F. B. Vandegrift & Co. v. United States

WatsoN, Judge:

These protests consolidated for the purpose of trial, place in issue the classification of merchandise described as “Electric Christmas Garland”, “Christmas Lighting Sets”, imported from Hong Kong and Japan in 1964.1

The merchandise was classified pursuant to item 688.10 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States as “Christmas-tree lighting sets, with or without their bulbs, ’and wiring sets similar thereto,” dutiable at the rate of 20% ad valorem. Plaintiff, having abandoned other claims, claims classification pursuant to item 688.15 of said tariff schedules as other…