F. W. Myers & Co. v. United States

Wilson, Judge:

The merchandise imported in this case is known as rhamno glucocide of quercitin, “an advanced natural and uncompounded, nonedible drug.” The importation was classified by *6the collector under paragraph 34 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and duty was assessed at 10 per centum ad valorem, the original rate under said paragraph, before it was modified by the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T. D. 52739.

The importer does not challenge the correctness of the classification but alleges that the product in question is entitled to the benefit of the reduced rate…