Amaco, Inc. v. United States

Landis, Judge:

This action involves the tariff classification of a “Strunck Ampoule Inspection Unite, Type ADG 500”, imported from West Germany and entered at Philadelphia in 1967. The record establishes that the unit is used by pharmaceutical manufacturers to inspect and check ampoules that are small bulbous glass vessels hermetically sealed to hold a solution for hypodermic injection under the skin.

Customs officials assessed the imported unit at 50 per centum ad valoiem under the TSUS (Tariff Schedules of the United States) item 710.90 classification as follows:

Optical measuring or checking…