Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp. v. United States

Oliver, Chief Judge:

This protest relates to certain merchandise that was assessed with duty at the rate of 20 per centum ad valorem under the provision in paragraph 1551 of the Tariff Act of 1930 for photographic cameras.

Plaintiffs make several claims. All of them invoke paragraph 353 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which, as originally enacted, reads as follows:

Par. 353. All articles suitable for producing, rectifying, modifying, controlling, or distributing electrical energy;

electrical telegraph (including printing and typewriting), telephone, signaling, radio, welding, ignition, wiring,…