Nippon Kogaku (USA), Inc. v. United States

Bob, Judge:

The subject merchandise in the above-captioned action, described in the special customs invoice as a “Zoom Photo Slit-Lamp Microscope, Basic Unit,” was imported from Japan and entered at New York in July 1972 and January 1975. Upon liquidation the subject merchandise was classified under item 709.05, TSUS, providing:

Schedule 7, PART 2, Subpart B

Medical, dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and apparatus (including electro-medical apparatus and ophtahlmic instruments), and parts thereof:

Optical instruments and appliances, and parts thereof:

Mirrors and reflectors_

Binocular…