Loewenthal Trimming Corp. v. United States

Oliver, Chief Judge:

The merchandise which is the subject of the protest before us is described on the invoice as “slung (single row of spangled trimmings).” The record discloses that “schlung” or “slung” is “an old foreign word and it has been used in the trade here for maybe over 100 years” (R. 29). The words are used interchangeably. This spangle schlung was classified at the rate of 60 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1503 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as “* * * articles not ornamented with * * * spangles * * * composed wholly or hi chief value of spangles.” It is claimed properly *137dutiable…