F. B. Vandegrift & Co. v. United States

Nichols, Judge:

The merchandise involved in this case consists of rectangular pieces of glass imported from Belgium and entered at the port of Philadelphia on May 31, 1962.1 The collector liquidated at 4214 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 218(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 52739 and T.D. 52820, as glass laboratory articles. Plaintiff claims the merchandise is dutiable at 0.7 cent per pound or at the appropriate rate according to measure under paragraph 219 of said tariff act, as modified by the Sixth…