United States v. A. Johnson & Co.

Rich, Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, 76 Cust. Ct. 155, C.D. 4650, 417 F. Supp. 1026 (1976), sustaining consolidated protests by the importer, A. Johnson & Co., Inc. (Johnson), to the classification of electrolytic iron in flake form imported from Japan. We reverse and remand.

The imported merchandise is invoiced, inter alia, as “Mairon Electrolytic Iron Flake,” “Mairon” being a proprietary name by which we shall hereinafter identify the merchandise imported. Mairon is produced from a solid, zinc-ore residue by reducing the iron content thereof to…