Protest 71634-K of Greene

Keefe, Judge:

The question arises in this case relative to the collector’s assessment of duty upon a certain ring, part of the baggage of the plaintiff, a resident of the United States returning from Mexico, and included in the personal effects of such resident taken out of the United States to such foreign country. The collector assessed duty thereon at the rate of 60 percent ad valorem under paragraph 1527 (a) (1), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the trade agreement with France, T. D. 48316. The plaintiff makes the following claim in his protest:

We claim that the goods in question are…