Elvic Import Corp. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The suit listed above challenges the classification by the collector of customs of certain imported merchandise as “Silk netting made on a lace or net machine — not bobbinet” and the assessment of duty thereon at the rate of 45 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1529 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 82 Treas. Dec. 305, T. D. 51802. Plaintiff claims said merchandise to be properly dutiable at the rate of 32¡4 per centum ad valorem under said paragraph 1529, as modified by the Torquay protocol to the said general agreement, 86…