The United States v. Border Brokerage Co., Inc.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment of the United States Court of International Trade determining that certain imported wire rope fittings should have been admitted duty-free as “agricultural .. . implements” rather than. subjected to duty as “articles of iron or steel.” We affirm.

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Wire rope fittings are used with wire rope as couplings between an object and the rope. The fittings here involved are used in the hauling of cut timber. The wire rope is wrapped around the log, and the fittings are used as couplings to secure the rope to the log. The…