Wo Kee v. United States

Kosenstein, Judge:

The merchandise -under protest herein, variously invoiced as “Lotus Seeds” and “Splitted [sic] Lotus Seeds”, produced in Thailand and entered at the port of San Francisco in three shipments dating from August 26, 1965 to December 7, 1967, was classified and assessed with duty at the rate of 17]4 per centum ad valorem under TSUS item 140.55 of Schedule 1, Part 8, Subpart B, which provides for:

Vegetables, dried, desiccated, or dehydrated, whether or not reduced in size or reduced to flour (but not otherwise prepared or preserved):

Dried, desiccated or dehydrated;

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