Beauti-Vue Products Co. v. United States

Nichols, Judge:

The merchandise involved in these cases, consolidated at the trial, consists of plastic slats held together by string intertwined at intervals, imported from Japan and entered at the port of Chicago on various dates between February 5, 1960, and April 24, 1962. The invoices described the merchandise as woven plastic (Poly Vinyl Chloride Semi Manufactured) and indicate that it was in rolls 50 and 100 feet long and 2.5 to 12 feet wide. It was assessed with duty at 35 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 409 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified, by virtue of paragraph 1559, as…