Latitudes International Fragrance, Inc. v. United States

GORDON, Judge:

This opinion follows a bench trial. Plaintiff, Latitudes International Fragrance, Inc., a California Corporation d/b/a Maesa Home (“Latitudes”), challenges the decision of Defendant U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) denying Latitudes’ protest of Customs’ classification of the imported merchandise, described as “Bottle glass wavy RCL Machine blown diffuser bottle” (“subject merchandise,” “diffuser bottles,” or “bottles”) within the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”). Customs classified the subject merchandise as “[gjlassware of a kind used for…