Servco Co. v. United States

Landis, Judge:

The issue in this case is whether articles, imported from Austria and described on the invoice as non-magnetic semi-finished austenitic stainless survey drill collars without threading and without welded steel subs, were properly classified by customs as tubes of steel under TSUS item 610.52 or should be classified, as plaintiff contends, as parts of boring and extracting machinery for earth, minerals, or ores under TSUS item 664.05, or alternatively as parts of electrical measuring or checking instruments and apparatus under TSUS item 712.49.

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