Erie Technological Products, Inc. v. United States

Baldwin, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision and judgment of the United States Customs Court, Third Division,1 overruling appellant’s protest against the classification of merchandise described as “platinum black.” The merchandise was classified as semimanufactured platinum under item 605.08, TSUS. Appellant claims that the merchandise should be classified as unwrought platinum, under item 605.02, TSUS.

Platinum black is defined as:

* * * a soft dull black powder of finely divided metallic platinum obtained by reduction and precipitation from solutions of its salts * * *.2

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