Quong Yuen Shing Co. v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States Customs Court (First Division) overruling a protest of appellant against the classification by the Collector of Customs at the port of New York •of certain merchandise, invoiced as “Ve-tsin,” under the-provisions of paragraph 5 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

The protest claimed that the merchandise was dutiable at 20 per centum ad valorem as a nonenumerated manufactured article under paragraph 1558 of said act.

The merchandise consists of a mixture containing 82.15 per centum monosodium glutamate, 16.75 per centum sodium chloride (salt) and…