F. W. Myers & Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

The merchandise involved herein is described on the entry as Indian shelled groundnuts. It was imported from Canada at the port of Port Pluron, Mich., on June 3,1955. The portion which was not thereafter exported was assessed with duty as shelled peanuts at 7 cents per pound under paragraph 759 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and with a fee of 2 cents per pound under the Presidential proclamation of May 16, 1955 (T.D. 53808). It is claimed, in the original protest, that the chaff, hearts, etc., denatured, covered by the entry, are properly classifiable under paragraph 1555, as…