National Polychemicals, Inc. v. The United States, J. J. Gavin & Co., Inc., A/c a & S Corp., Party-In-Interest

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the United States Customs Court, First Division, 62 Cust.Ct. 453, C.D. 3801 (1969), overruling the protest of appellant, an American manufacturer, • to the classification of dinitrosopentamethylenetetramine (DNPT) as a compound “containing a triazine ring” within the meaning of Item 425.10 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS). Appellant Polychemicals claims that DNPT should be classified under the “basket provision” for “other” nitrogenous compounds, TSUS Item 425.52. We affirm.

DNPT is a nitrogenous compound used commercially as a…