Broderick & Bascom Rope Co. v. United States

Baldwin, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision and judgment of the United States Customs Court, Second Division,1 overruling appellant’s protest against the classification of wire stranding machines imported from England. The importations were classified under item 674.35, TSUS, as metal-working machine tools. Appellant claims that classification should have been under item 670.90, TSUS, as cordage machines.

The imported stranders are machines used in making wire rope. Individual wires to be made into a strand are received on separate bobbins which fit into the machine. The wires are drawn…