Otagiri Mercantile Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

These are protests, consolidated at the trial, against the collector’s assessment of duty on stone lanterns, imported from Japan in a knocked-down condition, at 36 per centum ad va-lorem under paragraph 214 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Sixth Protocol of Supplementary Concessions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 54108, as articles, composed wholly or in chief value of earthy or mineral substances, not specially provided for, decorated. Various claims are made in the protests, but those relied upon at the trial are that the merchandise is…