Excel Shipping Corp. v. United States

Donlon, Judge:

The question here at issue is whether dried fava 'beans, imported from the Azores at the port of New York during the period from May 1 to August 31, 1955, are entitled to the benefit of the reduced seasonal duty rate under paragraph 765 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the President’s proclamation effectuating the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 51802 and T.D. 52167.

There is no controversy as to the classification of these beans. They are beans, not specially provided for, other, dutiable under paragraph 765. The controversy before us has to do only with…