Star-Kist Foods, Inc. v. United States

WILSON, Judge.

The party in interest in this case, Bruno Scheidt, Inc., on April 5, 1955, imported into the United States certain tuna fish, packed in brine. This merchandise was assessed at 12% per centum ad valorem by the collector as “Fish, prepared or preserved in any manner, when packed in air-tight containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each (except fish packed in oil or in oil and other substances)” under the provisions of paragraph 718(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by a trade agreement between the United States and Iceland, T.D. 50956, which…