Consolidated Cork Corp. v. United States

Maletz, Judge:

These cases, which were consolidated for trial, involve the question as to the proper tariff levy on granulated cork that was imported from Portugal and entered at Philadelphia during the period from April 1964 to August 1965. The cork was assessed duty by the government under item 220.10 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. § 1202) as cork, granulated or ground, weighing not over 6 pounds per cubic foot uncompressed.

Plaintiff insists that the duties thus assessed and paid are excessive. It contends that the granulated cork in question weighed over 6 pounds…