Hammond Lead Products, Inc. v. United States

MALETZ, Judge:

The single question in this case— which comes before the court on an American manufacturer’s protest — is whether the Mexican Government, directly or indirectly, bestows a bounty or grant, within the meaning of section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1303), upon the manufacture, production or exportation of a lead oxide known as litharge. Section 303 provides:

Whenever any country, dependency, colony, province, or other political subdivision of government, person, partnership, association, cartel, or corporation shall pay or bestow, directly or indirectly, any bounty…