Decor International, Inc. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The merchandise before us consists of wool rugs, some fringed and some without fringe, imported from Sardinia, Italy. Upon entry at the port of Boston, Mass., the fringed rugs were classified as articles in part of fringe (woolen rugs) and assessed with duty at the rate of 42% per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1529(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Sixth Protocol of Supplementary Concessions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 91 Treas. Dec. 150, T.D. 54108. The rugs without fringe were classified as floor coverings, wholly or in chief value of wool,…