United States v. La Manna

This case, before the Board of General Appraisers, was the consolidation of four protests in three entries made by three different importers.

The appraiser’s answer to three of the protests describes the merchandise as follows:

The merchandise in question is described on Invoice #1 as pearl onions and consists of onions peeled and put up in vinegar pickle and packed in glass bottles. It was returned for duty as vegetables pickled at 35% ad valorem under paragraph 773.

The appraiser’s answer to the fourth protest was as follows:

The merchandise in question consists of onions preserved in bottles.…