Karavan Trading Co. v. United States

Cole, Judge:

Counsel for defendant, in their brief, state that “In this case the only question raised by the United States, defendant, is the timeliness of the protest filed by the plaintiff herein, who is not the importer of the merchandise, but the transferee of some of the imported goods.” The quoted statement has the effect of conceding the correctness of plaintiff’s claim for classification of the Sumakh rugs in question under paragraph 1116 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. § 1001, par. 1116 (a)), as modified by the trade agreement with Iran, 79 Treas. Dec. 234, T. D. 51067,…