Pharmacia Laboratories, Inc. v. United States

Market, Chief Judge.

Pharmacia appeals from a judgment of the U.S. Customs Court, 82 Cust. Ct. 166, C.D. 4798, 470 F. Supp. 853 (1979), affirming the Government’s classification of certain radioimmunoassay diagnostic test kits under item 799.00,2 TSUS, rather than item 494.50,3 TSUS. We affirm.

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The kits, used to detect certain chemicals in blood serum, consist of four or five separate vials, one containing a radioactive substance and the others containing ingredients needed to conduct the test. Pharmacia protested classification under 799.00, but conceded that if classification as…