Union Carbide Int'l, Co. v. United States

Rich, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, Third Division, 66 Cust. Ct. 46, C.D. 4166 (1971), overruling appellant’s protest against the classification under TSUS item 603.70 of certain “manganese nodules.” We affirm.

The Merchandise

The importation at bar consists of manganese nodules produced by high-temperature agglomeration of fine particles of manganese ore mined in Ghana and British Guiana. The agglomeration process (1) drives off water contained in the raw ore, (2) partially melts some of the ingredients of the ore, allowing the fine…