General Mills, Inc. v. United States

Watson, Judge:

The three protests consolidated for the purpose of trial, place in issue the classification of two products known as *67Nutralocust NG24 (hereinafter referred to as ÍTG24) and Guartec CAP (hereinafter referred to as CAP). The former is a locust bean gum to which borax has been added while the latter is a guar gum to which small quantities of glyoxal and sulfuric acid have been added.

The importations covered by protest 68/55471 and 68/55472 were classified pursuant to item 493.50 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States as “products chiefly used as assistants in preparing or…