United States v. Endicott Johnson Corp.

Rich, Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of the U.S. Customs Court, 82 Cust. Ct. 49, C.D. 4787 (1979), sustaining appellee’s claim that the imported merchandise, stitched cotton shoe uppers, is properly *48classifiable as unomamented rather than, as ornamented textile articles. We affirm.

The Imported Merchandise

The involved merchandise comprises cotton canvas shoe uppers imported by appellee from Japan in 1972. The uppers were of both low-cut (oxford) and high-top construction. Two parallel rows of stitching extend across the eyelets nearest the user’s ankle to the midpoint of the arch area.…