Kraemer v. United States

Colb, Judge:

This case concerns 51 bales of merchandise described on the invoice as “woolen rags, new coloured golfers.” The collector, acting under valid regulations, Customs Regulations of 1943, section 14.1, ordered 1 bale for official examination, which revealed a content of 334 pounds of wool rags and 46 pounds of wool thread or yarn waste. Classification of the two classes of merchandise, found in said bale, was made under the respective provisions therefor in paragraph 1105 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. §1001, par. 1105 (a)), as amended by the trade agreement with the…