American Time Products, Inc. v. United States

Lawrence, Judge:

In the exercise of a privilege granted to plaintiff herein by section 516 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. § 1516 (b)), as amended by the Customs Administrative Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1077), and Public Law 773, 80th Congress (62 Stat. 869), the American manufacturer protested the classification and assessment with duty by the collector of customs of an importation of merchandise by the party in interest of a class or kind manufactured by it.

For a ready understanding of the basis of this action, the text of section 516 (b), as amended, supra, is here set forth:(b) The…