Inter Maritime Forwarding Co. v. United States

This appeal is from a decision and judgment of the Customs Court, 48 Cust. Ct. 80, C.D. 2318, which overruled, by a divided court, appellant’s protest to a decision of the Collector of Customs.

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The subject merchandise is imported from England and consists of woven woolen fabrics weighing over four ounces per square yard. Appellant, the importer, does not challenge the classification of the *97goods under paragraph 1109(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as modified by GATT, T.D. 51802), which reads as follows:

Woven fabrics, weighing more than four ounces per square yard, wholly or in…