Legal Opinion
The West Bend Company, Division of Dart Industries, Inc. v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 19, 1989No. 89-1218PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from the judgment of the United States Court of International Trade, 703 F.Supp. 93 (1988), that West Bend’s hot-air popcorn poppers, known as the “Poppery Model No. 5459,” are dutiable under item 688.43 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) at 5.3 percent ad valorem and not, as the United States Customs Service determined, under item 684.20 at 8.1 percent. We reverse.
Background
West Bend protested the classification for duty purposes of the corn poppers imported by it during parts of 1980 and 1981 under TSUS item 684.20. After…
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