N. Erlanger Blumgart Co. v. United States

Rao, Chief Judge:

This protest involves an importation from Italy of woven fabrics composed of yams which contain linen, nylon, and wool fibers. The merchandise was classified under item 336.50 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States as woven fabrics of wool, other than serges, weighing over 4 ounces per square yard, and valued not over $1.26% per pound, and was assessed with duty at the rate of 37.5 cents per pound, plus 60 per centum ad valorem.

Plaintiff claims that the imported merchandise is properly dutiable under item 335.90 of said tariff schedules as woven fabrics of vegetable…