Bluefries New York, Inc. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The suit listed above challenges the action of the collector of customs at New York in classifying certain imported merchandise as “Machines, n. s. p. f.,” with the consequent levy of duty thereon at the rate of 13)4 percent ad valorem under paragraph 372 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 86 Treas. Dec. 121, T. D. 52739. Plaintiffs claim said merchandise to be properly dutiable at the rate of 12)4 percent ad valorem under said paragraph 372, as modified by T. D. 52739, and T. D. 52820, as printing…