John Heathcoat & Co. v. United States

Fonn, Judge:

Tbe protest listed above presents for determination the question of the proper classification of certain imported merchandise which was classified by the collector as silk netting not made on a bobbinet machine, and duty was levied thereon at the rate of •90 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 1529 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930. Various claims are made in the protest but the claim relied upon is that the merchandise is properly dutiable at only 60 per centum ad valorem under said paragraph 1529 (a), as modified by the trade agreement with the United Kingdom, T. D. 49753, as nets…