Avakian Bros. v. United States

This is an appeal from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, Third Division, rendered pursuant to its decision, C. D. 1453, overruling the protest filed by the importer against the rate of con*81version applied by the Collector of Customs at the port of New York in converting Iranian Rails into United States Dollars on certain importations from Iran.

The importations involved in the protest are 58 bales of rugs which were transported overland from Iran to Iraq on March 23, 1949. On June 4, 1949 these rugs were laden on the s/s Steel Artisan at the port of Basra (h), Iraq, for shipment…