Rachelle Laboratories, Inc. v. United States

Rich, Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, 70 Cust. Ct. 114, C.D. 4416, 358 F. Supp. 1292 (1973), dismissing, after a full trial, these consolidated reappraisement actions for failure of proof. We affirm.

On four occasions between July 28, and September 5, 1968, appellant imported from West Germany the merchandise at bar, described in the complaint as D-threo-para-nitrophenyl-2-amino-propane 1,3 diol, which was stipulated to be used solely as an intermediate in the manufacture of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic, also known by the proprietary name…