Protest 35953-K (A) of F. B. Vandegrift & Co.

Oliver, Presiding Judge:

This protest, as amended, is against the assessment of duty at the rate of 60 percent ad valorem under paragraph 218 (f), Tariff Act of 1930, on blown glass tableware imported from France. Plaintiff claims the merchandise properly dutiable at only 50 percent ad valorem under the same paragraph by virtue of the trade agreement with Czechoslovakia (T. D. 49458).

The only question in this case is whether the rates of duty under the trade agreement were still in effect on the date of entry, April 22, 1939.

The agreement became effective pursuant to proclamations of the…