Legal Opinion
Celestaire, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of International Trade
Decided May 24, 1996No. Court No. 93-02-00081PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
I
Introduction
Wallach, Judge:
Plaintiff, Celestaire, Inc., challenges the classification of marine sextants imported into the United States from the People’s Republic of China. The Customs Service classified the product under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) as other “optical navigational instruments [subheading 9014.80.10]” which carries a tariff of 5.6% ad valorem.
Celestaire asserts that any optical feature of the sextant is subsidiary to its primary function and that accordingly the product should be classified as “other non-optical navigational…
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