Quality Marble & Granite Co. v. United States

Nichols, Judge:

The protests in these cases were consolidated at the trial and limited to the merchandise described on the invoices as travertine slabs, other than those described as being polished or hewn, and assessed with duty at 21 per centum ad valorem under paragraph 234(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Sixth Protocol of Supplementary Concessions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 54108. It is claimed that said merchandise is properly dutiable at 10.5 cents per cubic foot under paragraph 234 (b) of said tariff act, as modified.

The pertinent provisions of…