Rosenthal-Netter, Inc. v. The United States

EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.

In this international trade case, the United States Court of International Trade upheld the United States Customs Service’s (Customs) appraisement of imported rattan-ware and granted judgment on the merits against Rosenthal-Netter, Inc. (Rosenthal-Netter). Rosenthal-Netter had sought a determination that its intermediary, Hong-son Arts Company (Hongson), was a bona fide buying agent of Rosenthal-Netter. We affirm.

Issue

The sole issue on appeal is whether the Court of International Trade erred, as a matter of law, in determining that no bona fide agency…