Philipp Bros. v. United States

KichaRdsoN, Judge:

Eleven protests covering 24 entries are before the court for determination of the proper classification of imported merchandise, consisting of tantalite-columbite slags of Belgian-Congo origin. The subject merchandise was imported prior to the decision of this court in Philipp Bros., Inc. v. United States, 45 Cust. Ct. 190, C.D. 2222, decided December 6, 1960, wherein we held, on the evidence there presented, that tantalite-columbite slags, imported from the Belgian Congo, were classifiable, as claimed under paragraph 1664 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as a metallic mineral…