Rifkin Textiles Corp. v. United States

Wilson, Judge:

The merchandise in the case at bar consists of a woven wool fabric, imported' in the piece, having braid securely sewn over both selvaged edges for the full length of the piece. The importation in question was classified under item 836.50 as “woven fabrics, of wool * * * other” at the rate of 37.5 cents per pound and 60 per centum ad valorem. Plaintiff claims the merchandise is an ornamented fabric and, therefore, properly classifiable under item 353.50 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States at the rate of 42.5 per centum ad valorem as “ornamented fabrics in the piece.”

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