Hoyt, Shepston & Sciaroni v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

The protests in this case refer to a San Francisco warehouse entry, No. 557, covering 200 bales of wool on the skin, imported from Uruguay on or about November 29, 1947. According to the entry, the net weight of the merchandise was 211,734 pounds, and the clean content of the wool, estimated at 25 per centum, was 52,933 pounds. It was entered under paragraph 1102 of the Tariff Act of 1930 at 32 cents per pound, or a total of $16,938.56. The entry was liquidated on November 30, 1948, and duty was assessed on 70,423 pounds of wool at the rate of 24 cents per pound under said…