FAG Bearings, Ltd. v. United States

Restani, Judge:

This action involves the proper classification of integral shaft bearings which contain one row of balls and one row of rollers as antifriction elements (hereafter "ball-roller bearings with integral shafts”1). After the merchandise was imported from Canada through the port of Detroit, Michigan, in 1978 and 1979, it was classified by the United States Customs Service ("Customs”) under item 680.35 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States ("TSUS”)2, the residual "other” category following the superior heading, "ball or roller bearings, including such bearings with integral…