Marconi Instruments, Ltd. v. United States

Lawrence, Judge:

Certain imported klystron tubes, so called, identified by tbe number K-302, were classified by the collector of customs in that portion of paragraph 353 of.the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. § 1001, par. 353), as modified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 82 Treas. Dec. 305, T. D. 51802, which provides for “Articles suitable for producing, rectifying, modifying, controlling, or distributing electrical energy,” and duty was imposed thereon at the rate of 15 per centum ad valorem.

Although plaintiff’s protest invokes certain alternative claims for lower rates of…