Zwicker Knitting Mills v. United States

Watson, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the U.S. Customs Court, 82 Cust. Ct. 34, C.D. 4786, 469 F. Supp. 727 (1979), which rejected the importer-appellant’s claim that it is entitled to a duty allowance under item 807.00 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) for U.S.-fabricated knitted glove shells. We affirm.

Background

This appeal concerns importations of knitted gloves from Haiti. The pattern stitching of these gloves was done on knitting machines in the United States. However, since these machines could not close the glove fingers, the glove shells, i.e., the…