Royal Cathay Trading Co. v. United States

Nichols, Judge:

The merchandise involved in these cases, consolidated at the trial, consists of various articles of rattancore or rattancore and peel imported from Hong Kong and entered at the port of San Francisco in 1957, 1958, and 1962.1 The articles, except for item No. 4203 (protest No. 59/25702), were assessed with duty at 45 per centum or 42% per centum ad valorem under paragraph 411 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Sixth Protocol of Supplementary Concessions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 54108, as baskets wholly or in chief value of wood. It is…