Philipp Bros. v. United States

Richardson, Judge:

The merchandise which is the subject of this protest was exported from Matadi in the Belgian Congo and imported at Baltimore, Md., in August and September 1951. It is described on three invoices as “scories tantali-féres, qualité ‘A’ ” and on a fourth invoice as “scories tantaliféres, qualité ‘B’.” The merchandise was classified by the collector in liquidation as waste, not specially provided for, under paragraph 1555 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.A., § 1001, paragraph 1555) and T.D. 52739 and assessed with duty at the rate of 4 per centum ad valorem. The importer…