The United States v. Standard Brands Paint Co.

LANE, Judge.

This appeal by the United States is from the decision and judgment of the' First Division of the United States Customs Court, 63 Cust.Ct. 32, C.D. 3869 (1969), which sustained appellee’s protests to the collector’s classfication of a portion of the imported merchandise un-. der item 222.50 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. We reverse.

The merchandise consists of rolled-up bamboo blinds, each having a package of mounting hardware within the rolled blind. The issue before us is the classification of the mounting hardware. The blinds comprise a number of horizontal split…