Starkstein v. United States

Ekwall, Judge:

This is a petition for remission of additional duties assessed on an importation of brooms from Mexico imported at the port of Brownsville, Tex. The additional duties were assessed because of the fact that the final appraised value exceeded the value declared on entry. (Section 489, Tariff Act of 1930.) At the hearing the petitioner testified that he purchased the merchandise here involved; that while in Brownsville, he consulted the appraiser of merchandise at that port prior to making entry; that entry was made at the purchase price of the brooms; and that the appraiser…