United China & Glass Co. v. United States

Johnson, Judge:

The merchandise involved in these cases, consolidated at the trial, consists of stoneware articles, imported from Japan, assessed with duty at 50 per centum ad valorem and 10 cents per dozen pieces under paragraph 211 of the Tariff Act of 1930, or at 25 per centum ad valorem and 10 cents per dozen pieces, under said paragraph, as modified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T. D. 51802, as decorated earthenware, not specially provided for. It is claimed that the articles are properly dutiable at 20 per centum ad valorem and 10 cents per dozen pieces under said…