Primal Lite, Inc. v. United States

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This customs classification case involves imported strands of electric lights that are packaged with decorative plastic covers. The Customs Service classified the light strands under subheading 9405.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). That subheading is termed “lighting sets of a kind used for Christmas trees.” Appellee Primal Lite challenged the classification in the Court of International Trade. Primal Lite agreed that its goods were properly classified under heading 9405 of the HTSUS, “lamps and lighting fittings,” but it argued that…