United States v. Continental Fwdg. Co.

Nao, Chief Judge:

This application for review again brings before the court the question of the propriety of appraisements based on the so-called “MITI” or “check” prices.

Basically, the facts are as follows: The imported merchandise, binoculars, could not be exported from Japan without an export license issued by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), an administrative agency of the Japanese Government. MITI would not approve an application for an export license unless it appeared that the purchase price of the merchandise was not lower than the standards adopted by it, which…