Ameliotex, Inc. v. United States

Millek, Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, 77 Cust. Ct. 72, C.D. 4673, 426 F. Supp. 556 (1976), holding that certain elastomeric fibers known as “Sarlane” were properly classified as monofilaments under items 309.03 or 309.06, Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), as modified by T.D. 68-9, depending on the denier of the fiber, rather than grouped filaments under item 309.31, as claimed by appellant. We affirm.

Background,

Schedule 3, Part 1, TSUS, covers, among other things, textile fibers. Subpart E provides in pertinent part:

Subpart E Headnotes:

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