Rico Import Co. v. United States

AlmoNd, Judge.

This appeal by Pico Import Co. involves the importation of tubular tubular sections of the arundo donax plant which are used in the manufacture of reeds for musical instruments. The goods were classified as articles of “unspun fibrous vegetable materials” under item 222.64 of •the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), dutiable atlO percent ad valorem. Appellant importer protested this classification and claimed that the merchandise should have been classified under item 200.40 as “wood sticks (except bamboo and rattan sticks) in the rough” or, alternatively, under item…