Alexanders Dept. Stores, Inc. v. United States

U.S. Customs Court

Alexanders Dept. Stores, Inc. v. United States

62 Cust. Ct. 2, 1969 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 3699

CourtUnited States Customs Court

DecidedJanuary 7, 1969

DocketC.D. 3652

StatusPublished

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Alexanders Dept. Stores, Inc. v. United States, 62 Cust. Ct. 2, 1969 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 3699 (cusc 1969).

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Opinion

Watson, Judge:

These suits have been submitted for decision upon the following agreement between counsel for the respective parties:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for the plaintiffs and the Assistant Attorney General for the United States that the merchandise marked “A” and checked with his initials JD by Import Specialist John J. Dolan on the invoices covered by the protests and entries enumerated on Schedule “A” attached hereto and made a part hereof, and assessed with duty at the rate of 3114 or 28 per centum ad valorem under the provisions of Paragraph 1518, Tariff Act of 1930 as modified, as articles in chief value of artificial flowers, consists of light sets; that said light sets are in chief value of plastic; that said light sets are not specifically provided for ; that said merchandise has as an essential feature an electrical element or device; and that said light sets are most similar in the use to which they may be applied to light sets having as an essential feature an electrical element or device, wholly or in chief value of metal.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that said articles are claimed to be dutiable under the provisions of Paragraph 353, Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the [3]*3General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 52739, for Articles having as an essential feature an electrical element or device,... Other, at the rate of 13% per centum ad valorem, by virtue of the similitude provisions of Paragraph 1559, Tariff Act of 1930, as modified.

IT IS FUETHEE STIPULATED AND AGEEED that the protests be submitted on this stipulation, the protests being limited to the items marked “A” as aforesaid.

Accepting this stipulation as a statement of fact, we hold the merchandise marked with the letter “A” and initialed JD by Import Specialist John J. Dolan, on the invoices accompanying the entries covered by the involved protests, properly dutiable under paragraph 353 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 52739, by virtue of the similitude provisions of paragraph 1559 of said tariff act, as amended, at the rate of 13% per centum ad valorem as “articles having asan essential feature an electrical element or device * * * Other,” as claimed.

To the extent indicated, the protests are sustained. In all other respects and as to all other claims, the protests are overruled.

Judgment will issue accordingly.

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Watson, Judge:

These suits have been submitted for decision upon the following agreement between counsel for the respective parties:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for the plaintiffs and the Assistant Attorney General for the United States that the merchandise marked “A” and checked with his initials JD by Import Specialist John J. Dolan on the invoices covered by the protests and entries enumerated on Schedule “A” attached hereto and made a part hereof, and assessed with duty at the rate of 3114 or 28 per centum ad valorem under the provisions of Paragraph 1518, Tariff Act of 1930 as modified, as articles in chief value of artificial flowers, consists of light sets; that said light sets are in chief value of plastic; that said light sets are not specifically provided for ; that said merchandise has as an essential feature an electrical element or device; and that said light sets are most similar in the use to which they may be applied to light sets having as an essential feature an electrical element or device, wholly or in chief value of metal.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that said articles are claimed to be dutiable under the provisions of Paragraph 353, Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the [3]*3General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 52739, for Articles having as an essential feature an electrical element or device,... Other, at the rate of 13% per centum ad valorem, by virtue of the similitude provisions of Paragraph 1559, Tariff Act of 1930, as modified.

IT IS FUETHEE STIPULATED AND AGEEED that the protests be submitted on this stipulation, the protests being limited to the items marked “A” as aforesaid.

Accepting this stipulation as a statement of fact, we hold the merchandise marked with the letter “A” and initialed JD by Import Specialist John J. Dolan, on the invoices accompanying the entries covered by the involved protests, properly dutiable under paragraph 353 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 52739, by virtue of the similitude provisions of paragraph 1559 of said tariff act, as amended, at the rate of 13% per centum ad valorem as “articles having asan essential feature an electrical element or device * * * Other,” as claimed.

To the extent indicated, the protests are sustained. In all other respects and as to all other claims, the protests are overruled.

Judgment will issue accordingly.

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62 Cust. Ct. 2, 1969 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 3699, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/alexanders-dept-stores-inc-v-united-states-cusc-1969.