Hanover Cordage Co. v. United States

U.S. Customs Court

Hanover Cordage Co. v. United States

28 Cust. Ct. 422, 1952 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 307

CourtUnited States Customs Court

DecidedMarch 11, 1952

DocketNo. 56467; protest 156273-K (New York)

StatusPublished

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Hanover Cordage Co. v. United States, 28 Cust. Ct. 422, 1952 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 307 (cusc 1952).

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Opinion by

Lawrence, J.

It was stipulated that the merchandise consists of 15 cases of machines known as sliver roll formers and sliver roll attachments, which machines are used to perform one of the intermediate manufacturing ■processes in the conversion of vegetable fibers into yarns, and that the resultant product of the operation is a sliver. On the record presented, it was held that the exception of winding machinery from apparatus for manufacturing or processing vegetable fibers did not apply to the merchandise herein. Upon the agreed statement of facts, it was held that the merchandise consists of textile machinery for manufacturing or processing vegetable fibers, as provided in paragraph 372, as modified, supra, and is dutiable at 10 percent, as claimed.

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Opinion by

Lawrence, J.

It was stipulated that the merchandise consists of 15 cases of machines known as sliver roll formers and sliver roll attachments, which machines are used to perform one of the intermediate manufacturing ■processes in the conversion of vegetable fibers into yarns, and that the resultant product of the operation is a sliver. On the record presented, it was held that the exception of winding machinery from apparatus for manufacturing or processing vegetable fibers did not apply to the merchandise herein. Upon the agreed statement of facts, it was held that the merchandise consists of textile machinery for manufacturing or processing vegetable fibers, as provided in paragraph 372, as modified, supra, and is dutiable at 10 percent, as claimed.

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