International Packers, Ltd. v. United States

58 Cust. Ct. 910

• Court: United States Customs Court
• Decided: February 15, 1967
• Docket: No. R67/38; reappraisements R60/19633, etc. (Norfolk); No. R67/39; reappraisements R61/3843, etc. (Boston); No. R67/40; reappraisements R61/7757, etc. (Charleston); No. R67/41; reappraisements R61/8758, etc. (New York); No. R67/42; reappraisements R60/19650,etc. (Norfolk); No. R67/43; reappraisements R61/7161, etc. (New York); No. R67/44; reappraisements R61/11379, etc. (New Orleans); No. R67/45; reappraisements R61/3820, etc. (Boston); No. R67/46; reappraisements R61/7551, etc. (San Francisco)
• Status: Published

Opinion

In accordance with stipulation of counsel that the merchandise and issues are similar in all material respects to those involved respectively in International Packers, Limited v. United States (52 Cust. Ct. 472, Reap. Dec. 10696), as to merchandise appraised on the basis of United States value; International Packers, Limited v. United States (52 Cust. Ct. 518, Reap. Dec. 10724), as to merchandise appraised on the basis of constructed value; and International Packers, Limited v. United States (56 Cust. Ct. 636, Reap. Dec. 11147), as to merchandise appraised on the basis of export value, the court found and held those respective values, as defined in section 402, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Customs Simplification Act of 1956, T.D. 54165, to be the proper bases for determining value of the entered canned meat products listed on schedule “B” under the headings “Export Value,” “United States Value,” and “Constructed Value,” packed in the container sizes identified on such schedule, and exported from Argentina during the period January 1, 1959, through December 31, 1959, described on the invoices of the entries in these appeals for reappraisement, and that such values per dozen tins, net packed, are the respective values shown as plaintiffs’ claimed values on schedule “B,” for the respective products and sizes of container described on the invoices and stated in the entries and recited in schedule “B” under the headings “Export Value,” “United States Value,” and “Constructed Value,” during those periods which correspond to the times of exportation of the schedule “B” canned meats described under the headings “Export Value,” “United States Value,” and “Constructed Value” and covered by the appeals for reappraisement, recited in schedule “A,” which with schedule “B,” was attached to and made a part of the decisions.