Manhattan Novelty Corp. v. United States

U.S. Customs Court

Manhattan Novelty Corp. v. United States

49 Cust. Ct. 419, 1962 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 1294

CourtUnited States Customs Court

DecidedOctober 17, 1962

DocketReap. Dec. 10354; Entry No. 851027

StatusPublished

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Manhattan Novelty Corp. v. United States, 49 Cust. Ct. 419, 1962 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 1294 (cusc 1962).

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Opinion

Ford, Judge:

The appeal for reappraisement listed above has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between counsel for tbe parties hereto, subject to the approval of the Court, that the merchandise covered by the above appeal for reappraisement consists of radios manufactured in and exported from Japan to the United States.

That on or about the date of exportation of the said merchandise, the price at which such or similar merchandise was freely sold or, in the absence of sales, offered for sale in the principal markets of Japan, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, for exportation to the United States, including the cost of all containers and coverings of whatever nature and all other expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition, packed ready for shipment to the United States, was the appraised value, less the buying commission as shown on the invoice.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that the above appeal for re-appraisement may be submitted for decision upon this stipulation.

Accepting this stipulation as a statement of facts, I find that the involved merchandise was entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after February 27, 1958, and is not identified in the final list published by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the [420]*420Customs Simplification Act of 1956, T.D. 54521, effective February 27, 1958, and I bold export value, as that value is defined in section 402(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Customs Simplification Act of 1956, T.D. 54165, to be the proper basis for the determination of the value of the merchandise here involved and that such statutory value is the appraised value, less the buying commission, as shown on the invoice.

Judgment will be rendered accordingly.

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Ford, Judge:

The appeal for reappraisement listed above has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between counsel for tbe parties hereto, subject to the approval of the Court, that the merchandise covered by the above appeal for reappraisement consists of radios manufactured in and exported from Japan to the United States.

That on or about the date of exportation of the said merchandise, the price at which such or similar merchandise was freely sold or, in the absence of sales, offered for sale in the principal markets of Japan, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, for exportation to the United States, including the cost of all containers and coverings of whatever nature and all other expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition, packed ready for shipment to the United States, was the appraised value, less the buying commission as shown on the invoice.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that the above appeal for re-appraisement may be submitted for decision upon this stipulation.

Accepting this stipulation as a statement of facts, I find that the involved merchandise was entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after February 27, 1958, and is not identified in the final list published by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the [420]*420Customs Simplification Act of 1956, T.D. 54521, effective February 27, 1958, and I bold export value, as that value is defined in section 402(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Customs Simplification Act of 1956, T.D. 54165, to be the proper basis for the determination of the value of the merchandise here involved and that such statutory value is the appraised value, less the buying commission, as shown on the invoice.

Judgment will be rendered accordingly.

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49 Cust. Ct. 419, 1962 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 1294, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/manhattan-novelty-corp-v-united-states-cusc-1962.