Protest 49334-K of Kaufmann Dept. Stores

15 Cust. Ct. 276

Opinion

Opinion, by

Ekwall, J.

In accordance with stipulation of counsel the court, found that the facts herein agreed upon were such as to bring the case within the holding in John Barr v. United States (11 Cust, Ct. 88, C. D. 801), which record was incorporated herein. (See John Barr v. United States, 324 U. S. 83, decided February 5, 1945.) In accordance therewith it was held that the currency of the invoices should be converted at the buying rate in the New York market at nooD on the day of exportation (the “free” rate of exchange for pounds sterling), as certified by the Federal Reserve bank and set forth by the collector on each of the entries. The protest was sustained to this extent.