United States v. Charles P. Wagner & Bros.

20 Cust. Ct. 457, 1948 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 432

• Court: United States Customs Court
• Decided: June 9, 1948
• Docket: No. 7597; Entry No. 39-H
• Status: Published

Opinion

Johnson, Judge:

This appeal for reappraisement has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation:

It is hereby stipulated and agreed, subject to the approval of the court, that the market value or price at the time of exportation of the merchandise involved herein, at which such or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale to all purchasers in the principal markets of the country from which exported, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course'of trade, for exportation to the United States, plus, when not included in such price, the cost of containers and coverings of whatever nature, and all other costs, charges, and expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition, packed ready for shipment to the United States, — is as follows:

US $67.42 per bbl.

Plus 1.65% Mexican sales tax,

Pkd, net.

It is further stipulated and agreed that there was no higher foreign value for the merchandise herein at the time of exportation.

It is further stipulated and agreed that this case may be submitted on the foregoing stipulation.

On the agreed facts I find the export value, as that value is defined in section 402 (d) of the'Tariff Act of 1930, to be the proper basis for the determination of the value of the merchandise here involved, and that such value was United States dollars 67.42 per barrel, plus 1.65 per centum Mexican sales tax, packed, net.

Judgment will be rendered' accordingly.