Case Name: Authentic Furniture Products, Inc. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1964-04-01
Citations: 52 Cust. Ct. 484
Docket Number: Reap. Dec. 10704; Entry No. 7215
Parties: Authentic Furniture Products, Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 484–485

Head Matter:
(Reap. Dec. 10704)
Authentic Furniture Products, Inc. v. United States
Entry No. 7215.
(Decided April 1, 1964)
Stein & Shostalc for the plaintiff.
John W. Douglas, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Wilson, Judge:
This appeal for reappraisement has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the respective parties herein:
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for the respective parties hereto, subject to the approval of the Court:
1. That the merchandise covered by the appeal for reappraisement enumerated in the attached Schedule of Cases, manufactured by Otsubo Kogyo, Hida Sangyo, or by Kashiwa Mokko Ltd., consists of chairs and other wood furniture, and that, at the time of exportation thereof to the United States, the market value •or the price 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 quantity 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 costs, charges and expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition packed ready for shipment to the United States, were the .appraised unit values, net packed.
2. That all the merchandise covered by the appeal for reappraisement was entered subsequent to February 27,1958.
3. That the merchandise the subject of this stipulation is not included in the list of articles designated by the Secretary of the Treasury in T.D. 54521, as provided for in Sec. 6(a) of the Customs Simplification Act of 1956, Public Law 927, 84th Congress, and that said merchandise is subject to appraisement under Sec. 402 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended by the Customs Simplification Act of 1956.
4. That the merchandise and issues involved herein are the same in all material respects to those in Authentic Furniture Products v. United States, Reappt. No. R61/23233, etc., 51 Cust. Ct. 438, Reap, Dec. 10614, Advance Treasury Decisions, Vol. 98, No. 45, page 113, and that the record in said case may be incorporated with the record herein.
5. That the appeal for reappraisement enumerated in the attached Schedule •of Cases may be deemed submitted for decision on the foregoing stipulation.
On the agreed facts, I find and hold 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 in question and that such value was the appraised unit value, net, packed.
Judgment will issue accordingly.