Case Name: K. Katen & Co., Inc. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1940-07-25
Citations: 5 Cust. Ct. 496
Docket Number: No. 4984; Entry No. 101875
Parties: K. Katen & Co., Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 496–497

Head Matter:
K. Katen & Co., Inc. v. United States
No. 4984.
Entry No. 101875, etc.
Invoices dated Shanghai, China, November 3, 1937, etc.
Entered at New York January 5, 1938, etc.
(Decided July 25, 1940)
Fred Bennett (Harry M. Farrell of counsel) for the plaintiff.
Charles D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Ausier, special attorney), for the defendant.

Opinion:
Tilson, Judge:
Tbe appeals listed in schedule A hereto attached and made a part hereof have been submitted for decision upon a stipulation to the effect that the market value or price at or about the dates of exportation of the instant merchandise, at which such or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale to all purchasers in the principal markets of China for export to the United States in usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, including all •costs, charges, and expenses specified in section 402 (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, were the appraised values, less any amount added under duress.
On the agreed facts I find and hold the proper dutiable export values of the merchandise covered by the said appeals to b'e the values found by the appraiser, less any amount added under duress. Judgment will be rendered accordingly.