Case Name: Rima Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1946-12-17
Citations: 18 Cust. Ct. 226
Docket Number: No. 6636; Entry No. 721183, etc.
Parties: Rima Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 226–226

Head Matter:
Rima Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
No. 6636.
Entry No. 721183, etc.
Invoices dated Lisbellau, N. Ireland, December 4, 1942, etc.
Certified December 1942, etc.
Entered at New York, N. Y., March 9, 1943, etc.
(Decided December 17, 1946)
Siegel, Mandell & Davidson for the plaintiffs.
Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Cole, Judge (Abstract):
These appeals for reappraisement of various items of merchandise concern the so-called British purchase tax, described in the law of the United Kingdom entitled, "Finance (No. 2) Act 1940 3 & 4 Geo. 6 Ch. 48." The said tax was held not to be an item to be included in foreign value as defined in section 402 (c) of the Tariff Act o'f 1930 as amended by the Customs Administrative Act of 1938 (19 U. S. C. 1940 ed. § 1402 (c)). United States v. Wm. S. Pitcairn Corp., 33 C. C. P. A. 183, C. A. D. 334.
Undisputed facts establish that the proper basis for appraisement of the instant merchandise is export value, section 402 (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. 1940 ed. § 1402 (d)), and that such statutory values for the items in question are the appraised values less additions, made on entry because of advances in similar cases.