Case Name: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1982-06-10
Citations: 681 F.2d 785
Docket Number: No. 82-3
Parties: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 681
Pages: 785–786

Head Matter:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.
No. 82-3.
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
June 10, 1982.
Louis Schneider, Bernard J. Babb, John A. Bessich, and Angela Pitsaris, New York City, for appellant.
J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., David M. Cohen, Director, Joseph I. Liebman, attorney-in-charge, and Saul Davis, New York City, for appellee.
Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, BALDWIN, MILLER and NIES, and KASHI-WA, Judges.
The Honorable Shiro Kashiwa of the United States Court of Claims, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from the judgment of the United States Court of International Trade, 2 CIT -, 525 F.Supp. 1244 (1981), dismissing importer's action challenging the classification of certain electronic and amplifier packs. We affirm.
OPINION
We agree with the decision of the Court of International Trade that the imported electronic and amplifier packs were correctly classified in TSUS, items 685.23 and 684.-70, respectively. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment below and adopt the trial court's opinion as our own.
. The relevant provisions of the Tariff Schedules of The United States (TSUS) are:
General interpretative rule 10(h) unless the context requires otherwise, a tariff description for an article covers such article, whether assembled or not assembled, and whether finished or not finished; Schedule 6, Part 5
Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus; ra-diobroadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus, and parts thereof:
Other [than television apparatus and parts thereof]:
[Electronic 685.23 Solid-state (tubeless) radio packs classi- receivers.....10.4% ad val. fied]
6% ad val. [Electronic 685.25 Other packs claimed]
[Amplifier packs classified] 684.70 Microphones; loudspeakers; headphones; audio frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets comprised of the foregoing components; and parts of the foregoing articles (including microphone stands).......7*5% ad val.
[Amplifier 685.32 Record players, phono-packs claimed] graphs, record changers, turn tables, and tone arms, and parts of the foregoing .5.5% ad val.