Case Name: F. W. Woolworth Co. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1945-06-25
Citations: 15 Cust. Ct. 369
Docket Number: No. 6179; Entry No. 4776
Parties: F. W. Woolworth Co. v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 369–370

Head Matter:
F. W. Woolworth Co. v. United States
No. 6179.
Invoice dated Sonneberg, Germany, October 4, 19-38.
Certified October 6, 1938.
Entered at Boston, Mass., November 1, 1938.
Entry No. 4776.
(Decided June 25, 1945)
Sharretis & Hillis (Hadley S. King of counsel) for the plaintiff.
Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney), .for the defendant.

Opinion:
Oliver, Presiding Judge:
This appeal for reappraisement involves the valuation of certain glass animals and novelties exported from Germany and imported at the port of Boston, Mass.
The case has been submitted for decision on a stipulation entered into by and between counsel for the respective parties, wherein it is agreed, in substance, as follows:
(1) That the glass animals and novelties in question were exported from Germany in October 1938.
(2) That the instant merchandise is similar in all material respects to that which was the subject of the decision in the case of F. W. Woolworth Co. et al. v. United States (Reap. Dec. 5094).
(3) That the market conditions existing during the period of exportation of the articles in question were similar, if not identical, to the conditions found to be prevailing in the foreign market as described in the Woolworth Co. case, supra.
(4) That the record in the Woolworth Co. case, supra, may be incorporated in and made a part of the record in the present case.
On the agreed facts, as hereinabove set'forth, I find that at the time of exportation of the instant merchandise, glass animals and novelties, such as and similar to those involved herein, were freely offered for sale to all purchasers in the principal market of the country of exportation, to wit, the Sonneberg-Lauscha district of Germany, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade for exportation to the United States.
Accordingly, I hold as matter of law;
That the proper export values of the glass animals and novelties exported subsequent to January 1, 1938, are the fer se unit invoice prices, plus 3% per centum social assessments, and plus, when not included in such per se unit invoice prices, the costs of cases and packing and 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, as invoiced, whenever reported as dutiable by the appraiser.
The appeal having been abandoned insofar as it relates to all other merchandise, to that extent the appeal is hereby, dismissed.
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.