Case Name: A. Griffon v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1941-02-14
Citations: 6 Cust. Ct. 795
Docket Number: No. 5124; Entry Nos. 858871, 864515
Parties: A. Griffon v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 795–796

Head Matter:
A. Griffon v. United States
No. 5124.
Entry Nos. 858871, 864515.
-Invoices dated Gamaches, France, May 14, 30, 1938.
Certified May 16, 31, 1938.
Entered at New York May 28, June 13, 1938.
(Decided February 14, 1941)
Brooks & Brooks for the plaintiff.
Charles D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney), for the defendant.

Opinion:
Oliver, Presiding Judge:
These appeals to reappraisement have been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:
It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between counsel for the respective parties hereto, subject to the approval of the Court, that all of the merchandise on the invoices covered by the reappraisements enumerated above, consist of bottles and jars similar in all material respects to the merchandise the subject of United States vs. Guerlain, Inc. decided in C-. A. D. 146.
It is further stipulated and agreed that the said merchandise was appraised upon the cost of production under Section 402 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930.
It is further stipulated and agreed that the issue covered by the reappraisements enumerated above, is the same as the issue involved in the case of United States vs. Guerlain, Inc. supra.
It is further stipulated and agreed that the appraised value of the merchandise, less any additions made by the importer to meet advances by the Appraiser, is equal to the cost of materials, fabrication, manipulation or other process employed in manufacturing or producing such merchandise, plus the usual general expenses, plus the cost of all containers, coverings and other costs, charges and expenses incident to placing the merchandise in packed condition ready for shipment to the United States and plus an addition for profit equal to the profit which ordinarily is added, in the case of merchandise of the same general character by manufacturers or producers in the country of manufacture who are engaged in the manufacture of merchandise of the same class or kind.
The said reappraisements are submitted.
On the agreed facts I find the cost of production, as that value is defined in section 402 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, is the proper basis for the determination of the value of the merchandise here involved, and that such values are the appraised values, less any additions made by the importer to meet advances made by the appraiser. Judgment will be rendered accordingly.