Case Name: V. J. Cronin v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1940-10-09
Citations: 5 Cust. Ct. 544
Docket Number: No. 5020; Entry No. 422
Parties: V. J. Cronin v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 544–544

Head Matter:
V. J. Cronin v. United States
No. 5020.
Invoice dated Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 22, 1939.
Entered at Rochester, N. Y., August 16, 1939.
Entry No. 422.
(Decided October 9, 1940)
Plaintiff not represented by counsel.
Charles D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney), for the defendant.

Opinion:
Walicer, Judge:
This appeal to reappraisement has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto.
It is hereby stipulated and agreed, subject to the approval of the Court, that the market value or price at the time of exportation of the merchandise involved herein, at which such or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale to\ll purchasers in the principal markets of the country from which exported, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, for exportation to the United States, plus, when not included in such price, the cost of 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, is the appraised value thereof less the item of freight in the sum of $979.97.
It is further stipulated and agreed that there was no higher foreign value for the merchandise herein at the time of exportation.
On the agreed facts I find the export value, as that value is defined in section 402 (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, is the proper basis for the determination of the value of the merchandise here involved, and that such value is the appraised value thereof less the item of freight in the sum of $979.97. Judgment will be rendered accordingly.