Case Name: Bluefries New York, Inc. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1956-05-18
Citations: 36 Cust. Ct. 574
Docket Number: Reap. Dec. 8585; Entry No. 806471, etc.
Parties: Bluefries New York, Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
(Reap. Dec. 8585)
Bluefries New York, Inc. v. United States
Entry No. 806471, etc.
(Decided May 18, 1956)
Barnes, Richardson & Colburn for the plaintiff.
George Cochran Doub, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Donlon, Judge:
The appeals for reappraisement listed in schedule "A," attached hereto and made a part hereof, have been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties:
IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED that—
1. The merchandise covered by the appeals for reappraisement listed in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, consists of chocolate bars and other chocolate articles exported from Holland, the same in all material respects as those in Bluefries New York, Inc. v. United States, Reap. Dec. 8470, wherein it was held that cost of production as defined in Sec. 402 (f), Tariff Act of 1930, was the proper basis of value.
2. The record in said Reap. Dec. 8470 may be incorporated herein.
3. At the time of exportation of the merchandise involved in the appeals for reappraisement listed in said Schedule A, there was no foreign value or export value or United States value for such or similar merchandise as defined in Sec. 402, Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, and the cost of production is therefore the proper basis of value.
4. The cost of production, as defined in Sec. 402 (f), (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Tariff Act of 1930, for the chocolate bars and other chocolate articles listed in Schedule B, attached hereto and made a part hereof, is as set forth in said Schedule B.
5. The appeals for reappraisement listed in said Schedule A are submitted on this stipulation and are limited to the items set forth in said Schedule B, and abandoned as to all other items.
On the agreed facts I find the cost of production, as defined in section 402 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, to be the proper basis for determination of value of the merchandise listed in schedule "B," attached hereto and made a part of this decision, and that, for the respective items of merchandise, such value is as listed in said schedule "B"
The appeals, as they relate to other merchandise, are dismissed. Judgment will be entered accordingly.
Schedule "B"
Article Cost of production per carton Netherlands guilder
Milk bars_ cartons containing 576 bars., 92. 20
Milk bars_ " " 600 "___ 93.46
Bittersweet bars_ " " 576 105. 85
" " 600 107. 67
Milk tablets_ 113. 42
Milk pastilles_ 4oz._ 96. 57
Coffee milk bars_ cartons containing 576 bars.. 93. 52
Orange milk bars_ " " 576 "_ 92. 20
Coffee milk bars_ " " 600 "___ 94. 83
Orange milk bars_ " " 600 "_ 93. 46
Mocha bittersweet bars " " 576 "___ 104 40
" " 600 "... 106. 17
Milk hazelnut bars_ " " 576 "_ 88. 87
" " 600 "___ 89. 99