Case Name: Henri Bendel, Inc. v. United States
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1941-03-05
Citations: 6 Cust. Ct. 825
Docket Number: No. 5153; Entry Nos. 849736, etc.
Parties: Henri Bendel, Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 825–826

Head Matter:
Henri Bendel, Inc. v. United States
No. 5153.
Entry Nos. 849736, etc.
Invoices dated Paris, Prance, May 25, 1936, etc.
Certified May 27, 1936, etc.
Entered at New York June 4, 1936, etc.
(Decided March 5, 1941)
Brooks & Brooks (F. W. Brooks of counsel) for the plaintiff.
Charles D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney General (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. Querlain, 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, except that as to item 15140 on Reappraisement No. 117042-A as to which the appraised value less any additions made by the importer to meet advances by the Appraiser, and plus 7 %, 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.
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 by the appraiser, except that as to item 15140 in reappraisement 117042-A/03486, as to which the appraised value, less any additions made by the importer to meet advances by the appraiser, and plus 7 per centum. Judgment will be rendered accordingly.