Case: Inter-Maritime Fwdg. Co., Inc. v. United States
Abbreviation: Inter-Maritime Fwdg. Co. v. United States
Decision Date: 1945-08-29
Docket Number: No. 6214; Entry No. 752714, etc.
Citation: 15 Cust. Ct. 422
Volume: 15
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Inter-Maritime Fwdg. Co., Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 422–423

Head Matter:
Inter-Maritime Fwdg. Co., Inc. v. United States
No. 6214.
Invoices dated London, England, April 1942, etc.
Entered at New York, N. Y., May 29, 1942, etc.
Entry No. 752714, etc.
(Decided August 29, 1945)
Tompkins & Tompkins (J. Stuart Tompkins of counsel) for the plaintiff.
Paul P. Bao, Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney); for the defendant.

Opinion:
Cole, Judge:
.These appeals for reappraisement have been sub? mitted for decision on a written stipulation, filed August 20, 1945, wherein the parties agree that the issues-presented herein are the same as those decided in United States v. Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc., 32 C. C. P. A. 187, C. A. D. 305, and that the record in that case may be incorporated herein.
In the incorporated case, the court found cost of production, section 402 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. 1940 ed. § 1402 (f)), to be the proper basis for appraisement, and held that the so-cahed British purchase tax, described in the law of the United Kingdom entitled, "Finance (No. 2) Act, 1940 '3 & 4 Geo. 6 Ch. 48," was not an item to be included in the "usual general expenses" contemplated within subdivision (2) of section 402 (f), supra, and therefore not to be calculated in determining such statutory value.
On the agreement- of counsel that the several elements entering into the statutory cost of production of the items in question is equal to the appraised values thereof, less the additions made by the importer on entry because of advances by the appraiser in similar cases, I hold such values to be the cost of production, section 402 (f), supra, which I find to be the proper basis for appraisement of the instant merchajidise.
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.