Case: Titan Shipping Co., Inc. v. United States
Abbreviation: Titan Shipping Co. v. United States
Decision Date: 1942-06-26
Docket Number: No. 5674; Entry No. 825103
Citation: 9 Cust. Ct. 511
Volume: 9
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Titan Shipping Co., Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 511–512

Head Matter:
Titan Shipping Co., Inc. v. United States
No. 5674.
Entry No. 825103.
Invoice dated Paris, France, February 24, 1938.
Entered at New York, N. Y., March 8, 1938.
(Decided June 26, 1942)
Mary Rehan for the plaintiff.
Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney), for the defendant.

Opinion:
OlivbR, Presiding Judge:
This appeal to reappraisement has been submitted for decision upon the folio-wing stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:
It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General, attorney for the defendant and Mary Rehan, attorney for the plaintiffs, subject to the approval of the Court, that the merchandise covered by the reappraisement enumerated above consists of bottles similar in all material respects to the merchandise the subject of United States vs. Guerlain Inc. described 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 with respect to said merchandise covered by the reappraisement 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 here involved, less the additions made by the importer on entry under duress to meet the advances of the appraiser in similar cases, is equal to the cost of materials, fabrication, manipulation, or other processes 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 to the cost of merchandise of the same 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 reappraisement is waived as to all merchandise excepting bottles.
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, to be the proper basis for the determination of the value of the merchandise here involved, and that as to the bottles such value is the appraised value, less the additions made by the importer on entry under duress to meet'the advances of the appraiser in similar cases.
The appeal having been waived insofar as it relates to all other merchandise, to that extent the appeal is hereby dismissed. Judgment will be rendered accordingly.