Case: Gorra Bros. v. United States
Abbreviation: Gorra Bros. v. United States
Decision Date: 1940-03-05
Docket Number: No. 4753; Entry No. 786474, etc.
Citation: 4 Cust. Ct. 688
Volume: 4
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Gorra Bros. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
Gorra Bros. v. United States
No. 4753.
Entry No. 786474, etc.
Invoices dated Shanghai, China, November 14, 1936, etc.
Entered at New York December 14, 1936, etc.
(Decided March 5, 1940)
Lane & Wallace for the plaintiffs.
Webster J. Oliver, Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney) for the defendant.

Opinion:
Tils on, Judge:
The appeals to reappraisement listed in schedule B, hereto attached and made a part hereof, have been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation, entered into by and between counsel for the respective parties:
That the issue involved in the above mentioned reappraisement appeals is the same in all material respects as the issue involved in the case of The United States v. Alfred Kohlberg, Inc., Customs Appeal No. 4245, decided January 4, 1940, C. A. D. 88.
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 all purchasers in the principal markets of China, for exportation to the United States, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, including the cost of all 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 amount added under duress.
That the proper basis of appraisal of the merchandise herein is the export value.
That there was no higher foreign value for the merchandise herein at the time of exportation.
Accepting tbis stipulation as a statement of fact, I find and bold tbe proper dutiable export values of tbe mercbandise covered by said appeals to be tbe values found by tbe appraiser, less any amount added under duress. Judgment will be rendered accordingly.