Case: Houbigant, Inc. v. United States
Abbreviation: Houbigant, Inc. v. United States
Decision Date: 1941-04-18
Docket Number: No. 5225; Entry No. 818443
Citation: 6 Cust. Ct. 917
Volume: 6
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Houbigant, Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 917–918

Head Matter:
Houbigant, Inc. v. United States
No. 5225.
Entry No. 818443.
Invoice dated Paris, France, May 16, 1940.
Certified May 18, 1940.
Entered at New York May 29, 1940.
(Decided April 18, 1941)
B. A. Levett (Meyer Ohlbaum of counsel) for the plaintiff.
Charles D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney), for the defendant.

Opinion:
Olivee, Presiding Judge:
This appeal to reappraisement has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:
It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between Chas. D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney General, attorney for the defendant and B. A. Levett, attorney for the plaintiff, subject to the approval of the Court, that the merchandise covered by the above reappraisement consists of bottles, vaporisateurs, capsules and pots, the bottles being similar in all material respects to the merchandise the subject of United States vs. Guerlain, 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 Sec. 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 above reappraisement is the same as the issue involved in the case of United States vs. Guerlain, Inc. supra.
It is further stipulated and agreed that:
A. Where the appraiser made the advance, the entered value of the merchandise here involved 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 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.
B. Where the importer added on entry under duress to meet previous advances made by the appraiser in similar cases, the appraised value of the merchandise here involved, less the addition 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 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 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 except bottles, vaporisa-teurs, capsules and pots.
On tlie 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 such values are as follows:
As to the bottles, vaporisateurs, capsules, and pots advanced in value by the appraiser, the entered values.
As to the bottles, vaporisateurs, capsules, and pots wherein the importer added on entry under duress to meet advances made by the appraiser, the appraised values, less any additions made by the importer on entry under duress to meet advances made by the appraiser.
The appeals having been waived insofar as they relate to all other merchandise, to that extent the appeals are hereby dismissed.
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.