Case: Meadows Wye & Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
Abbreviation: Meadows Wye & Co. v. United States
Decision Date: 1945-08-21
Docket Number: No. 6208; Entry No. 720852, etc.
Citation: 15 Cust. Ct. 414
Volume: 15
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Meadows Wye & Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
Meadows Wye & Co., Inc., et al. v. United States
No. 6208.
Invoices dated Hawick, Scotland, October 1943, etc.
Certified October 1943, etc.
Entered at New York, N. Y., January 12, 1944, etc.
Entry No. 720852, etc.
(Decided August 21, 1945)
J ordan & Klingaman (Edward F. Jordan of counsel) for the plantiffs.
Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney)) for the defendant.

Opinion:
Cole, Judge:
The issues involved in these appeals for reappraisement of wool wearing apparel are concededly the same as those decided in United States v. Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc., 32 C. C. P. A. 187, C. A. D. 305, the record in which case has been incorporated herein by consent of the parties.
United States v. Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc., supra, 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-called 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 — set forth in the stipulation of submission filed August 6, 1945 — that the several elements entering into the statutory cost of production of the items in question is equal to the appraised value thereof, less the additions made by the importer on entry because of advances by the appraiser in similar cases, 1 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 merchandise.
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.