Case: States Mercantile Company et al. v. United States
Abbreviation: States Mercantile Co. v. United States
Decision Date: 1959-05-26
Docket Number: Reap. Dec. 9433; Entry No. 15478, etc.
Citation: 42 Cust. Ct. 643
Volume: 42
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: States Mercantile Company et al. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 643–644

Head Matter:
(Reap. Dec. 9433)
States Mercantile Company et al. v. United States
Entry No. 15478, etc.
(Decided May 26, 1959)
Lawrence & Tuttle for the plaintiffs.
George Cochran Doub, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Oliver, Chief Judge:
The appeals for reappraisement enumerated in schedule "A," hereto attached and made a part hereof, are before me for decision on the following stipulation:
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between counsel for the plaintiffs and the Assistant Attorney General for the United States, subject bo the approval 6f the Court:
That the merchandise the subject of the appeals for reappraisement set forth in Schedule A hereto attached and made a part hereof, is properly dutiable on the basis of American Selling Price as defined in Section 402(g) Tariff Act of 1930 as amended.
That the said American Selling Price as defined in Section 402(g) Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, was as follows for the export periods indicated.
Item Export Period Price
Sodium Para-Amino Salicylate (Sodium Amino Salicylate) 1955 (August to December inclusive) $2.70 per lb. less 1% net packed
1957 $2.10 per lb. less 1% net packed
1958 $1.90 per lb. less 1% net packed
Calcium P.A.S. (Calcium Aminosalicylate Trihydrate) 1957 $3.75 per lb. less 1% net packed
1958 $3.10 per lb. less 1% net packed
Amino Salicylic Acid 1958 $3.40 per lb. less 1% net packed
IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that the appeals set forth in Schedule A be deemed submitted for decision on this stipulation.
On the agreed facts, I hold that the proper basis for appraisement of the merchandise in question is American selling price, as defined in section 402(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and that such statutory value for these products is as hereinabove set forth in the stipulation of submission.
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.