Case: American Import Co. v. United States
Abbreviation: American Import Co. v. United States
Decision Date: 1955-04-28
Docket Number: Reap. Dec. 8423; Entry No. 210
Citation: 34 Cust. Ct. 489
Volume: 34
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: American Import Co. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 489–489

Head Matter:
(Reap. Dec. 8423)
Entry No. 210.
American Import Co. v. United States
(Decided April 28, 1955)
Philip Stein for the plaintiff.
Warren E. Burger, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant,

Opinion:
Oliver, Chief Judge:
This appeal for reappraisement has been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the approval of the Court, that the issues in the appeal for reappraisement enumerated above are the same in all material respects as the issues involved in United States v. New York Merchandise Co., Inc., A. R. D. 17, and that the record in said case may be incorporated herein.
IT IS EURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that the appraised values of the merchandise covered by the invoices the subject of the above appeal for reappraisement, less the item of a buying commission of 5% as shown on the invoice, are equal to the prices at the time of exportation of the merchandise involved herein at which such or similar merchandise is freely offered for sale to all purchasers in the principal markets of the country from which exported in the usual wholesale quantities, in the ordinary course of trade, for exportation to the United States, and that the foreign value of such or similar merchandise is no higher.
IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that the above appeal for reappraisement may be deemed to be submitted for decision upon this stipulation.
On the agreed facts I find the export value, as that value is defined in section 402 (d) 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 were the appraised values, less the item of a buying commission of 5 per centum as shown on the invoice.
Judgment will be entered accordingly.