Case: The Singer Manufacturing Company v. United States
Abbreviation: Singer Manufacturing Co. v. United States
Decision Date: 1956-05-11
Docket Number: Reap. Dec. 8579; Entry No. 793312
Citation: 36 Cust. Ct. 569
Volume: 36
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: The Singer Manufacturing Company v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 569–570

Head Matter:
(Reap. Dec. 8579)
The Singer Manufacturing Company v. United States
Entry No. 793312.
(Decided May 11, 1956)
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts for the plaintiff.
George Cochran Doub, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Lawrence, Judge:
The issue presented by this appeal for reap-praisement is the proper dutiable value of an importation of sewing-machine needles from Canada.
The parties hereto have entered into a stipulation of fact wherein it has been agreed that, on or about the date of exportation, such or similar merchandise was not freely offered for sale to all purchasers in the principal markets of Canada in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade either for home consumption or for export to the United States. It was further agreed that, on or about the date of exportation, such or similar merchandise was not freely offered for sale for domestic consumption in the principal market of the United States to all purchasers in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade. Also, it was stipulated by the parties that the costs of production for such merchandise were the unit invoice prices, plus an additional 8 per centum for profit, plus the costs of packing.
Upon the agreed facts, I find and hold that cost of production, as that value is defined in section 402 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. § 1402 (f)), is the proper basis for the determination of the value of the sewing-machine needles here involved, and that said cost of production is the unit invoice prices, plus an additional 8 per centum for profit, plus the costs of packing.
Judgment will issue accordingly.