Case: Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. United States
Abbreviation: Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. United States
Decision Date: 1945-06-27
Docket Number: No. 6191; Entry No. 707497/1
Citation: 15 Cust. Ct. 394
Volume: 15
Reporter: United States Customs Court Reports
Court: United States Customs Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. United States
Judges: 
Pages: 394–395

Head Matter:
Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. United States
No. 6191.
Invoice dated London, England, June 1944.
Certified July 1944.
Entered at New York, N. Y., September 27, 1944.
Entry No. 707497/1.
(Decided June 27, 1945)
John D. Rode (Jacob L. Klingaman of counsel) for the plaintiff..
Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General (Daniel I. Auster, special attorney), for the defendant.

Opinion:
Cline, 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 issue in this appeal for reappraisement, enumerated above, is the same in all material respects as the issues decided in United States v. Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc., suit No. 4481, C. A. D. 305, and that the record in said case may be incorporated herein.
It is further stipulated and agreed that the appraised value of the merchandise here involved, less the addition made by the importer on entry because of advances by the appraiser in similar cases, is equal to the cost of materials and fabrication, manipulation, or other process employed in manufacturing or producing such or similar merchandise at a time preceding the date of exportation of the involved merchandise which would ordinarily permit the manufacture or production thereof in the usual course of business, plus the usual general expenses (not less than 10 per centum of such cost) in the case of such or similar merchandise, plus the cost of all containers and coverings, and all other costs, charges, and expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition packed ready for shipment to the United States, and plus an addition for profit (not less than 8 per centum of the costs of materials and fabrication or manipulation and general expenses) equal to the profit which ordinarily is added to the cost of merchandise of the same general character by manufacturers or producers in the country of manufacture who are engaged in the manufacture of merchandise of the same class or kind.
It is further stipulated and agreed that this case may be submitted on the foregoing stipulation.
On the 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 the appraised values, less the additions made by the importer on entry because of advances by the appraiser in similar cases.
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.