Winsor & Newton, Inc. ex rel. International Expediters, Inc. v. United States , 31 Cust. Ct. 377 ( 1953 )

Mollison, Judge:

These appeals for reappraisement have been submitted for decision upon the following stipulation of counsel for the parties hereto:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties hereto, subject to the approval of the court, that the issues in the above entitled appeals are the same in all material respects as the issues decided in United States v. International Expediters, Inc., for Winsor & Newton, Inc., Suit No. 4739, C. A. D. 511, 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 additions 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.

The aforesaid reappraisement appeals are abandoned as to items advisorixy classified and returned on the invoices as books or pamphlets under paragraph 1410, Tariff Act of 1930, where such items are invoiced at unit prices less discounts in excess of 33% per centum.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED that the reappraisement appeals herein 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, except as to the merchandise covered by the abandonment noted below, and that such values were the appraised values, less the additions made by the importer on entry because of advances by the appraiser in similar cases.

The appeals having been abandoned insofar as they relate to all items advisorily classified and returned on the invoices as books or pamphlets under paragraph 1410, Tariff Act of 1930, where such items are invoiced at unit prices less discounts in excess of 33K per centum, to that extent the appeals are dismissed.

Judgment will be rendered accordingly.