CELESTAIRE, INC. v. U.S.

Slip Op. 96-82. Court No. 93-02-00081.

928 F.Supp. 1174 (1996)

CELESTAIRE, INC., Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of International Trade.

May 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of George R. Tuttle, and George R. Tuttle III, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General; Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney-In-Charge, and Mikki Graves Walser, International Trade Field Office, Civil Division, Dept. Of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch; Beth C. Brotman, United States Customs Service, of counsel, for Defendant.


OPINION

I

INTRODUCTION

WALLACH, Judge:

Plaintiff, Celestaire, Inc., challenges the classification of marine sextants imported into the United States from the People's Republic of China. The Customs Service classified the product under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS") as other "optical navigational instruments [subheading 9014.80.10]" which carries a tariff of 5.6% ad valorem.

Celestaire asserts...

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