
    B. Altman & Co. v. United States
    No. 6439.
    Entry No. 748473, etc.
    Invoices dated London, England, March 5, 1946, etc.
    Certified March 8, 1946, etc.
    Entered at New York, N. Y., April 1, 1946, etc.
    (Decided October 10, 1946)
    
      Marlow & Hines for the plaintiff.
    
      Paul P. Rao, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.
   Cole, Judge

(Abstract): These appeals for reappraisement of various items= of merchandise concern the so-called British purchase tajq described in the law of the United Kingdom entitled, “Finance (No. 2) Act 1940 3 & 4 Geo. 6 Ch. 48.” The said tax was held not to be an item to be included in foreign value as defined in section 402 (c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended by the Customs Administrative Act of 1938 (19 U. S. C. 1940 ed. § 1402 (e)). United States v. Wm. S. Pitcairn Corp., 33 C. C. P. A. 183, C. A. D. 334.

An agreed set of facts shows export value, section 402 (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C. 1940 ed. § 1402 (d)), to be the proper basis for appraisement of the instant merchandise, and that such statutory values for the articles in question are the appraised values, less the additions made by the importer on entry because of advances by the appraiser in similar cases.  