
    F. Murray Hill Co., Inc. v. United States
    No. 5102.
    Entry No. 768511.
    Invoice dated London, England, November 25, 1938.
    Entered at New York December 5, 1938.
    (Decided January 23, 1941)
    
      Abberley, Bryde, McFall & Amon for tbe plaintiff.
    
      Charles D. Lawrence, Acting Assistant Attorney General (Samuel D. Spectory special attorney), for tbe defendant.
   Cline, Judge:

This is an appeal for a reappraisement of pipes and smokers' articles exported from England in November 1938. The case was submitted on the following stipulation:

It is hereby stipulated and agreed, subject to tbe approval of the Court,, that tbe market value or price at tbe time of exportation of the smokers’ articles-involved herein, at which such or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale to all purchasers in the principal markets of the country from which exported, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, including the cost of all containers and coverings of whatever nature, and all other costs, charges and expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition packed ready for shipment to the United States, is as follows:
Identification Mark Article
Serie 208 pipe
XF 18s. 6d. per doz. less S%%
XC 36s. per doz. “ “
XE 20s. per doz.
XH 13s. per doz.
XAB 69s. per doz.
XB 51s. per doz.
XD 24s. per doz.
1030 pouch 10s. 6d. per doz.
1034 69s. per doz.
1001/5 36s. per doz.
1031 18s. per doz.
1067/2% cigarette 15s. per doz.
tubes
1067/3 18s. per doz.
Cost of cases and packing to be added to the above values.
It is further stipulated and agreed that there was no higher export value for the merchandise herein set forth.
It is further stipulated and agreed, subject to the approval of the Court, that the price of the imported merchandise hereinafter named, at which such or similar merchandise was freely offered for sale, packed ready for delivery, in the principal market of the United States to all purchasers, at the time of exportation of the imported merchandise, hereinafter described, in the usual wholesale quantities and in the ordinary course of trade, with allowance made for duty, cost of transportation and insurance, and other necessary expenses from the place of shipment to the place of delivery, a commission not exceeding 6 per centum, if any has been paid or contracted to be paid on goods secured otherwise than -by purchase, or profits not to exceed 8 per centum and a reasonable allowance for general expenses, not to exceed 8 per centum on purchased goods,— is as follows:
Identification Mark Article Unit per value
Serie 268 pipe $4.53 per doz
XES 6.99
XDS 10.82
XEL 8.59
XCS 11.04
1047 pouches 3.42
U-102 2.26
It is further stipulated and agreed that the usual wholesale quantity of the above items is the per unit quantity.
It is further stipulated and agreed that there was no foreign or export value for the merchandise hereinabove set forth.

Accepting this stipulation as a statement of fact, I hold the proper dutiable values of the merchandise enumerated by item number in the stipulation to be the foreign values and the United States values at the prices set forth for the various articles in the stipulation above copied. The appeal is dismissed as to all other items. Judgment will be entered accordingly.  