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CASES REPORTED IN FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT

Erie Navigation Company v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 47, C.D. 4820; 475 F. Supp. 160

General Electric Company v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 56, C.D. 4822; 476 F. Supp. 1082

Hawaiian Motor Company v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 70, C.D. 4790; 473 F. Supp. 787

Mattel, Inc. v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 234, C.D. 4805; 475 F. Supp. 683 Ozen Sound Devices v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 29, C.D. 4816; 476 F. Supp. 1078

Pasco Terminals, Inc. v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 65, C.D. 4823; 477 F. Supp. 201

Porter, David E. v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 259, C.D. 4808; 475 F. Supp. 688 RMS Electronics, Inc. v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 37, C.D. 4818; 480 F. Supp. 302

SCM Corporation v. United States (Brother International Corporation, PartyIn-Interest), 82 Cust. Ct. 351, C.R.D. 79-11; 473 F. Supp. 791

Seagull Marine v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 10, C.D. 4814; 475 F. Supp. 158 Texas Instruments Inc. v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 272, C.D. 4810; 475 F. Supp. 1183

Texas Instruments Inc. v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 287, C.D. 4811; 475 F. Supp. 1193

Travenol Laboratories, Inc. v. United States, 83 Cust. Ct. 1, C.D. 4812; 476 F. Supp. 1075

Voss International Corp. v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 190, C.D. 4801; 473 F.

Supp. 327

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DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES

CUSTOMS COURT

Customs

(C.D. 4812)

TRAVENOL LABORATORIES, INC., PLAINTIFF, v. UNITED STATES,

DEFENDANT

On Defendant's Motion and Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary

Judgment

Court No. 77-8-01757

[Defendant's motion granted; plaintiff's cross-motion denied.]

(Dated July 27, 1979)

Barnes, Richardson & Colburn (Robert E. Burke, Donald J. Unger, and Mark S. Zolno on the briefs) for the plaintiff.

Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, Field Office for Customs Litigation (Sidney N. Weiss and Susan Handler-Menahem on the briefs), for the defendant.

MALETZ, Judge: This case which comes before the court on crossmotions for summary judgment involves the proper tariff classification of "solution administration sets" that were imported from Ireland and entered at the port of Charleston, S.C., between June and December 1976.

Upon entry, the merchandise was classified by Customs under item 709.27 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), as modified by T.D. 68-9, which covers medical, dental, surgical, and veterinary instruments and apparatus and parts thereof, other, and assessed duty at the rate of 18 percent ad valorem. Plaintiff claims the proper classification is under item 772.65, TSUS, as modified by T.D. 68-9, which covers hose, pipe, and tubing, not specially provided for, of rubber or plastics suitable for conducting gases or liquids, with or

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without attached fittings, and carries a duty rate of 4 percent ad valorem.

The Statutes

The following are the pertinent provisions of TSUS:

Classified under: Schedule 7, part 2:

Subpart B.-Medical and Surgical In-
struments and Apparatus; X-Ray
Apparatus

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The material facts are not in dispute. They show that the imported solution administration sets are composed of various plastic and rubber parts which are fitted together in their imported state. An illustration of a set is depicted below:

Protector

Connector

Protector

Needle adapter

Drip chamber

FLASHBALL R injection site

FLO-TROL clamp

Tubing

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