United States Customs Court, 1950

General Hide & Skin Corp. v. United States

General Hide & Skin Corp. v. United States
United States Customs Court · Decided December 7, 1950 · Ekwall
25 Cust. Ct. 336; 1950 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 576
General Hide & Skin Corp. v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ekwall, J.

It was stipulated that the issue herein is the same in all material respects as that presented in The Otto Gerdau Co. v. United States (21 Cust. Ct. 24, C. D. 1120) and Mamary Bros., Inc. v. United States (id. 135, C. D. 1142). In accordance therewith it was held that the currency of the invoices should be converted at the buying rate in the New York market at noon on the day of exportation (the “free” rate of exchange for pounds sterling), as certified by the Federal Reserve bank and set forth by the collector on entries 67467 and 819098.

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