(United States Federal Circuit) - In an international trade action,arising after the government classified plaintiff's protective cases for smartphones as 'similar containers' under subheading 4202.99.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), subject to a 20% ad valorem tariff rate, or the Court of International Trade's grant of summary judgment to plaintiff is affirmed where the merchandise at issue was properly found not to be a container and thus properly classified as 'other articles of plastics' under HTSUS subheading 3926.90.99,subject to a 5.3% duty rate.
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