GENENDER WHOLESALE, APPELLANT,
v.
THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEE
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The court held that the yellow colored watch cases contain gold within the meaning of item 720.24 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States.
Genender Wholesale appealed a judgment classifying watch cases under item 720.24, TSUS, rather than item 720.28. The watch cases were yellow colored.…
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MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Genender Wholesale (Genender) appeals from the judgment of the United States Court of International Trade, 1 CIT -, 520 F.Supp. 278 (1981), sustaining the classification of watch cases under item 720.24, Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) and refusing classification under item 720.28, TSUS.1 We affirm. OPINION We agree with the decision of the Court of International Trade that the yellow colored watch cases “contain” gold within the meaning of item 720.24.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment appealed from and adopt the opinion of the Court of International Trade as our own, except for references therein to the cost of plating as affecting the conclusion of commercial significance. . Those provisions provide in pertinent part: Watch cases and parts thereof: Not wholly and not almost wholly of gold or platinum or of both gold and platinum: Wholly or in part of silver; or containing gold or platinum; or set, or prepared to be set, with precious or semiprecious stones or with imitation gemstones: 720.24 Cases .... 20 cents each + 15% ad valorem Other: 720.28 Cases .... 5 cents each + 10% ad valorem