Burstrom v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “(2) If- (A) any article of metal (except precious metal) manufactured in the United States or subjected to a process of manufacture in the United States is exported for further processing; and (B) the exported article as processed outside the United States, or the article which results from the processing outside the United States, as the case may be, is returned to the United States for further processing, then such article may be returned upon the payment of a duty upon the value of such processing outside the United States at the rate or rates which would apply to such article itself if it were not within the purview of this subparagraph (g).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Intelex Systems, Inc. v. United States

2. “* * * Changes and additions to an article constitute alterations, within the meaning of paragraph 1615(g), so long as the articles have not been converted into something else.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. C. J. Tower & Sons of Niagara, Inc. v. United States