‘Smart Cover’ iPad 2 Case Classifiable as Plastic, Not Duty-Free Accessory, Says Court
Plastic iPad 2 “Smart Cover” cases are classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as articles of plastic dutiable at 5.4 percent, not as duty-free accessories for automatic data processing machines, said the Court of International Trade in a decision made…
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public Tuesday. Apple argued for the case’s duty-free classification as an accessory because it also functions as a stand. But the court agreed with a Customs and Border Protection ruling that the cases are explicitly excluded from that classification. Apple didn’t comment.