Dependable Packaging Appeals CIT Decision on Principal Use Classification of Vases

Dependable Packaging appealed the Court of International Trade’s Feb. 21 decision on classification of its vases as decorative glassware, rather than glass containers for packaging. CIT’s decision was based on the principal use of the company’s vases -- although Dependable Packaging argued that the vases were used to pack flowers for final sale as a unit, the court found that there was no difference between the vases at issue in the case and those sold to consumers for decorative use (see 13022104).