Consumer goods classification upheld for epoxy sealants used in ordinary home or office applications, sustaining confiscation for licence-free import.

Epoxy-based sealants imported for repairing worn parts and sealing pipes were treated as consumer goods under the import policy because they could be used by individuals in homes or offices for ordinary purposes, and the record did not show that such use was impossible. Their high value was held irrelevant to the consumer-goods classification. As the goods were consumer goods imported without a licence, confiscation under Section 111(d) was upheld.

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Issues: Whether epoxy based sealants imported by the appellant were "consumer goods" under the applicable import policy and therefore liable to confiscation for import without licence.

Analysis: The goods were described as epoxy based sealants with uses such as repairing worn parts and sealing pipes. The Tribunal held that such products could be used by individuals in homes or offices for ordinary purposes and that nothing in the appeal showed that such use was impossible. It further held that the fact that the goods were expensive was irrelevant to whether they were consumer goods.

Conclusion: The goods were consumer goods requiring a licence for import, and the confiscation ordered under Section 111(d) was upheld.

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