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Issues: Whether the imported piston ring sets were entitled to concessional duty benefit under Notification No. 23/98-Cus dated 2-6-98, or were excluded as parts of engines used for propulsion of vehicles.
Analysis: The relevant serial in the notification granted concessional duty to goods falling under the specified customs tariff sub-headings, except where they were parts of goods falling under the excluded sub-headings. The imported goods were classified under Chapter Heading 8409.00, bringing them within the specified range. The attempt to deny the benefit rested on treating the tillers as falling under Chapter 87 and on that basis characterising the imported parts as parts of engines used for propulsion of vehicles. The classification adopted by the tiller manufacturer as Chapter 84.32 had not been altered, and Customs could not reclassify the tillers merely for the purpose of applying the exclusion. The goods also could not be treated as falling within the excluded category on the footing that the engines were used for propulsion of vehicles, since the tillers were hand tillers and the material before the Tribunal did not show that such engines were of the kind contemplated by the exclusion.
Conclusion: The imported piston ring sets were not covered by the exclusion in the notification and were entitled to the concessional duty benefit.