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Issues: (i) Whether processed fabrics cleared by a job worker to the exporter were entitled to removal without payment of duty under Rule 19 of the Central Excise (No. 2) Rules, 2001 read with Notification No. 43/2001-C.E. (N.T.); (ii) Whether the benefit of Notification No. 214/86-C.E. was available to the goods cleared by the job worker.
Issue (i): Whether processed fabrics cleared by a job worker to the exporter were entitled to removal without payment of duty under Rule 19 of the Central Excise (No. 2) Rules, 2001 read with Notification No. 43/2001-C.E. (N.T.).
Analysis: Rule 19(2) permits removal of any material without payment of duty from the factory of the producer or manufacturer for use in the manufacture or processing of goods which are exported. The notification issued under Rule 19(3) could not be read as restricting the statutory benefit by confining it only to goods 'procured' from outside. On the facts, the grey fabrics were cleared to the job worker for processing and the processed fabrics were returned to the exporter for manufacture of export goods. The notification and the Board circulars supported the assessee's case, and the Commissioner's view that prior procurement was a prerequisite was inconsistent with the rule.
Conclusion: The assessee was entitled to remove the processed fabrics without payment of duty under Rule 19 read with Notification No. 43/2001-C.E. (N.T.).
Issue (ii): Whether the benefit of Notification No. 214/86-C.E. was available to the goods cleared by the job worker.
Analysis: The denial of exemption could not be sustained in view of the settled position applied in the cited precedent concerning job-work clearances returned to the principal manufacturer for further use in export production. The same principle supported the assessee where the processed goods were cleared for export-linked manufacture.
Conclusion: The benefit of Notification No. 214/86-C.E. was available to the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The duty demand and the connected penalty did not survive, and the assessee succeeded on the substantive exemption issues arising from export-oriented job-work clearances.
Ratio Decidendi: Where Rule 19 permits removal of goods or materials without duty for export-related manufacture or processing, a notification issued under that rule cannot be construed to narrow the statutory entitlement by imposing an additional procurement condition not found in the rule itself.
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