Customs valuation stay refused where no evidence supported challenge to SVB loading and interim interference was unjustified.

Interim stay of a customs valuation order was declined because the appellant did not place evidence supporting its challenge to the Special Valuation Branch loading. The Tribunal found that the plea based on the supplier's amended pricing policy had not been effectively raised before the original authority, and it took the appellant's conduct and the absence of any convincing case for interim interference into account. On the material presented, no basis was shown for granting stay, so the application was rejected.

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Issues: Whether stay of operation of the impugned customs valuation order should be granted.

Analysis: The application for stay was considered on the basis of the material placed before the Tribunal. The appellant had not produced evidence to substantiate the challenge to the loading ordered by the Special Valuation Branch, and the plea based on the supplier's amended pricing policy was not shown to have been effectively raised before the original authority. The Tribunal also took note of the appellant's conduct and the absence of any convincing case for interim interference.

Conclusion: Stay of the impugned order was refused and the application was rejected.

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