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Issues: Whether the goods manufactured and cleared prior to 20-1-1993 were classifiable as co-extruded films and liable to duty, or were exempt lay flat tubings; and whether the departmental demand was sustainable.
Analysis: The dispute turned on the proper classification of the goods and the evidence regarding the nature of manufacture during the relevant period. The record accepted by the Commissioner showed that the goods cleared before 20-1-1993 were lay flat tubings covered by the exemption notification, while dutiable co-extruded films were manufactured and cleared only from 20-1-1993 onwards. The Tribunal found no reliable evidence that printing and slitting, which gave rise to the co-extruded films, had been undertaken by the respondent for the earlier period. The Commissioner's recalculation of duty after excluding raw materials, wastage, duty-paid clearances, and lay flat tubings was found reasonable, and the department produced no valid basis to disturb those findings.
Conclusion: The demand was not sustainable for the earlier period, the lay flat tubings remained exempt, and the departmental challenge failed.
Final Conclusion: The appeal was dismissed and the Commissioner's order was sustained.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the evidence shows that the disputed clearances were of exempt goods and there is no reliable proof of earlier manufacture of the dutiable product, a demand based on treating all clearances as dutiable cannot be sustained.
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