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Issues: Whether the imported automatic and semi-automatic winding machines and automatic testers were eligible for exemption under Notification No. 25/2002-Cus. when the denial was based only on the heading of the notification and the budget speech, despite the goods being covered by the table in the notification.
Analysis: The exemption had been refused merely because the publisher's heading described the notification as one for IT/Electronic industry goods and because of references in the budget speech. The heading was held not to form part of the notification. The imported goods were found to be squarely covered by the table in the notification, and the finished goods manufactured using them were also covered. The budget speech was likewise held to be outside the notification and could not be used to curtail the plain scope of the exemption where the goods satisfied the table entries.
Conclusion: The appellant was entitled to the exemption under Notification No. 25/2002-Cus., and the denial of exemption was unsustainable.
Final Conclusion: The impugned order was set aside and the appeal succeeded on the question of exemption eligibility.
Ratio Decidendi: An exemption cannot be denied by relying on a heading or budget speech when the imported goods are clearly covered by the operative table of the notification.