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Issues: Whether Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC) are classifiable under Chapter Heading 3923 as articles of plastics or under Chapter Heading 6305 as sacks and bags used for packing of goods.
Analysis: The competing tariff entries were examined against the product description, the HSN Explanatory Notes, Board Circular No. 42/2011-Cus. dated 22.9.2011, and the DGFT clarification. Chapter 6305 specifically mentions FIBC under the heading dealing with sacks and bags used for packing of goods, while the HSN Explanatory Notes to Chapter 39 exclude flexible intermediate bulk containers from Chapter 3923. The materials on record also supported the finding that the goods were man-made textile based technical textiles and not merely articles of plastic. The earlier judicial and administrative clarifications consistently treated FIBC of this kind as falling under Chapter 6305.
Conclusion: FIBC are classifiable under Chapter Heading 6305 32 00 and not under Chapter Heading 3923 29 90; the classification adopted by the assessee was upheld.
Final Conclusion: The impugned classification order was set aside and the assessee's appeal succeeded.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a tariff entry specifically covers FIBC and the HSN Explanatory Notes exclude such goods from the competing plastic entry, classification must follow the specific textile-based entry rather than the general plastics entry.
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