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Issues: Whether the imported twin-screw extruder, though a single machine, was eligible for project import benefit under Heading 9801 read with the Project Import Regulations, 1986 for substantial expansion of an existing industrial unit.
Analysis: Heading 9801 applies to goods imported in accordance with the Project Import Regulations for initial setting up or substantial expansion of an existing unit. Regulation 3(a)(ii) excludes a single machine or composite machine from the definition of industrial plant, but that exclusion is relevant to the character of the project and not to deny benefit where the project for substantial expansion has already been accepted and the contract has been duly registered. The imported machinery was part of a registered project contract for expansion of the existing unit, and the record did not show any bar in the regulations preventing such import from being assessed under Heading 9801. The benefit could not be denied merely because the imported item was a single machine when it was brought in for the admitted project expansion.
Conclusion: The import was eligible for project import treatment under Heading 9801 and the denial of benefit was unsustainable; the finding was in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: A single machine imported under a duly registered project contract for substantial expansion of an existing industrial unit is not excluded from project import benefit merely by reason of being a single machine, where the regulations do not otherwise bar such assessment under Heading 9801.
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