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Issues: Whether imported servers are correctly classifiable under Heading 8471 as automatic data processing machines, or under Heading 8517 as networking equipment in terms of Chapter Note 5(E) of Chapter 84.
Analysis: The dispute turned on the true nature of the servers. The Board's circular treated a server as the father-computer in a computer network and placed computers and computer networks under Heading 84.71. The later draft circular relied upon by Revenue was regarded as dealing principally with networking equipment such as routers, hubs and bridges, with only a passing reference to servers. Chapter Note 5(E) was held inapplicable because it concerns machines performing a specific function other than data processing, whereas a server itself is an automatic data processing machine used in conjunction with other computers and not networking equipment by itself. The cited precedents were followed, and servers were held to fall under Heading 8471.
Conclusion: The servers are classifiable under Heading 8471 and not under Heading 8517.
Ratio Decidendi: A server that functions as an automatic data processing machine in a computer network is classifiable as a computer under Heading 8471, and Chapter Note 5(E) of Chapter 84 does not shift it to a networking-equipment heading merely because it assists network management.
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