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Issues: Whether the interactive flat panels proposed to be imported, having an in-built CPU, memory, input and output capability, and embedded operating system, are classifiable under heading 8471 as automatic data-processing machines, or under heading 8528 as monitors.
Analysis: The ruling applies Chapter Note 6(A) of Chapter 84 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Import Tariff. The goods were found to contain the essential attributes of an automatic data-processing machine, namely storage of programs and data, free programmability, ability to perform user-specified arithmetical computations, and execution of processing programs with logical decision-making during processing. The presence of a touch-sensitive display and large-format screen did not displace the character of the goods as data-processing machines, because the interactive display was treated as part of a composite system containing processing, input and output functions in the same housing. The rival heading 8528 was not accepted because the principal character of the goods was not that of a mere monitor, but of an ADP machine with integrated functionality.
Conclusion: The goods are classifiable under heading 8471, more particularly sub-heading 84714190, and not under heading 8528.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a composite interactive device in the same housing satisfies the statutory characteristics of an automatic data-processing machine, its classification is governed by heading 8471 notwithstanding that it also contains a display function.
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