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Issues: Whether partially oriented polyester filament yarn was in the nature of semi-finished goods so as to attract Rule 56-B of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, and whether the Collector could permit its removal for drawing and texturising.
Analysis: Rule 56-B permits removal of excisable goods in the nature of semi-finished goods for carrying out manufacturing processes that complete the product, and also permits removal of finished goods only for testing. The provision does not authorise removal of a finished excisable product for conversion into a different excisable commodity. POY was held to be an identifiable, marketable excisable commodity classifiable under the tariff as man-made filament yarn other than textured. Its subsequent use for weaving or knitting, or the fact that it required further drawing and texturising before use in fabrics, did not change its character into semi-finished goods. The manufacturing process proposed by the assessee was not a process for completing POY, but for converting it into another excisable product, textured yarn. Marketability, end use, and captive consumption were not treated as determinative for Rule 56-B.
Conclusion: POY was not semi-finished or in the nature of semi-finished goods, and Rule 56-B did not apply to its removal for drawing and texturising.
Ratio Decidendi: Rule 56-B is confined to removal of excisable goods for processes that complete a semi-finished product, and cannot be used to shift a finished excisable commodity for manufacture of a different excisable commodity.