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Issues: Whether the imported Haveg pipes and fittings, being recognizable parts of machinery, were classifiable under Heading 84.17(1) of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 or under Heading 68.01/16(1).
Analysis: The goods were composed predominantly of asbestos with phenolic resin as the remaining component. Chapter 84 covers machinery and parts, but Note 1(a) to Chapter 84 excludes articles falling within Chapter 68. Asbestos is a naturally occurring substance specifically covered by Chapter 68. The earlier decision concerning graphite-based articles was found inapplicable because the present goods were materially different in composition. On the reasoning already adopted in the larger Bench decision dealing with carbon-based articles, even finished machinery parts made of a mineral substance fall within Chapter 68 where the tariff scheme so directs.
Conclusion: The goods were correctly classifiable under Heading 68.01/16(1), and not under Heading 84.17(1), and the issue was decided against the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The classification adopted by the lower authorities was upheld and both appeals failed.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a tariff heading and its statutory notes specifically exclude articles of a mineral substance from the machinery chapter, the article remains classifiable under Chapter 68 even if it is a recognizable spare or machinery part.
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