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Issues: (i) Whether B20 blend of biodiesel and high-speed diesel is classifiable under tariff item 27102020; (ii) Whether B30, B40, B50, B60 and B70 blends are classifiable under heading 2710 or heading 3826.
Issue (i): Whether B20 blend of biodiesel and high-speed diesel is classifiable under tariff item 27102020.
Analysis: The classification of goods under GST follows the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, read with the GST rate notification and the HSN Explanatory Notes. Heading 2710 covers petroleum oils and preparations containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils, while sub-heading 271020 specifically covers petroleum-based blends containing biodiesel. The tariff item 27102020 expressly covers diesel fuel blend B6 to B20 conforming to the prescribed standard. B20, being a 20% biodiesel and 80% HSD blend, falls within that specific tariff description.
Conclusion: B20 is classifiable under tariff item 27102020.
Issue (ii): Whether B30, B40, B50, B60 and B70 blends are classifiable under heading 2710 or heading 3826.
Analysis: Blends containing 70% or more petroleum oils fall within heading 2710, but once the petroleum oil content falls below that threshold, the product is excluded from heading 2710 and classifiable under heading 3826 as biodiesel and mixtures thereof. On this reasoning, B30 with 70% HSD is placed under the residual tariff item 27102090, while B40, B50, B60 and B70, being mixtures containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils, fall under heading 3826 and tariff item 38260000.
Conclusion: B30 is classifiable under tariff item 27102090, and B40, B50, B60 and B70 are classifiable under tariff item 38260000.
Final Conclusion: The ruling settles the tariff classification of the blended fuels by applying the HSN-based threshold between petroleum-dominant preparations and biodiesel mixtures.
Ratio Decidendi: For blended fuels, the tariff heading is determined by the specific product description and the 70% petroleum-oil threshold, with heading 2710 covering petroleum-dominant blends and heading 3826 covering biodiesel mixtures below that threshold.
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