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Issues: Whether Rasorite-46 / crude sodium borate concentrate was classifiable under Chapter 25 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 with the benefit of Notification No. 147/76-Cus. dated 2-8-1976, or under Chapter 28 as a chemical.
Analysis: The imported goods were shown, on the evidence of chemical analysis, expert affidavits, technical literature and the test reports, to be a naturally occurring borate mineral concentrate identified as Kernite or Rasorite, with impurities such as silica. The decisive factor was that Chapter 25 covers goods in the crude state or subjected only to washing, crushing, grinding, concentration and similar physical processes, but not crystallization. The records did not establish crystallization of the impugned goods, and the presence of silica was treated as impurity rather than a basis to deny Chapter 25 classification. The material therefore answered the description of a natural mineral concentrate falling within Chapter 25 and qualifying for the exemption notification.
Conclusion: The goods were correctly classifiable under Chapter 25 and entitled to the benefit of Notification No. 147/76-Cus. The contrary classification under Chapter 28 was unsustainable.
Final Conclusion: The classification dispute was resolved in favour of the importers, and the duty demand based on Chapter 28 classification could not stand.
Ratio Decidendi: A naturally occurring mineral concentrate that remains in crude form and is not shown to have undergone crystallization continues to fall within Chapter 25 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and is not excluded merely because it contains impurities.
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