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Issues: Whether composite goods made of plastics reinforced with fibre glass, where plastic predominates, were classifiable under Chapter 39 as articles of plastics or under Heading 70.14 as glass fibres and articles thereof.
Analysis: The classification turned on the true character of the goods as manufactured and marketed. The goods were moulded from plastic sheets with fibre glass laid as reinforcement and coated with resin, so fibre glass functioned as reinforcement material and not as the basic article. The finding that plastic predominated by weight and value, that the goods were known in the market as articles of plastics, and that the Board's circular recognised composite plastic articles retaining the essential character of plastics supported classification under Chapter 39. Heading 70.14 was held to cover glass fibre articles themselves, including those coated or laminated with plastics, and not plastic articles merely reinforced with glass fibre. The Department's reliance on essential character being that of glass was rejected.
Conclusion: The goods were correctly classifiable under Chapter 39 and not under Heading 70.14, so the Department's challenge failed.
Final Conclusion: The appellate order in favour of the assessee was sustained and the departmental appeal stood dismissed.
Ratio Decidendi: For composite goods made of plastic reinforced with fibre glass, classification depends on the essential character of the finished article, and where plastic remains the predominant and defining material, the goods fall under the plastics heading rather than the glass fibre heading.
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