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Issues: Whether the filter elements manufactured by the appellants were classifiable under Tariff Item 68 as goods predominantly used for industrial and stationary applications, or under Tariff Item 34A as motor vehicle parts.
Analysis: The decisive criterion applied was predominant use. The materials on record, including the catalogue and part catalogue, showed that the goods were manufactured for engines used mainly in stationary and industrial applications. The fact that some items were capable of use in vehicular applications did not alter their essential classification, because interchangeability with motor vehicle use was not treated as determinative where the predominant use was non-vehicular. The earlier Tribunal decisions on the same class of goods were treated as final, and the Department did not establish that the goods in question were used in motor vehicles of the kind covered by Tariff Item 34A.
Conclusion: The goods were held to be classifiable under Tariff Item 68 and entitled to exemption, not under Tariff Item 34A; the appeal succeeded in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Where an article is principally or predominantly used for stationary or industrial purposes, its occasional vehicular use does not justify classification as a motor vehicle part if the controlling classification criterion is predominant use.
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