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Issues: Whether the product described as sulphonated castor oil was classifiable under sub-heading 3402.10 or under sub-heading 3402.90, and whether reliance on the withdrawn ISI specification could displace commercial understanding for tariff classification.
Analysis: The tariff did not define sulphonated castor oil, and the product was a chemical commodity whose identity had to be ascertained from its composition and market understanding. The majority view treated the Chief Chemist's test report and the ISI specification as relevant scientific indicators, but the final decision rested on the absence of a tariff definition and the evidence that the goods were traded and understood in the market as sulphonated castor oil. The majority accepted that ISI specifications are primarily for quality control and do not by themselves govern classification where commercial understanding and evidence on record point otherwise.
Conclusion: The goods were held classifiable under sub-heading 3402.10, not under sub-heading 3402.90, and the appeals succeeded.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a tariff entry does not define a chemical product, its classification is governed by its commercial identity and trade parlance, and an ISI specification used for quality control cannot override that understanding when the evidence shows the goods are marketed and known by the claimed description.
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