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Issues: Whether the imported printer was to be classified and assessed separately as an optional accessory or data-processing unit, or treated as an essential part of the phototype-setting and composing machine for the purposes of customs classification and exemption.
Analysis: The finding of the lower appellate authority that the printer was essential to the functioning of the main machine was based on technical literature, inspection of the equipment, and the functional interdependence of the components. Under Section Notes 3, 4 and 5 of Section XVI, composite machines and interconnected components intended to contribute together to a clearly defined function are to be classified according to the principal function of the whole. The printer did not have an independent function as an automatic data-processing unit in the present facts, and the separate invoicing of the item was not decisive for classification. The material on record also showed that the printer was a standard item for the system imported.
Conclusion: The printer formed part of the main machine and could not be classified separately under Heading 8471.91 or 8471.92; the Revenue's claim for separate assessment failed.
Ratio Decidendi: Where components are functionally integrated into a composite machine and serve its principal function, classification must follow the principal machine rather than separate treatment of the individual component.
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