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Issues: (i) Whether the light displacement tonnage for levy of duty under Entry 89.08 was to be taken as the tonnage existing at the time of import rather than the original builder's figure; (ii) whether Chapter Note 2 introduced later could govern a ship imported before its commencement.
Issue (i): Whether the light displacement tonnage for levy of duty under Entry 89.08 was to be taken as the tonnage existing at the time of import rather than the original builder's figure.
Analysis: The Tribunal recorded a finding of fact, based on the survey report and the physical verification of scrap, that the original light displacement tonnage could not be accepted twenty years after construction and that the relevant weight had to be determined with reference to the condition of the ship at the time of import.
Conclusion: The light displacement tonnage for duty purposes was correctly taken as the tonnage at the time of import, and the finding was upheld.
Issue (ii): Whether Chapter Note 2 introduced later could govern a ship imported before its commencement.
Analysis: Chapter Note 2 defining light displacement tonnage was inserted only with effect from 29 February 1988. The ship had been imported earlier, and the later note could not be applied to alter the duty liability for the prior import.
Conclusion: The later Chapter Note did not apply retrospectively to the present case.
Final Conclusion: The duty assessment based on the light displacement tonnage at the time of import was sustained, and the appeal failed.
Ratio Decidendi: A later tariff amendment defining the basis of valuation or duty cannot be applied retrospectively to a prior import, and a contemporaneous factual finding on the relevant tonnage will ordinarily be accepted in levy disputes.
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