Restricted import classification upheld for cellular phone battery chargers, sustaining confiscation, redemption fine, and penalty.

Cellular phone battery chargers, though declared as electricity battery chargers, were treated as restricted consumer goods because the record showed they were chargers for mobile phones and capable of use as consumer goods. As no material was produced to dislodge that finding, confiscation under the Customs Act was justified, and the redemption fine and penalty were upheld. The document therefore confirms that misdeclaration did not alter the import classification where the goods' actual character brought them within the restricted category.

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Issues: Whether cellular phone battery chargers were classifiable as restricted consumer goods under the import policy, and whether the confiscation, redemption fine, and penalty imposed under the Customs Act were liable to be interfered with.

Analysis: The imported goods were declared as electricity battery chargers, but on examination they were found to be chargers for cellular phones. The finding in the impugned order was that such goods were not conventional battery chargers and were capable of use as consumer goods. No material was produced to dislodge that finding. On that basis, the goods fell within the restricted category, justifying confiscation and the consequential penalty and redemption fine.

Conclusion: The classification as restricted goods was upheld and no infirmity was found in the confiscation, redemption fine, or penalty.

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