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Issues: Whether the product "Post It Memo Boards" was classifiable under Heading 4811.20 as gummed or adhesive paper or paper board, or under Heading 4820.00 as an article of stationery.
Analysis: The product was found to function as a bulletin or notice board, being designed to hold memos, notes and similar material on an adhesive surface fixed to another surface. Its essential use, as accepted on the record, was not that of adhesive paper or paper board in the ordinary tariff sense, and no material was produced to show that it was understood in trade as stationery. The HSN notes under Heading 48.11 supported classification of paper and paper board articles of this kind, while the notes under Heading 48.20 did not cover an item whose primary function was not writing or typing. Note 9 of Chapter 48 also weighed against classification under Heading 48.20.
Conclusion: The product was correctly classified under Heading 4811.20 and not under Heading 4820.00; the classification adopted by the Revenue was sustained.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed, and the classification determined by the lower authorities remained undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: For tariff classification, the determining factor is the essential character and ordinary commercial understanding of the goods, and an item whose primary function is that of a notice or bulletin board cannot be treated as stationery merely because it is used to hold written memos.
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